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Meridith Vicent
Starting March 30, I am donating all the royalties from the sale of the ebook edition of my German regional cookbook, Spoonfuls of Germany, to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania.
Some of these ebooks are Public Domain titles by Rainer Maria Rilke or E. T. A. Hoffmann, but there are also many contemporary works in numerous categories such as: Abenteuerroman (adventure novel), Gesundheit (health), Kurzgeschichte (short story) and many more.
As elsewhere it is romance, crime, thriller, and fantasy that dominate the ebook charts on amazon, and most are not coming via a distributor but are published with Amazon directly. While the competing distributors have a few bestselling authors among their ranks, the largest share remains with KDP Select. The reason is simple: Amazon is taking care of its authors, allowing top sellers the ability to offer pre-orders and generally delivering timely sales data, something which is essential to marketing efforts.
Matthias Matting is a journalist and author of more than 30 books in six languages. He runs selfpublisherbibel.de, the top site for self-publishing in Germany. An English-language edition of his ebook How to Publish in Germany is available now.
I would guess that downloading material still under copyright to an ebook would be illegal since much like making a hardcopy it would be available for viewing by someone else, I am not a lawyer though so don't take that as gospel!
Germany is the second largest market in Europe after the UK for books in English. Barbara Thiele, Chief Product Officer at Berlin-based print and ebook publishing platform, epubli, gives us the lowdown on the German market and offers her top tips for writers hoping to crack it.
In times of digitistion and ebooks, international markets are merging and the German market is becoming increasingly attractive for American and English publishers. According to the Export Sales Report of the Association of American Publishers, Germany is the second biggest European market for sales of American books in print, after Great Britain; and the third biggest global market for sales of American ebooks after Great Britain and Australia. In 2013 Germany was also the market that saw the biggest year-on-year growth in e-book revenue. All this makes Germany a key market for writers and publishers of books written in English.
epubli has also been embraced as a publishing platform by the growing community of English bloggers in Germany who have readerships in both UK and German markets. Among them are Paul Sullivan from Slow Travel Berlin, who has published his alternative guidebook 100 Favourite Places; and Zoe Noble and James Glazebrook from uberlin who have published What I know about Germans.
In 2008 she joined epubli, the print and ebook publishing platform that enables authors to self-publish and sell their books worldwide, helping to build the digital start-up that is part of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. She is an expert in the field of self-publishing and leads the Product Team at epubli.
Storytel operates on a subscription model, offering both audiobooks and ebooks. This platform is popular in Germany and can be an excellent venue for reaching a dedicated and growing subscriber base interested in a wide range of genres.
OverDrive is a platform that primarily serves digital libraries and schools, offering a vast range of digital content, including ebooks, audiobooks, and more. It's a great platform to consider if you're looking to place your books in academic settings or public libraries in Germany, broadening the scope of your audience.
Ciando is another regional online store in Germany where you can sell your ebooks. The platform offers a wide array of categories and works with numerous publishers and authors. As a regional store, it gives you a better chance to market to a German-specific audience, thereby increasing local sales.
Google Play Books offers ebooks and audiobooks and is accessible to a broad, international audience. Its familiar interface and massive reach for Android users make it an ideal platform for authors and publishers looking to make their books available to a wider audience, including readers in Germany.
Bookwire is a robust digital distribution service in Germany, helping publishers place their ebooks and audiobooks across multiple platforms. Not limited to German outlets, their service offers an expansive reach, which is vital for publishers aiming to make an impact in bookstores across Germany and internationally. They also offer analytics tools to monitor sales performance.
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