About $ 1.00
shipping cost per book (with an order of ten, otherwise store pays shipping).
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.
The
cost is $ 15.00
per book with
shipping included.
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.
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).
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.
Copyediting, line editing, proofreading, formatting for publishing, formatting for print, cover art, copyright registration, ISBN's, review copies,
shipping and research
costs can all be budgeted on a
per book basis.
After all, there's no real basis for a price — no «fixed
cost,» unlike a print
book, which has
per - unit
costs to print and
ship (and store, etc.).
For example, if you priced at, say 10 bucks with 1 buck profit, you're paying 9 bucks
per book, but with zero
shipping cost.
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.
Use our calculators to see your
per -
book, proof order
cost, and
shipping and handling
costs.
I sell my
books at 9 or 10 dollars a copy, but I can buy them for less than four, with
shipping costing maybe 50 cents
per.
(This is pretty close to the edge for my tastes for novels because in many instances there will be group
shipping costs involved which will range from $.60 to $.85
per book.
I had to buy 10 for promo purposes, so I couldn't afford to pay the
shipping through Amazon or B&N, and The
Book Depository's free
shipping and reasonable
cost per unit was a huge factor in my choice.
If I'm
shipping one
book, I can also use Media Mail which
costs $ 3 - $ 4
per book, however, Media Mail takes about a week or so, and I prefer for my customers to get their
books fast.
My
book, Publishing 101,
costs about $ 3.60
per unit if I want a copy, plus
shipping.
Minus the to join fee ($ 1
per book is I sold 40
books), the
cost to
ship the
books to Amazon -LRB-.50
per book), the
cost of the
book (my
cost $ 2.00) I end up making a profit of $ 3.30
per book.
Our 20 % off mail order price of $ 11.95 leaves a profit of $ 8.21
per book, and customers pay a $ 2.25
shipping and handling fee which covers the average
cost of a mailer and postage.
For example, 50
books ($ 162.50) with the Pro Plan ($ 39) and
shipping ($ 15) should
cost about $ 4.33
per book.
Having to print, bind,
ship, store in a warehouse, store in a store, display on a store shelf, take back returned copies, and all of that ancillary stuff — it
costs roughly $ 2 - 3
per book for a hardcover, more like $ 1 for a paperback.
Amazon Prime — which
costs $ 79
per year in Canada after a 30 - day free trial — also includes free two - day
shipping for orders through the global online retailer, which sells a wide variety of goods, including
books, housewares, clothes and consumer electronics.
Because
shipping costs are factored on a
per book basis, when ordering multiple quantities of
books, you may find it most economical to place an order over the phone by calling the Shop directly at 816-457-6147.