New Retailers: Zola Books, Epic!, eBooks.com, Bolinda, Freading
We're happy to introduce Zola Books (formerly Bookish) and Epic! as a new INscribe retailers.
If you do NOT wish us to distribute to any of these new retailers, please let us know by emailing [email protected] or placing a ticket at help.inscribedigital.com by the due dates listed below.
You must also opt out of these services individually in your metadata. An updated spreadsheet will be provided to coincide with the launch. If you have retailer restrictions in your contract and would like to expand, please let us know as well.
If you do not respond by the above deadline and do not have a contract that limits distribution, we will automatically begin sending your content to bookshout! and Ingram when we officially launch later this month.
Retailer Information:
Zola Books’ mission is to provide best-in-class technology to authors, publishers, booksellers, and others looking to create direct relationships with readers through their primary model/feature, the ecommerce widget The Everywhere Store, which is free to use.
Payout comes when a bookseller/blogger/etc includes one of your titles in their widget and their customer buys the book. The publisher is paid 50% minus IPG's rev share. If the sale comes through the widget placed on the publisher website, an additional payment of 50% of Zola's 50% is made directly to the publisher.
Example: A book is sold from the widget at $10. Zola pays IPG $5, who passes on what's left after rev share. Of Zola's $5, Zola keeps $2.50, and directly pays the publisher $2.50.
Let us know by June 2.
Epic! is a subscription service for children's content that provides an unlimited selection of eBooks that can be instantly discovered, read and shared with friends. Epic! is available on all iOS and Android devices.
Epic! only accepts titles with Juvenile/YA BISACs and focuses on ages 12 & under.
Epic! pays based on the percentage of views one publisher's content receives relative to the total views of all content within the Epic! app per quarter, multiplied by a revenue share percentage of 55%.
Example: The Epic! app has 10,000 active subscribers paying $7.99/month generating $79,900 for the quarter. If a publisher's content accounts for 5% of the total views that occurred within the app for Q2, the payout will be 55% of $3,995 (5% of the quarter total), or $2,197.25.
Let us know by June 2.
Launched in 2000, eBooks.com is a direct-to-consumer online retailer, with five local sales portals in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia. The company is privately held and run by its founders, Stephen and Trudy Cole. eBooks.com hosts over a million unique eBook titles and has over 3 million members. In addition to their direct-to-consumer business, they provide the following services:
Digital Comps: enables publishers to send secure eBooks to reviewers and instructors, called “complimentary copies”.
Ebook Engine: enables publishers to sell eBooks direct to consumers from their own website.
eBooks.com pays INscribe/IPG 50% of sales.
Let us know by June 16.
Bolinda Digital is an Australian-based ebook provider to schools and libraries, as well as retail customers. They are an innovative market leader and expert in the library and school markets, providing high-quality eContent through BorrowBox, its unique, customer-branded digital solution, and service. BorrowBox enables members of public and school libraries to borrow content for limited periods by way of single use digital loans. Since the entire service is proprietary, Bolinda Digital retains effective control over all parts of the process and maintains security over content supplied by publishers. This contributes greatly to Bolinda Digital’s role as gatekeeper of the intellectual property rights of publishers and authors, which it takes very seriously. By working collaboratively with publishers to establish a sustainable business model for library lending, Bolinda Digital seeks to build lasting relationships in order to generate long-term financial and other benefits for both parties and provide a wider range of the world’s best content to end users.
Bolinda pays INscribe/IPG 50% of DLP each time a book is loaned.
Let us know by June 16.
Freading Library Ideas, LLC is a global media company focused on libraries. The company offers The Freegal Music Service, The Freading eBook Service and Rocket Languages as part of its developing product suite. Library Ideas primary sales channels are Public Libraries, Universities, Schools, special libraries, and military bases. Library Ideas products have been used millions of times by cardholders of over 1,000 libraries in many different countries.
The Freading Ebook Service is a download eBook service sold to Libraries for free use by its registered cardholders. The service is only available to subscribing libraries and members, and you must enter the Freading Site via the Library URL.
Freading pays INscribe/IPG 52% of sales.
Let us know by June 16.
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