Betsy Burton, owner of The King’s English in Salt Lake City, has long served on committees and boards of independent booksellers and already had a reputation as a passionate store owner and book lover. But this year, she is also an author. Her recent book, King’s English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller, was heartily lauded at last weekend’s Book Expo convention.
“I’m feeling profoundly grateful for booksellers. They were so supportive,” said Burton, who was still in New York on Monday for more post-convention meetings and signings. Next weekend, she heads to Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest on a book tour. “This is like my two weeks of fame.” Story from the Salt Lake Tribune .
Link to Book
Link to Book
Much Better Link – at the Author’s Own Store …scroll down for description
at the King’s English bookstore
Re:Much Better Link – at the Author’s Own Store
The book also cost $8 more at that link. With $8 I could buy another book. Paying full hardcover is theft. Hardcover books cost $1 to print, give the author a few bucks, add a few bucks for distribution and a $12-$14 book is fair. $26 is theft.
LISNews amazon associates account?
Should we maybe ask Blake to set up an amazon associates account for LISNews? That way LISnews would get some of the cash if someone orders the book linked above? I’m assuming right now that the link benefits Bibliofuture’s Amazon Associates account just because of the way it is constructed.
the “theft” as you call it
This is I think the way those amounts break down:
At Amazon (for a total of $18)–1.5 for the author, 1.5 for the publisher, 2 for the printer, 1 for the cover designer, 1 for the interior designer, 1 for the binder, 1 for the warehouse, 9 for Amazon. So the seller (Amazon) essentially takes almost one-half of the total (they do of course presumably pay their web people, lawyers, stockroom workers, etc.).
At the independent bookstore (for a total of $26)this might be the breakdown–2.5 for the author, 2.5 for the publisher, 3.5 for the printer, 1.5 for the cover designer, 1 for the interior designer, 1 for the binder, 2 for the wholesaler, 1 for the distributor, 1 for the fulfillment house, 1 for the publicist, 2 for advertising, 1 for trade shows, 2 for the bookstore owner, 1 for the bookstore employee, 1 for the regional book rep, 1 for the shipper, 1 for sales tax (not paid by Amazon). Therefore the people who produce the book (author, publisher, illustrators, etc.) and the people in the local community (booksellers, employees, reps) get more of the money. Uncle Sam gets his share this way too.
I’m estimating…but do you get the idea? So if you want to buy your books at Amazon, be prepared to be buying them there five years hence, as your local bookstore will have gone out of business. For that matter, so may Amazon. And then you can buy them at WAL-MART!!!