Yeah, I hate the fact there aren't author discounts but the fact I didn't have to price the books as high using the beta POD as I did on Createspace was a plus in that column.
Not exact matches
Self - published
authors will receive guidance on whether or
not to enroll in KDP Select and how to use pricing /
discounting as a strategic tool.
A way that doesn't require you to make a huge upfront investment on inventory, but allows you to take advantage of your
author discount in addition to the Lulu
discount?
From what I understand the vast majority of the ebooks that are
discounted are from indie
authors and
not major publishers.
If you, the indie
author, go in there and convince them to try to order your book and they can only get a 20 %
discount, then chances are that store doesn't order much from that distributor.
An
author's cost to purchase his or her own book from the self - publishing company should be a fixed price based upon format and page count,
not a
discount from the retail price of the book.
I went to an
author talk by a trad pubbed
author and she had to buy a copy of her own book at the bookstore because her contract doesn't allow her to buy copies of her own book at a
discount from the publisher.
And since readers don't buy for publisher, but for
author, any indie book was suddenly sitting beside any traditional book in the big
discount catalogs.
We are able to offer this deep
discount (it's deep for us),
not because we artificially inflate all our prices to accommodate a huge
discount, and
not because we undercut the value of the
discounted packages, but because we are confident that the majority of
authors who publish with Outskirts Press once will choose to publish with us again and tell many of their friends about their great experience.
The
author can order books at a
discounted rate, but it is
not required.
There were no print proofs offered and, the big kicker as far as most of us were concerned,
authors could
not order at a
discount.
Unfortunately, Sony is
not offering
discounts on any of the books that are featured in the Book of Month, nor are they getting
authors to participate in the events.
This type of program, even if no longer offered for free but rather at a significant
discount, stands to
not only be a tremendous PR move for the company, but can also fill up some of the empty seats on various routes, especially if
authors are able to be as flexible in their travel dates as they are in their writing schedules.
But, over time, we realize that there are a multitude of beginning
authors who don't know where to go to get trusted services, so we have a person on the KWL team, Hufsa, dedicated to working with potential partners to secure a
discount for KWL
authors on services and so we can direct them to people who are going to provide quality service and trusted service.»
Amazon would like to
discount those prices heavily — which, by the way, doesn't change the money that the
author sees by a dime.
Additionally, this wholesale bookstore allows our
authors the opportunity to offer their books at the full, trade -
discounted prices to niche markets, smaller retailers, or specialty stores that might
not otherwise have an account with Ingram or Baker & Taylor.
For starters, the price of the eBook is always the retail price —
authors don't need to
discount.
Outskirts Press is one of the only (if
not the only) self - publishing service company that offers its books at wholesale
discounts to anybody (
not just its own
authors).
When publishing POD books, many
authors find that they can
not afford to offer the full
discount required to get the books into bookstores.
DO
N'T Forget to sign up for the AU Member BBQ August 3rd Book Awards... to get special
Author U
discount through July — here's $ 20 USA Book News Awards — you must enter this month for Awards announced in November.
There also isn't a
discounted author rate for buying the book.
These purchases do
not include
author event
discount purchases.
Author purchases do not generate royalties and are non returnable.These purchases do not include author event discount purc
Author purchases do
not generate royalties and are non returnable.These purchases do
not include
author event discount purc
author event
discount purchases.
If you place an order for copies of your book through an e-mail to Archway Publishing and receive your
author discount, then no, you will
not receive a royalty payment for that order.
I am
not an Agency publisher but I do
not believe that publishers follow the same
discount terms as KDP
authors.
Steve: «On printed books the
author gets paid based on the list price of the book;
not the
discounted price that a retailer might be selling it for.
The comment about
not knowing the publisher's terms on Agency is correct and I do
not believe that publishers follow the same
discount rules as KDP
authors.
And if you are
not charging your
authors deep
discounts for Amazon sales, great.
On printed books the
author gets paid based on the list price of the book;
not the
discounted price that a retailer might be selling it for.
Most
authors know by now that Amazon traditionally
discounted all e-book prices, having stated they believed that their cost shouldn't exceed $ 9.99.
But knowing about this
discount may give you confidence to send customers to your
author webpage instead of to Amazon or Barnes & Noble's website (where your customers may or may
not receive a
discount at all).
Too many
authors either do
not understand the process of editing, or they
discount its value.
Kobo has been a godsend with promotion deals for
authors who publish through KWL where THEY
discount the book via a coupon code and you don't have to mess with changing it elsewhere.
If you don't have series, you can run
discount promotions on ONE book in an effort to introduce readers to you as an
author.
Enforcing a standard
discount of 55 % upon creating an IngramSpark account, will turn away those
authors and publishers intending to short
discount, smaller
authors that don't approach publishing like a real business.
If the only price I can get the new ebook from X
author at is $ 14.99 and that's the book I want, I'm going to be deciding between the best
discounted HB price vs the eBook price and
not choosing between publisher X's books at $ 14.99 vs publisher Y's books at $ 12.99.
Nate Hoffelder presents Indie
Authors Are Getting Clobbered by Big Name eBook
Discounts — But
Not For The Reason You Think posted at The Digital Reader, saying, «If you've been following ebook news over the past 6 months then you've noticed that ebook prices have tended to drop.
We urge
authors to
discount everywhere their book is listed, but sometimes they don't or can't (like on Kindle Countdown deals that are only available in the US and the UK).
I believe that an organization like this could be of great benefit to self - publishers, if it brings self - published
authors together to accomplish as a group what we can't accomplish on our own: group
discounts, selling our books in venues that normally don't accept a one -
author publisher or require 50 + titles in the publisher's catalogue, having a presence at fairs and conferences, etc..
New Releases — We will accept new releases — they don't have to be
discounted, but must be priced as stated above — if
not live yet, please enter link to amazon
author page or place where we can see previous works and then follow up through our contact form with information about your release.
Note: When applied to purchases, Lulu
discounts do
not affect
author revenue.
And (2) the famous 70 - percent royalty an
author is paid in this setting by Amazon seems to be figured on the actual price of the sale (in this case, 99 cents) rather than the
author's list price ($ 2.99), despite the fact that the
author didn't know about the
discount that doesn't seem to have been in response to any competitive price pressures.
But the response confirmed that Amazon doesn't offer a paperback proof, or
discounted author copies.
Although it is easier and cheaper to release books only in e-format, there will still be a place for print so, as an
author, don't
discount the possibility.
Now there is a tool for this, they can earn 70 % instead of 35 % royalties during their promotions, and all customers will see the
discount at Amazon, even if they hadn't heard about the
author's promotion.
I was wondering what your thoughts are about Amazon doing
discount pricing on their own, and
not really letting the
author / publisher know they are doing it.
Usually the
discounts come out of their cut,
not the
author's.
In retail, we can't forget that what is happening with retailers, and Amazon particularly - the drive to give a bigger share to Amazon will impact on
authors because of [Amazon's high]
discounts.
Streitfeld says Amazon is in a «secret campaign to discourage customers from buying books by Hachette,» by cutting
discounts on some of the publisher's titles, increasing delivery times, as well as «suggesting that readers might enjoy instead a book from another
author» (we're
not sure what that means; Amazon routinely lists titles that «customers who bought this also bought»).
Additionally, self - published
authors generally don't print huge runs of books, so they can
not provide bookstores with the same
discounts that large publishers can.