ARRGH! It's not great!
After a post where the 5% discount and 10% restocking fee (meaning that the bookstore LOSES money on every return to Ingram) is mentioned.
"I wouldn’t worry about it to much because not all books ordered will sell and the store have to restock their inventory. Returning books is just a part of the business. There are far more books from other authors that are returned than a PA book. We are in a great position."
Great? 5% discount on books that are already twice the usual price is not great. Returnable books that bookstores will not order because they have to pay a restocking fee that is bigger than the discount they get from the publisher is not great.
It's great at discouraging sales through the normal channels, which must make the publisher's life easier. It must be a horrible bother to Tor and Harlequin to have to track all those thousands of books through all those bookstores.
After a post where the 5% discount and 10% restocking fee (meaning that the bookstore LOSES money on every return to Ingram) is mentioned.
"I wouldn’t worry about it to much because not all books ordered will sell and the store have to restock their inventory. Returning books is just a part of the business. There are far more books from other authors that are returned than a PA book. We are in a great position."
Great? 5% discount on books that are already twice the usual price is not great. Returnable books that bookstores will not order because they have to pay a restocking fee that is bigger than the discount they get from the publisher is not great.
It's great at discouraging sales through the normal channels, which must make the publisher's life easier. It must be a horrible bother to Tor and Harlequin to have to track all those thousands of books through all those bookstores.