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I like to think $12 is a pretty good top price for a TPB, although I have seen 'em from $10 to $15. $12 sounds like a nice median.
for a MMPB, though, Anything over $7.95 is a bit nuts. And at $7, it better be a thick book, or have a gorgeous cover at least. With textures.
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Here's the deal. It'll cost me $11.99 per book without me making any money at all. Do I add a dollar or just keep it at cost?
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This'll have original photos (2), a personally designed front and back cover, and will be a rare first edition copy of a book that will probably be worth a lot of money one day.
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Sell it to friends for whatever, the prices in this thread seem like good suggestions. However, put a MSRP on it of $16 (or $15.95 or whatever, but you'd probably get people's notice better with a round number ), then market it around to independent booksellers; you can suggest they offer a certain small stock (say, 5 copies) on pure consignment, then if those sell they might start being interested in buying some (of course, you'd probably have to sell them to them for at least 10% off the MSRP, which is why you make that $16). Keep in mind that the way the new book market works is if booksellers don't sell all their copies they get to ship them back to the publisher and get a refund (you should probably include this clause if you have a bookstore ordering any not on consignment).
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I have a hard time paying for Trade Paperbacks because I am a cheap bastich, but when I do feel compelled to pay full price for a book I really really want, thirteen dollars is not a crazy price. Especially if there are photos.
Fifteen dollars for a nice trade with photos seems not unreasonable to me.
Sixteen dollars seems a bit much for an author I've never heard of. (don't shoot me, I had to dangle the participle, I couldn't make it make sense otherwise)
I would pay twenty dollars for a book by the inestimable Jamie. But I'm a sucker for mackillian. I luuuuuuuuuuuuub jamie .
Do I have to order it from the website and then ship you to my house to get it signed? Because that would up the price too much. Of course, if you are still coming to West Point for graduation, I guess I could wait until then to get it signed. *heavy sigh*
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I refuse to buy unless it's signed with my required phrase written in.
So there.
Actually, yah, I'll order. But you have to promise to make it down south at some point to sign it, and to take pictures of my kids.
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It's a major accomplishment to finish something like this. I hope it sells like hotcakes. Well, not with butter and syrup all over it -- that'd be messy during shipping.
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Darn it all. I am gonna have to wait until the end of the month to make my order. Maybe, if I am lucky, the middle of the month.
Mack, may I ask a favor? Would you take a picture of the book? I think it would be cool to see a color photo of it, especially for those who cannot order it just yet. Thank you.
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*expletive deleted*FedEx has *expletive deleted* managed to *expletive deleted* lose my copy. They claim it was delivered on the second. Funny, Bill works at home and he doesn't recall them coming by. Those *expletive deleted* are trying to tell me that since thier *expletive deleted* delivery guy says he delivered it to the right *expletive deleted* address there's nothing they can do. *expletive deleted* liars! This is now package #5 that they've *expletive deleted* up and I am so *expletive deleted* tired of fighting with them.
Did anybody happen to notice if there was a USPS option? They may be slower, but they at least manage to deliver stuff to us.
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So, who's willing to buy Kama a gift for the Con?
I don't have a credit card which enables online shopping, plus it would be silly to ship the book to Poland just to take it back to America for mack to sign.
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