Not to forget mentioning but how will the writers fare when it comes to royalties on the "donated" books to bookstores? After all, if the store sells the books, wouldn't the author be entitled to royalties?
Who gets stuck for the shipping cost of these books? You know it won't be PublishAmerica. So the author pays for the books, pays for the shipping costs, and gets no royalties (since books are being donated to the bookstore). PA most likely gets some kind of tax write-off for their donation and the bookstore ends up chucking the books into the dumpster out back. Great idea, PublishAmerica!!! ** rolling my eyes ** The only one who stands to gain anything with this plan is PublishAmerica, as always.
In fact, we won't even charge the bookstore for the shipping! And you receive a 40 pct discount!
Example: you order 20 copies, we print 40. We ship your 20 copies to you, and the same day we ship an additional 20 books to your local bookstore, for FREE.
The Sacramento, CA, library system has 11 copies of Capital Crimes: 15 Tales by Sacramento Area Authors, but spread among its branches. They ordered 8 from me in one whack (I am the publisher). But not a dozen. And not in one branch.. . . When's the last time you saw ANY book that got 12 copies shelved at the same library?
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Dear Author:
PublishAmerica will put your book in your local bookstore!
As many copies as you determine! Imagine, Christmas shoppers flocking to bookstores, and the book they find displayed there is yours!
With the holiday sales season around the corner, we are ready to donate your book to your bookstore.
We're not waiting for them to order it.
Then again, they may not.They may put up your book for sale any way they want,
highlighting you as a local author,
stacking it on a front table,
selling it next to the register,
or any other way they choose.
Do you want us to donate the book to your local library instead? We're ready to do that as well.
Here's how we do it:
If you want to have books on hand, may now order any number of books
you need, and PublishAmerica will match the order. We will donate the
exact same number of books to your local bookstore. In fact, we won't
even charge the bookstore for the shipping!
And you receive a 40 pct discount!
Example: you order 20 copies, we print 40. We ship your 20 copies to you, and the same day we ship an additional 20 books to your local bookstore, for FREE.
Go to www.publishamerica.net, find your book, click on it, then add to cart, indicate quantity, and use this coupon: Bookstore40. Then click Recalculate and finish the transaction. Minimum volume is 12 copies.
Want fewer books? Then use this coupon: Bookstore30. No minimum volume requirement here. This will give you a discount of 30 pct, and we'll still donate as many books to the bookstore as you order for yourself.
In the Ordering Instructions field, be sure to indicate the name and address
of your local bookstore or library. We will ship your books there the same day
we ship your order to you. By using the coupon you are authorizing us to
match your order and donate the books. You may also request that we ship
the FREE books to you instead.
U.S. stores and libraries only. Full-color and hardcovers excluded. Offer expires this weekend on Sunday night.
Thank you,
PublishAmerica Author Support Team
It's sort of a large scale version of the "reverse shoplifting" idea that was on the PAMB a while back - sneak your book onto the shelf when no one's looking. It won't be in the system, but Hey! if it's there, and someone takes it to the counter, they have to sell it. Right? Right??? Right?!!!
Ho wmuch did it cost you to get your rights returned?
wish you would have been on here weeks ago. You could tell alot of people how to get out of things here.I ask for my rights back, but still havent heard anything in a month. I was mean too.
Wanda, you won't get anywhere with PA (or anyone else) by being mean. Keep your words and demeanor professional and courteous. Not for PA, but for yourself and your own integrity.