Amazon's BookSurge increases author royalties
Amazon's self-publishing unit, BookSurge, announced Monday it would increase author "royalties" from 25 percent to 35 percent. The announcement came in an afternoon e-mail to the company's customers and prospects:
As a company focused on providing customers with the best possible publishing experience, we are pleased to announce that we are passing on cost savings to our customers in the form of increased royalties! Effective February 1, BookSurge increased the royalty rates authors receive on sales of trade paperback books through all retail channels from 25% to 35%; this includes sales coming through from Amazon.com, Alibris.com, Abebooks.com and the BookSurge online bookstore.---------------
We are committed to helping you achieve your publishing goals; giving you a larger share of your book's sales is just one way we can help you succeed as an author. We hope you'll give us an opportunity to show you the BookSurge difference on your next publishing project. Don't hesitate to contact your publishing consultant if we can answer any questions or be of further assistance.
Happy Publishing!
David Symonds
General Manager
BookSurge
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Labels: Amazon, self publishing
posted by Steve Weber at 2/04/2008
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Steve,
Yes, but what does this really mean? Does this make BookSurge a viable alternative to Lightning Source for self-publishers? Would you use them?
Newt
Newt,
I wouldn't use them because when you run the numbers you'll see you're earning far less than you could by true self publishing -- using LSI or printing offset. I suppose for a vanity book where you're not hoping to sell many copies, the convenience of BookSurge, CreateSpace, etc., might be worth it. But if you're trying to make money at it, you've got to publish yourself.
Steve,
I'm actually surprised that Amazon.com doesn't turn this into an enterprise where authors actually can make money. They do a very good job of helping their customers understand how to market their books,etc.
It's unfortunate that they don't price it right.
Newt
Newt and Steve,
I actually work for Booksurge and came across this blog. We actually reduced our wholesale pricing as well so we may be more of an option than you think, but you would have to contact us for details on the particular book as it is done a per quote basis. For instance, on a 5.25 by 8 150 page book you could get a per book price of $2.86 for an order of 100 copies. If you want to order larger and get deeper discounts you could, but why waste the capital when you can get per book pricing that low as such a low order amount.
John Mark Schuster
johnmark.schuster@booksurge.com
http://bookmarketing101.blogspot.com/
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