How To Sell Ebooks In China

For older books that were released before ebooks were a big deal and for smaller authors with publishing deals however.

How to sell ebooks in china. Book sales reached over 70 billion yuan 10 billion according to a report of china daily. Reuters reports that dangdang sometimes called china s amazon will begin with around. In order to publish any book in china you must first obtain an isbn number that is unique to china i e.

The category on kindle china in which your chinese ebook is located says olympics competition. Despite all this recent growth and obvious potential it has to date remained more inaccessible to western publishers than expected. Sell yourself both translated and english language pbooks and ebooks to readers sell yourself to foreign publishers get an agent who would market and sell rights to foreign publishers selling yourself to readers if it is an english language book it can be relatively easy to sell on an online bookstore.

China s biggest online book retailer e commerce china dangdang plans to begin selling e books within weeks. They have also are selling localized versions of ebooks in that country as well. China has it s own isbn system exclusive of the outside world.

The ebook market and in particular the english language ebook market in china is still in its infancy but the scope and impact of ebooks in china is evolving at an incredible pace. You have three options to go about it. The publishing industry in china like anything else related to disseminating ideas is highly regulated.

For most modern books by big authors you ll see the hardback and ebook versions being published at pretty much the same time around the world. China s book retail market saw strong growth in 2016 with a year on year rise of 12 3 percent in sales according to a report by the publishers association of china on friday. China mobile one of two major telecom providers in china is the country s largest ebook platform.

Book rights and especially ebook rights can be messy. I guess this is because the chinese promotional materials immediately after the title says your story is about a journey of personal growth embarked over the contest to be selected as a major acting role the warmest and most realistic self. Amazon has announced today that they are launching the google android and ios versions of their reading apps in china.