So is
higher cost per book, plus loss of KDP Select benefits a price the author wishes to pay to possibly get their print editions in B&N stores after a sufficient period of time selling ebook editions through B&N Nook?
Yes, POD does normally carry with it a slightly
higher cost per book to print, but because authors are printing only the books they need and profiting from their books directly without sharing a huge cut with publishers, that cost is more than offset (see what I did there?).
No inventory, no large print runs, but
high costs per book.
Not exact matches
Although there are few statistics on average annual
costs for
books and supplies, some sources place it as
high as $ 1,200
per term, according to an NBC News report.Understandingly, the
high cost of textbooks has students wondering if they can apply their student loan money toward the
cost of supplies.
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It gives you far
higher per -
book earnings than traditionally published authors are receiving (even those whose ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital
books should
cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.
Unfortunately, some publishers lure authors in with low set - up fees, but make up for it in
higher per -
book costs.
The only disadvantage to print on demand is the
cost per book is slightly
higher, but that is offset by not requiring a minimum upfront order size and paying for extra storage.
With the incredible tools available through digital publishing, the
cost to purchase and give away the ebook for the individuals who fund raised could have been negligible compared to the
cost of a print edition (note: unfortunately, the publisher has set the ebook edition price of this title at $ 9.99,
higher than the $ 8.52
per print copy that the protest organizers spent through Rediscovered
Books).
The
higher per - unit
costs of a POD
book means that I have to price the
book higher than the industry standard for a
book of this kind in order to make a net profit.
When print - on - demand was first introduced, the the unit
cost (the
cost per book) of printing just one
book at a time was far
higher with print - on - demand than it was for a print run of thousands.
When it comes to color graphic novels or comics it seems offset printing is the way to go (otherwise the
cost per book would be so
high people won't purchase) but for black and white comics it seems either POD of offset printing works, so cheers for that!
If your wholesale
cost per book is so
high that it makes it difficult to sell at a competitive price, it may be worth considering republishing through a less expensive publisher (CreateSpace for black and white interior or Ingram Spark for color interior).
The
cost per book for PoD is also going down, a few years ago, the PoD printing
cost was
higher than the retail
cost of an offset print
book, then it dropped so it was lower than the retail
cost of a similar sized
book, but without sufficient margin to allow you to sell to bookstores at 50 % list price (let alone deal with the returns).
If you need
books for an event eg a
book signing, it is more economical to order the quantity you need for that event, albeit the
cost per book is
higher for smaller orders, but in the long run, you will spend much less than buying 1,000
books in bulk because a company has a «special deal for you.»
Though it may
cost as little as 25 cents a page to convert a novel that has no graphics or footnotes it can
cost $ 1
per page or
higher to convert a complex
book with tables, graphs, scientific formulas, hyperlinks and footnotes.
While Create Space recently began offering the option to list your
book in wholesale catalogues used by U.S. libraries and booksellers, there is no easy or practical way to get your Create Space
book listed on Amazon's international sites or in wholesaler
books or wholesaler catalogues used outside the U.S. Lulu offers a global distribution option for a fee, but Lulu's
per copy production
costs are so
high that I don't recommend using them.
This is not without its own challenges, however, as the
cost per copy would be much
higher than other picture
books on the market and would only be available through one channel.
It's useful to note here that if you opt for a colored interior, the
cost per book will be
higher, so you will either have to price your
book higher or receive a lower royalty.
The
cost per book is also much
higher when you print one at a time, meaning you'll have to raise your retail price.
However, there are lower profits
per book as printing
costs are
higher than bulk printing, but the benefits of not spending the money up front often outweigh this.
Also, to get this done the print
books must be published through Nook Press at a
higher per book cost than through Createspace.
Unless you want to print no more than 500 or fewer
books, don't want interior color, and are willing to accept inferior quality AND a much
higher per - unit
cost, you really don't want print on demand.
Although there are few statistics on average annual
costs for
books and supplies, some sources place it as
high as $ 1,200
per term, according to an NBC News report.Understandingly, the
high cost of textbooks has students wondering if they can apply their student loan money toward the
cost of supplies.
Although there are few statistics on average annual
costs for
books and supplies, some sources place it as
high as $ 1,200
per term, according to an NBC News report.
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These come in a variety of styles and
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If the
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