Unlike the traditional
consignment model employed by other galleries, wherein artists basically create works on spec, RH commissions artists» work, and in certain cases, even provides them with a residency.
As an author, I know books are sold more through
a consignment model than a true retail model.
Even though the author has to pay for the printing cost up front, the earning potential of
the consignment model works out in the author's favor.
Most bookstores prefer to sell indie books on consignment because
the consignment model is less stressful to the store's cashflow: authors don't get paid until after the books sell.
If you have hard copies of your self - published book available, many independent bookstores will consider taking copies on
a consignment model.
In all the commentary about the merger of Random House and Penguin I have seen nothing written about
the consignment model of bookselling that has doomed countless publishers over the past fifty years.
The way books are sold on
a consignment model, for example, wherein the book retailer can return any unsold item for a full refund — with the high price of the break - out successful hardback print title subsidizing the wasteful and ridiculous model.
Macmillan wants e-books to be sold differently than paper books using essentially
a consignment model (please correct me if my analogy is flawed).
With our unique
consignment model, buyers save money and receive the...
Not exact matches
I first read about the The Real Real in 2015 and was intrigued by their
consignment business
model.
Moreover, Olson and Anand point out that the pricing of ebooks, as a stand - alone business, can provide for a wide variety of dynamic pricing based on time - based or other economic incentives that could actually far surpass the revenue available via the current book distribution
model (something akin to a
consignment shop).
So I'm abandoning
consignment, and moving to a
model that honors both our work and our time.
This talk presents two different
models, wholesaling and
consignment.