logos1234567 said:
Julie - if you read it you can set the retail price and discount at whatever you like (minimum allowable discount is 25%)
Quote: We pay you for each bookshop sale the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) that you set less the wholesale discount that you set less $4.80 each copy. So for example your book’s RRP is $20...less 25% wholesale discount is $15…less $4.80 fulfilment copy price, your royalty is $10.20 on each sale ...
They quote $4.80 based on a 108 page book -so if your book is 250 pages that is 142 pages more @ 1.5 cents per page as they show on the price list so your fulfilment rate (ie the printing and shipping charge for trade sales through them) is $4.80 plus (142*1.5) = $6.93, right?
16.99 - 25% discount is 12.74 less 6.93 is 5.81 royalty
14.99 -25% is 11.24 - 6.93 = $4.31 etc etc
BOOK PRICE AT AMAZON--Booksurge wins
Comparing Booksurge to Diggory at Amazon, Booksurge wins, but not by much.
A Booksurge book is sold to Amazon at a 40% discount, but you still get 25% on the Amazon retail price. That’s the deal, because Booksurge is owned by Amazon.
So, for a 6x9 250-page book selling at $16.99, you make $4.25.
Set the same retail price through Diggory, $16.99. Now you have to discount that by 40% if you want to sell to Amazon (I think), so that leaves you $10.19. Subtract from that the fulfillment of $4.80, and that leaves you $5.39, and subtract from that $2.13 (142 excess pages times .015), leaving $3.26.
So, for that $16.99 retail price, Booksurge gives you 25% at Amazon, while Diggory gives you 19%.
To get a $4.25 royalty at Diggory through Amazon, you need to price it at $18.63 (or $23.75 if you use lulu).
It you intend to sell to bookstores, Diggory will probably win, because Booksurge will only give you a 10% royalty, and that's on the wholesale price. So, for a $16.99 book discounted by 40%, you make a royalty of only .6x16.99x.1 = $1.02. Not so good. But bookstore sales are iffy in any case, since the books are non-returnable.
AUTHOR SALES--lulu wins
To buy a single book from lulu: $9.54
To buy one hundred books: 7.79/book
To buy a single book from Booksurge: $11.89
To buy one hundred books: $8.50/book
To buy a single book from Diggory: $25.92
To buy one hundred books: $10.48/book
FULFILLMENT TIME--Booksurge wins
Booksurge: 2 days
Lulu: 5 days
Diggory: ?