I've been thinking about signing up although at $40 a year I can see that all the advantages are in Amazon's court.
My situation is that my book is published in New Zealand. I have paypal and can sell my stock online but I'd like it to be on Amazon. I'm not sure how the margins will work out. My publisher lets my buy stock at wholesale but by the time it gets shipped to Amazon and sells there is probably not a lot in it for me. Despite this hope springs eternal and I still fantasise about hordes of people rushing to buy my book off Amazon.
I noticed terms and conditions are newly revised in Jan 07 so I thought I would ask first if anyone has used the system and if there are any catches.
Also, I am wondering about payment. According to the website:
10. How is payment made to Advantage vendors?
Advantage is invoice-free; we pay you automatically at the end of the month following the month in which your product is sold. For example, for items sold in the month of January, we will pay you at the end of February. Payment can be made to you by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to a U.S. bank account or by paper check. Please note that if you receive payment via paper check, your payment will not be disbursed until you reach a threshold of $100 and there is an $8 processing fee per check.
Does anyone else outside US deal with Amazon and what have you done with payment? A US$ cheque is no use in New Zealand
My situation is that my book is published in New Zealand. I have paypal and can sell my stock online but I'd like it to be on Amazon. I'm not sure how the margins will work out. My publisher lets my buy stock at wholesale but by the time it gets shipped to Amazon and sells there is probably not a lot in it for me. Despite this hope springs eternal and I still fantasise about hordes of people rushing to buy my book off Amazon.
I noticed terms and conditions are newly revised in Jan 07 so I thought I would ask first if anyone has used the system and if there are any catches.
Also, I am wondering about payment. According to the website:
10. How is payment made to Advantage vendors?
Advantage is invoice-free; we pay you automatically at the end of the month following the month in which your product is sold. For example, for items sold in the month of January, we will pay you at the end of February. Payment can be made to you by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to a U.S. bank account or by paper check. Please note that if you receive payment via paper check, your payment will not be disbursed until you reach a threshold of $100 and there is an $8 processing fee per check.
Does anyone else outside US deal with Amazon and what have you done with payment? A US$ cheque is no use in New Zealand