The price of your book is an important detail. It impacts which readers will purchase your book as well as how much money you will make on royalties. The price of your book is based on a variety of factors; one of the most essential elements is the trade discount. This is also referred to as the [...]
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Trade Discounts 101
Posted: September 13, 2011 by Cheri Breeding in Cheri SpeaksTags: book price, Self-Publishing, trade discount
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The 5Ws of Trade Discounts
Posted: April 20, 2011 by Cheri Breeding in Cheri SpeaksTags: Cheri Breeding, Outskirts Press, trade discount
To get the best understanding of your book’s price, you have to first understand that there are many individual entities that make up the pricing equation. One of those entities is the trade discount. That term can confuse authors at time, though the concept is not as difficult as it may initially seem. To give [...]
Top 5 Considerations for Effectively Pricing Your Self-Published Book
Posted: February 3, 2011 by Elise L. Connors in UncategorizedTags: book pricing, royalties, Self-Publishing, trade discount
“Is my book too expensive?” “Am I selling myself short?” Traditionally-published authors usually don’t have any control over the price of their book. As a self-published author, though, how can you make sure you have priced your book appropriately? There is no hard and fast rule, unfortunately. However, here are a few things to consider [...]
Self-publishing Book Pricing and Trade Discount
Posted: September 24, 2010 by selfpublishingadvice in Book Promotion, Choosing a PublisherTags: POD, Self-Publishing, trade discount
Like many you’re probably considering the upfront costs advertised by the various self-publishing options available. Pricing is a critical step in self-publishing, and goes much deeper that how much it costs to simply have your book published. Just as writers consider the cost to value of publishers, so will readers when deciding whether (and where) to buy [...]
Pricing Advantages in Self-publishing
Posted: December 28, 2009 by selfpublishingadvice in Choosing a PublisherTags: book pricing, Self-Publishing, trade discount
Last week we discussed book pricing among the biggest advantages in self-publishing. Book pricing can actually be more complicated that it would appear on the outset, and worth discussing in a bit more length. Let’s start with trade discount. The “trade discount” is the percentage of your retail price that you offer to the publishing [...]
