E-book Sales: An ideal addition for even more effective sales processes in digital media!

The e-book market is growing rapidly. In addition to traditional book retailers, new players have established themselves on the market and are selling content via a wide range of different business models. New contract options such as the ‘agency model’ or the ‘sale of rights’ present sales personnel at publishing companies with significant challenges. It can sometimes take up to six months from the initial contract offer to the conclusion of the contract. In addition to traditional distribution, BIC Media’s ‘E-book Sales’ offers a new service that efficiently supports your sales department in its efforts to tap new sales channels; it simultaneously makes a significant contribution to supplying new retailers in a very short time.


VorteileYour Benefits:
 
  • You can use the existing contracts between BIC Media and the online retailers of your choice, without having to make your own contracts.

  • Marketing strategies: Our marketing team works with you to analyze your publishing program and makes sure that your works receive the best possible placement.

  • ISBN allocation: If your titles do not yet have an ISBN, they will be assigned one from the BIC Media ISBN domain. If desired, we can also add this information to the directory of deliverable books (VLB), making it possible to find your titles in the databases of countless shops.

  • Metadata management: An analysis of your metadata is essential for the ideal placement of your works. We would be happy to advise you on using metadata to support your sales and to make your titles even more attractive to your customers.

  • Conversion of your titles: Send us your files in Word or PDF format, and we will take care of the conversion to ePUB or Mobipocket according to the retailer’s specifications.

  • Reporting and billing: You can find out how successful your titles are on each of the sales channels in real time. You will also receive regular trend reports on your expected turnover, as well as invoices that are easy to understand and that are uniform for all retailers.