Publishers... Meet your neighbors in the ebook building

Publishers... As tablet sales worldwide continue to soar, more and more publishers are looking into ebooks to distribute and sell their literary works digitally. So if you're ready to transition from print to digital and move into the ebook building, meet your new neighbors! MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS IN THE EBOOK BUILDING Connected Always in contact with the print book world Penthouse AUTHORS Create the literary work (may be represented by agents). Top floor PUBLISHING Publishers • Transform manuscripts into books. • Take care of the marketing and intellectual property protection. Selp Publishing Platporms • Provide authors with all tools to publish independently. Traditional PUBLISHING Platlorm PUBLISHER Need help? Aggregators are publishers' best ally. 2nd floor TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS Conversion Specialists • Convert the text file into an ebook file format. LT. IBRARY SYSTEMS 1.7. Services • Offer various tech services such as app development for promos. Join the dots Lines show you how services are Services Library Systems • ffer tools for easy library management and ebook lending. connected. CONVERSION SPECIALIST 1at ploor 5 EBOOK AGREGATORS & DIGITAL WAREHOUSES Integrated Publishing Companies • Incorporate a range of publisher services (print on demand, physical distribution, etc.) either developed in-house or with a 3rd-party developer. SECALIZED SERVICES EBOOK AGGREGATORS CAN DELIVER INTEGRATED PUBLISHING COMPANIES L. FIRMS Specialized J.J. Firms • Develop their own I.T. infrastructure for digital distribution aimed at their clients; may offer other related marketing services. Group of Publishers Group of Publishers • Rely on a technology, developed in-house or through a 3rd-party, to operate a digital distribution platform. 1. Connections to all major ebook sellers as well as local booksellers 2. Free Plug-in (or tool) to sell your ebooks on your own website 3. Wide range of marketing tools available free or at a reasonable cost Ground floor 4. User-friendly tools and free support 5. Consistent sales data and reports to measure and analyze success SALES & MARKETING SERVICES SALES & DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Sales & Distribution Network • Sellers with a Specific Device Manufacture an e-reading device with an integrated ebook store where readers directly purchase. • Sellers with no Specific Device Sell books as well as ebooks in their PROMOTION & COMMUNICATION EBOOK HOUSE NETWORK online store or in other outlets. • Sellers with Alternative Models Offer access to ebooks based on an alternative model (subscription, rental, etc.) Metadata OPEN 24-7 Promotion & Communication Network Marketing • Metadata Services Collect and centralize metadata from various sources to interogate (reports, statistics etc.) • Marketing Tools Facilitate book marketing (galleys or samples, digital book signings, etc.) • Social Reading or Discovery Platforms Websites that encourage book discovery or information sharing Discovery www.demarque.com DeMarque Books, evolved