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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 30 September 2006 : 7:27:10 PM
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Tesco has the peperback versions of the eagle series at £4.95 each
Urino -are!!!!
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Justin Coles
Small mammal
United Kingdom
574 Posts |
Posted - 30 September 2006 : 10:51:03 PM
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do they have the saltbacks also? te..he..!
Audaces fortuna iuvat!
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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
United Kingdom
1860 Posts |
Posted - 01 October 2006 : 7:20:40 PM
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OOps wheres that fecking spollchocker
Urino -are!!!!
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Hannah
Single Cell Organism
28 Posts |
Posted - 22 October 2006 : 10:42:38 PM
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| The first time i ever picked up one os Simon's books was in a Co-op supermarket in Devon. it was just 2 pounds, shocking to have found it in a bargain bin! |
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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
United Kingdom
1860 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 10:25:00 AM
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Ah todays best seller is tomorrows bargin bin find!
Urino -are!!!!
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7087 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 10:38:17 AM
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Heathens!
"We're Starfleet Officers, weird is part of the job."
Star Trek Voyager - Capt. Janeway
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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
United Kingdom
1860 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 10:54:23 AM
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Hey i just love a bargin
Urino -are!!!!
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Simon Scarrow
Small mammal
Uruguay
777 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 1:36:37 PM
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| So do I, Stom, but I prefer to make a living. |
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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
United Kingdom
1860 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 1:44:32 PM
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I thought you got a price per book sold or something not a % of the sale price.
Urino -are!!!!
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Simon Scarrow
Small mammal
Uruguay
777 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 4:29:49 PM
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| If you don't buy a book in a book shop the chances are that it has been sold as a bulk item to some kind of wholesaler. In which case you get a royalty payment based on the publisher's NET receipt. In the case of the last hardback, 2000 copies went to a book club at 2 pounds a copy, of which I get 10%, as opposed to 10% of the cover price. That's 20p a book instead of 1.50 pounds. Not very impressive, and that's what makes it very hard for very many authors to live off their writing. Fortunately for me, there are enough sales through regular shops to make writing worthwhile. I'd do it anyway simply because it's huge fun, but it's nice to have some token of appreciation you can use to keep the mortgage paid up! |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
13892 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 4:42:17 PM
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i have heard of bulk discount but £2 a copy is insane! i dont buy anywhere near 2000 copies but would never expect to get them that cheap!
Centurion Parmenion
 
LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH'INTRATE
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Bush.KIA
Single Cell Organism
45 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 4:44:36 PM
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Simon,
I hope you dont think of this as a rude question, but as an Aussie I will ask it anyway!!... What sort of ratio of sales do you get from on-line stores to "real" book shops?
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
13892 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 4:49:09 PM
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and whats the ratio of international to UK sales?
Centurion Parmenion
LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH'INTRATE
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Nísia
Small mammal
Portugal
661 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 9:28:04 PM
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Here in Portugal it seems the sales are good. And it's not only the men who read them the women too. Like me  |
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Viriatus
Ape
Netherlands
859 Posts |
Posted - 23 October 2006 : 9:41:36 PM
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I have to order them via my local bookshop. They then get them for the British eds.
All except the Conquest, that I got at an Aeroport bookstore.
That was my first one, bought it for the flight, got caught in the story and had to have the others, still want...
"How bright is the light if there’s no one else to see it?"
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Manu21
Ape
United Kingdom
877 Posts |
Posted - 31 October 2006 : 4:47:04 PM
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i found like 1 of the books for £3.99 Prochecy i think from British Statoniers
odio at amor, excrucior |
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Manu21
Ape
United Kingdom
877 Posts |
Posted - 25 March 2007 : 2:27:16 PM
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hmmm will simon ever find and read the question's asked of him?
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Simon Scarrow
Small mammal
Uruguay
777 Posts |
Posted - 28 March 2007 : 09:08:02 AM
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| Okay then, I don't have any answers on ratios. The publisher just gives me the final figure, not a chain by chain breakdown. They do have that info of course, they just don't share it. |
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