Learning About the Market for Your Ebook

The service gets that data from millions of users whose computers have their toolbar. Although Alexa is not always great for getting information on small, low-traffic websites, but it can give you a lot of valuable insight on sites that get at least a moderate amount of traffic.

For example, check out their analysis of StephenieMeyer.com (clearly, a high-traffic site): "Based on internet averages, stepheniemeyer.com is visited more frequently by females who are in the age range 18-24, have children, received some college education and browse this site from home." From what I know of most Twilight fans, that sounds pretty spot-on. If you want to use Alexa to research your marketing, think of authors whose books are similar to yours, and go for the top sellers. Alexa is most accurate when there's a lot of data to pull from.

There will definitely be times when this just seems to confirm what you already knew through common sense. Still, our own ideas about who would read our books can be heavily biased on our own experiences. It's a good idea to let data confirm what you think you know. If there's a big difference in your guess and what the data seems to say, it may help you avoid a lot of wasted time and money spent delivering your message to the wrong people.

When the iPad came out, it came as no surprise that it was going to be in direct competition with Amazon's Kindle. It is currently up for some debate whether readers will buy an iPad for reading, but it is no debate that there are millions of iPhone users who are currently reading Kindle books on their phone. With the iBookstore, these users will have a choice of buying between Amazon or Apple. This will definitely make things more competitive.

It's only a matter of time before Amazon raises the author percentage. What this could mean for customers is possibly lower overall cost since authors will be making higher profits.

With more and more devices and sources for ebooks, it's just a matter of time that prices will come down due to competition and choice will increase for those who are reading eBooks.

The iBookstore announced with the iPad might bring some serious competition to the eBook market. While the iPad might not be the most read on device, the iPhone will. The competition is on between Amazon and Apple for this market.

Indeed it cannot be denied that the internet has provided us with a lot of things. It has become the major source of practically everything. Most people rely on the internet for information, products, and services. It is practically the most visited place on earth. With over 182 million websites, the worldwide web has definitely a lot to offer.

Perhaps one of the greatest contributions of the internet is information. People can now easily and quickly access any information that they want on a particular person, place, or event. The biggest companies have anchored in the internet as well. You can conveniently read through the headlines without buying a newspaper at all. Even textbooks are accessible as well. Although these all seem advantageous to the general public; free source of information has somehow depleted the paid e-book marketing.

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