IngramSpark's ebook channels now include subscriptions, libraries, and more! This means your ebooks can be available in more places and in more ways, including lending services that haven’t previously been able to receive ebooks from IngramSpark.
The specifics of each of these ebook channels are linked from within the new agreement which you can access when logged in to your IngramSpark account, HERE.
Amazon and Apple require separate agreements.
You have the option to sign the agreements when you activate your account. If you sign the agreements and later decide you no longer want IngramSpark to distribute your ebooks to Amazon or Apple, please email support and request they remove the agreements from your account.
Email: ingramsparksupport@ingramcontent.com
If you have activated your account and did not sign the Apple or Amazon agreements and later decide to add those services for your ebooks, you can do this in your IngramSpark account by clicking the NEW Opportunity Available button (image below) where you will accept and sign the agreements.
If you'd like to take advantage of this service, all you need to do is log into your IngramSpark account and edit your ebook pricing information. You can do this by clicking on the title of your book, selecting the ebook info button, and then click the edit button beside your pricing.
Click here for quick access to HOOPLA (Midwest Tapes) information.
EBOOK DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS/EXCLUSIVITY
PRICING YOUR EBOOK FOR LIBRARIES
We offer a variety of ebook sales channels, including retail, library, and institutional. Each category has several ebook sales models within it:
- One Book, One Sale: An End User purchases a perpetual license to the Digital Title in an a-la-carte purchase environment. (a library pays a flat, one-time fee for access to an ebook, which the library can then lend out for as long as it wishes.)
- Unlimited Subscription: End Users pay a flat, monthly price to a subscription service for access to a Digital Title until the subscription ends. A sale occurs each time an End User consumes the set threshold of a Digital Title (no more than 20% of the Digital Title).
- Shared Pool: End Users pay a flat, monthly price to access a subscription service which contributes to a shared revenue pool.
- Single User*: One End User is allowed access to the Digital Title at any one time.
- Three User*: Three End Users are allowed access to the Digital Title at any one time.
- Pay-per-use**: An unlimited number of End Users may access the Digital Title at any given time. Profits are shared equally between the Reseller and the Publisher.
- Short-Term Loan**: End Users are granted access to the Digital Title for a 24-hour period. An unlimited number of End Users may access a Digital Title at any one time. A sale is triggered each time an End User is granted access to a Digital Title.
- Three User*: Three End Users are allowed access to the Digital Title at any one time.
- Non-linear Lending**: Libraries purchase a license that allows 325 "uses" of a Digital Title every 12 months. A "use" occurs when a user reads, copies, or prints a certain number of pages (or a certain percentage of) the Digital Title. Access to the Digital Title is removed after the 325th use and is not reinstated until the following year unless an additional license is purchased.
*This business model allows a library or academic institution to purchase a perpetual license to the Digital Title.
**This business model allows a library or academic institution to purchase a limited license to the Digital Title.
PRICING YOUR EBOOK FOR LIBRARIES
Publishers selling their ebooks/digital titles in libraries & retail distribution channels now can offer different digital list prices to libraries and retailers.
The publishing industry’s primary argument for having a different (usually higher) ebook price offered to libraries is that ebook files aren’t subject to the same wear and tear as a physical book.
Physical books with lots of checkouts get worn out and re-ordered. eBooks do not. To make up for this potential lost revenue, some publishers may set higher ebook pricing for libraries.
There is no one industry standard for ebook pricing to libraries. Some publishers experiment with different pricing models, and our main goal is to provide our clients with the flexibility to adopt different ebook pricing models for different kinds of consumers.
COMPENSATION EARNINGS FOR EBOOK SALES
Publishers receive 85% of the net revenue received by IngramSpark for every sale of your ebook(s) no matter who the retailer is.
Ebook retailers have 25 days after month end to report ebook sales to Ingram. For this reason, the sales report you receive will be for sales 60 days prior. See the chart below for the payment schedule.
A separate report is generated for Apple (Agency) ebook sales. If your ebook is sold at Apple and any other ebook retailer, you will receive two separate reports.
If there were no ebook sales, you will not receive a compensation report email.
Monthly sales reports will be emailed within five (5) business days of our accounting month-end. Payments are made to the publisher, via direct deposit or PayPal, 90 days from the end of the month in which the sales are reported.
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS/EXCLUSIVITY – Ebook Only
- Your ebook distribution is only restricted to the ebook titles you upload to your IngramSpark account. For these titles only, IngramSpark must be the sole distributor for the retailers listed here: https://myaccount.ingramspark.com/EbookSalesModels.
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If you have signed our Amazon agreement, IngramSpark will become your sole distributor to Amazon for that title as well.
- If you have provided any ebook titles to Amazon over the last 12 months you cannot opt into the Amazon agreement for IngramSpark. You can opt-in after it’s been at least 12 months since you uploaded any Kindle titles on your own.
- If you have signed the Apple agreement, IngramSpark will become your sole distributor to Apple for that title only if you have entered pricing into the Agency pricing fields when setting up your pricing for your title.
- You may continue to distribute other ebook titles elsewhere, so long as you do not set up those same titles within your IngramSpark account.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT LIBRARY MODELS:
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Outline of the 3 Library Ebook Models that library pricing triggers – when a publisher enters a library price, a sale can happen through any of these models:
- Single-User* – One End User is allowed access to the Digital Title at any one time.
- Three-User* – Three End Users are allowed access to the Digital Title at any one time.
- Pay-per-use** (Hoopla/Midwest Tapes) – An unlimited number of End Users may access the Digital Title at any given time. Profits are shared equally between the Reseller and the Publisher.
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Outline of how the purchase price is calculated for each of these models:
- Single-User* – The Purchase Price for this model will be calculated by multiplying the List Price by the Purchase Discount and subtracting this amount from the List Price.
- Three-User* – The Purchase Price for a Digital Title distributed pursuant to this model will be calculated by multiplying the List Price by the Purchase Discount; subtracting this amount from the List Price; and then multiplying this amount by one hundred fifty percent (150%).
- Pay-per-use Model** (Hoopla/Midwest Tapes) – The Purchase Price for this model will be calculated by multiplying the List Price by the Purchase Discount and subtracting this amount from the List Price, and then the remaining amount will be multiplied by fifty percent (50%).
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List of the partners we will send each model to:
- Single-User – Bibliotheca, Bolinda, De Marque, EBSCO, Follett/B&T, Gardners, hoopla, Mackin, Odilo, OverDrive, ProQuest, RecordedBooks/WF Howes, Wheelers
- Three-User – EBSCO, Gardners, ProQuest
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Pay-per-use Model – (Hoopla/Midwest Tapes)
- With Hoopla, Publishers receive a payment each time an ebook is borrowed by a library cardholder, and there is no limit to the number of lends on each ebook title.
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The preview requirement for each library sales model:
- Single-User – 10% of Digital Title
- Three-User – 10% of Digital Title
- Pay-per-use Model – No preview requirement (Hoopla/Midwest Tapes)
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