The shipping cost of the book is factored into the cost and the pricing is very respectable.
Not exact matches
Amazon Prime
costs $ 10.99 per month, and with that, you have free
shipping, a bunch
of available - to - stream movies and TV shows, tons
of books available to e-read, and a load
of random discounts.
I just ask that you cover the
cost of printing and
shipping the
book ($ 6.95).
I mean, when I buy a paperback
book, I understand that there are paper
costs, printing
costs, ink
costs, and
shipping costs, and all
of these have to be done for every single
book purchased.
Plus, 25 %
of book sales will benefit Cloth for a Cause and the Rebecca Foundation's Cloth Diaper Closet with much needed cash to help cover
shipping costs to get even more families started with cloth diapers!
Their off - the -
books investment in 12
ships would
cost trillions
of dollars and would require training missions that would surely be noticed by the public.
If we were to print the meal plan and bonus cook
books in small batches, store them somewhere, and
ship them upon receipt
of an order, that would raise our
costs by A LOT.
In my English budget each year I request an amount that will cover the
cost of giving each published student a copy
of the
book, which is about $ 8 to $ 10.00 per
book, including
shipping.
To order a proof, your
book must still be in «draft» status and you will pay the printing
cost for your
book ($ 4.86 in the case
of Vengeance) plus
shipping.
Additional fees may be incurred for the purchase
of an ISBN number with Bowker (for US Customers), account set up with Ingram Spark ($ 49 per setup or change) and for the purchase
of your
book proof and any
book copies you want to use for marketing and sales purposes (
costs vary per
book but generally $ 4 - $ 6 +
shipping).
So, there's the
cost of the
books,
shipping storing at least a couple
of boxes, and then gas and accommodations for events.
I've also assumed having OverDrive manage all the administration
of loans would result in substantial
cost - saving over the
cost of labour,
shipping, lost or misplaced items for hardcopy
books in a large multi-branch system — for an equivalent number
of loans.
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.
If compare the
cost to giving away a free Kindle (or highly subsidized higher - end Kindle) to every Prime member who signs up or re-ups for two years vs. a) the revenue gained from the ebooks purchased by those customers, b) the revenue from new Prime members, and c) being able to offer a package which is basically free
shipping on all Amazon orders + Netflix + Spotify + a ton
of free
books + a free Kindle... that's got ta make good economic sense for them, right?
Once you've received a final quote for your project, there are usually terms listed or provided, such as whether payment is required up front (it usually is for new clients or authors), how long it will take to produce the
books from the time you provide the files, what kind
of proofs you'll receive, whether
shipping costs are included or additional, and so on.
You also have to subtract the print
cost of your
book from the remainder
of your royalties ($ 6.27 minus the
shipping costs not calculated here).
And we don't print paper
books ahead
of time, but only to order, so we are not trapped into warehousing and
shipping costs.
A&A Printing will receive 20 % plus taxes and
shipping costs paid by consumer for each sale
of a Printed
Book & / or a Digital
Book.
The
cost: Free (other than copies
of the
book and
shipping).
The traditional model is that advertising and subscription revenue offset the
costs of printing the magazine or newspaper, paying the reviewers and editors,
shipping the
books, etc..
I recently interviewed an up - and - coming steampunk author who raised over $ 90,000 to fund the production
costs of his
book (his original goal was $ 4,000, so, even after he produces and
ships all those
books, he ought to have come out
of the deal with a year's salary in addition to whatever he makes on sales once the
book goes live).
It might
cost you the printing and
shipping of a few
books, but you can still see your
book looking out from the shelves
of a bookstore.
It's better to have your returns destroyed (to save on the
cost of having them
shipped) unless you have a means
of selling or using the extra
books that may get sent to you.
