Sentences with phrase «retail cost of a printed book»

Many libraries say they pay $ 12 to $ 15 for a single license, although others say the licenses can mirror the retail cost of a printed book, often $ 25 or more for a new popular work.

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When your book is complete, every penny of revenue is yours, forever (other than printing costs and unavoidable retailer discounts).

$ 20,000 in sales - printing cost $ 3,000 = a net profit of $ 17,000 in this publisher's subsequent year (85 % of the book's retail value).

I'll buy print books from Booktopia because of the reduced postage and waiting time, but I refuse to buy anything from bricks and mortar retailers because the cost of even a bog ordinary paperback is so high.

Because packaging costs to produce the book have already been paid, he would only subtract the cost of book printing from the retail price.

We make your book available through a huge network of online retailers and then print each book to order at no cost to you.

Whereas in traditional publishing the first book costs hundreds of thousands because there's a whole print run, and then on every single book there are margins for the retailer, distribution, publisher, agent, and so on — and if the book doesn't sell out, there are further transport, warehouse, and pulping costs.

And if you're wondering if a vending machine book costs less than the real deal (OK, OK, I should put my snark in check; the machines are really nifty - looking, supposedly they cut down on CO2 emissions, plus it would be great to gain access to out - of - print books)... The Associated Press reported recently that EBM books will have a «recommended sales price of $ 8 per copy, although the final decision will be left to each retailer.»

This is why we suggest that you use a multiple of at least 2.2 times the cost of printing your book when setting your book retail selling price.

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).

This access is also largely without upfront costs, making it straightforward for any author to begin selling their book at Amazon, the No. 1 retailer of books in both print and digital format.

Book Pricing: The Suggested Retail Price («SRP») of your print book, determined by trim size, page count, and interior format (black and white versus color), distribution costs and your royalty percentBook Pricing: The Suggested Retail Price («SRP») of your print book, determined by trim size, page count, and interior format (black and white versus color), distribution costs and your royalty percentbook, determined by trim size, page count, and interior format (black and white versus color), distribution costs and your royalty percentage.

I do think you have a problem with your plan, though, because the cost of printing your book via POD is going be at least $ 7.00, and since there's a real limit to what readers will pay for fiction, this alone will eliminate virtually all your profit after you discount the book for retail.

If you're print - on - demand, the printing cost will be deducted from your retail price, meaning your book royalties comes from the retail price minus the printing costs and wholesale discount (usually about 55 % of the retail price).

Given that Hachette often cites print / storage / distribution costs to justify a larger share of p - book revenues in their negotiations with retailers, the minimal costs for producing and distributing e-books is a legitimate point to be considered.

Trade Book with a hardcover ImageWrap and 350 pages will cost $ 16.25 to print through Blurb, and Ingram's fees for that book are about 36 % of the retail prBook with a hardcover ImageWrap and 350 pages will cost $ 16.25 to print through Blurb, and Ingram's fees for that book are about 36 % of the retail prbook are about 36 % of the retail price.

The recommended industry standard discount of 53 % is what it takes to pay a retailer to sell your book on your behalf, but in this case, the retailer is you, and you will make the list price of your book, minus the printing and shipping costs to produce and deliver it to your customer.

The glut of high - quality low - cost ebooks will get worse - In the old days of print publishing, the number of books in circulation was artificially constrained by the production output of traditional publishers, and by the shelf space available at brick and mortar retailers.

Most Indie books are POD books and the cost of printing on demand puts considerable pressure on the retail price.

Also, it's worth mentioning that even if a retailer was willing to work directly with an indie author, the cost of shelf space is prohibitive, and in order to make a retailer believe in you, you need to prove a certain track record of print book sales.