Selling the same book on consignment works like this:
You purchase author copies directly from Ingram at the print cost ($ 4.28 each, in this case).
(For a print book, you will also need to
purchase author copies and pay for packing and shipping.)
The message also stated writers could
purchase author copies.
Not exact matches
If you're interested in reading it and can't find a hard
copy (in case you don't have a Kindle) let me know and I'll hook you up with the
author herself to
purchase a
copy!
Paramount notes that the error occurred during Techincolor's
authoring process, and tells consumers that «Technicolor has set up the following toll - free numbers for consumers who have already
purchased the Saving Private Ryan Sapphire Series Blu - ray, which provides details on how they can receive a replacement
copy — US and Canada: 888-370-8621, UK: 08000 -852-613.
Before running out to
purchase a
copy of Inequality in America, however, readers are warned that the
authors have made disappointingly little effort to present their ideas and evidence in a way that is intelligible to noneconomists.
Author affiliations are particularly important in the academic world — if a professor at University X writes a book, chances are high for course adoption or at least that the library will
purchase a few
copies.
Authors purchase publishing â $ œpackagesâ $ with varying levels of service options including (but not limited to) editing, cover design, and a certain number of print
copies of their work.
In order for people to receive the pre-order gifts, they had to go to the
author's website, provide their retailer receipt number, and tell how many
copies they
purchased.
I buy them at my
author discount of 35 %, and sell them on at full, or near full price, so my
purchases count as sales — 10 % gives me # 1.46 towards my royalties — plus I make around # 7.50 each
copy if I sell at full price.
UP creates a unique Web page for each book, including «About the Book» and «About the
Author» information, as well as links that readers can use to
purchase copies from online booksellers.
Giving away free or selling inexpensive
copies is not expected just because... it's a tactic for getting exposure with the understanding that some of these
copies will lead to book reviews, which in turn helps get more exposure and entree into certain marketing programs and options, and which helps prompt actual
purchases as many readers are hesitant about buying a book by an unknown, unreviewed
author.
You're right, if an
author would like to
purchase copies of their books to sell on their own, they would have to pay for them — but since you get to set your price for your work, you'd only pay manufacturing cost (about $ 5 for a 6 × 9 paperback).
In fact, some publishers now put into their contracts that
authors MUST commit to
purchasing a certain number of
copies.
Some subsidy publishers require that the
author purchase a minimum number of
copies (usually in the thousands), which you have to store until you sell.
It makes it so that
authors only pay to print
copies that have already been
purchased, eliminating the need for a full garage or rented warehouse space of unsold inventory.
However,
authors are usually given the opportunity
purchase physical
copies of books at a reduced or volume discount rate that the
author can sell to collect full price «revenues.»
Participants spent more than an hour chatting with the
author and
purchasing personalized and signed digital
copies of her work.
While outlets like CreateSpace function to list a professional - grade print
copy on Amazon's retail website, others like the addition of print services from Nook Press simply make print - on - demand
copies available for the
author to
purchase.
The new site lets readers support the
authors they work with through seamless book
purchasing or lets them receive a free
copy of the promoted books by sharing news of the books on their social media feeds.
The days of keeping the publishing method a secret and having to
purchase hundreds of
copies of your book to sell from the trunk of your car are long behind us, but with every new milestone, achievement, or tool that comes along for indie
authors, other obstacles continue to stand in the way of widespread success.
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