A senior research fellow
of the Society for New Communications Research and a board member
of the Independent
Book Publishers Association, serving thousands
of publishers across North America and around the world, Danny Snow admits that e-
Books solve serious problems in traditional publishing: overprinting; the
cost of shipping books back and forth between warehouses and stores during a time
of climbing fuel prices and growing focus on air quality; and the bad bookstore practice
of over-ordering, then returning unsold
books are all eliminated by digital distribution.
With both options for actual returns, you will have to cover the
cost of printing the
book and returning the
book, but if you choose destroy they will simply throw your
book away and you won't have to pay
shipping to get it back.
You pay the wholesale value
of the
book, and if it's marked «deliver,» you'll be responsible for a $ 2.00 warehouse pass - through fee and the
cost of shipping the
book back to you.
The tier
of shipping costs is due to mailing
books being progressively more expensive the farther away I need to mail them.
If I can hand - deliver a
book to you, the non-vendor price applies, and
shipping costs are
of course waived.
Sure, Amazon may be a huge seller
of paper
books but
shipping dead tree
costs Amazon dollar.
So, really, except for the fact that you'll incur
costs to buy and
ship copies to give away for marketing purposes, the
costs involved with printing a
book minimally more than that
of creating a digital copy.
Bookstore or author is responsible for
cost of shipping; BookLogix will not cover the
cost of shipping books to retailers / bookstores.
Production and
shipping costs, which are huge parts
of the
cost of making
books, are eliminated.
POGUEAnd I don't know if people — I think we need to really rethink the entire concept
of these prices because the common man says they should
cost less because they're not — there's no printing or binding or
shipping or storing expenses for electronic
books as there are with printed
books.
Add the
cost of books and
shipping, and soon $ 119 increases to over $ 1000 for a 100 -
book giveaway.
They expect authors and publishers to pay $ 119 for majority
of the so - called things that are in the current model, PLUS pay for the
book and
shipping costs.
It's completely ridiculous that even without the
costs of paper, printing,
shipping, storage, and all the other
costs associated with actual
books, the price
of an e-book would approach that
of a printed one.
You have to think about the
cost of shipping out two copies
of each
book to two sets
of judges all over the country, and the manpower that it takes for an event like this is amazing.
Are we guilty
of proclaiming that Amazon is the death
of books and bookstores, even while secretly hiding under the covers with our laptops and ordering low
cost books and household items with free
shipping?
Amazon has increased the
cost of shipping books by one centime.
Print
book giveaways will remain free to list (though you are responsible for the
costs of printing and
shipping the
books to the winners).
No more printing
books, hauling them down to the post office, filling out address labels, and paying to
ship them off to winners (which can
cost hundreds
of dollars for a 100 - copy giveaway).
Even though e-books do not have the printing and
shipping costs associated with a
book, publishers insist that these are only a fraction
of the
cost that goes into a
book: â $ œThe pricing in publishing has very little to do with manufacturing
costs and most to do with the
cost of author talent.
Otherwise, I'd have to order from a non-Amazon US / UK retailer and pay high
shipping costs (if they
ship overseas at all — some
of them don't) or special order a
book at the bookstore, which is a hassle particularly for small press titles.
There are sites that indie authors can submit their
books for free, or only for the
cost of shipping, to get an honest review.
The biggest houses may shrink some as ebooks grow, but the higher margins involved and the lower overhead
costs associated with producing and
shipping physical
books may actually increase publishers» margins and having money to pay authors in the form
of advances will remain a significant advantage for publishers in pursuing the biggest authors.
Cost is $ 39.00 overall for the best distribution and
book pricing, plus
costs of proofs and
shipping.
As for me, I order 100
books at a time from Ingram, driving the per -
book shipping costs down, so it made sense to go to the trouble
of uploading the
book to them.
The
cost of 100 copies
of a standard 256 page
book is around $ 600 plus
shipping from the printer to you.
You only need to pay the
shipping costs to
ship the five free copies
of your
book to you.
The
shipping cost will be calculated based on the quantity and weight
of your
books, as well as the final destination.