Discount or value books may be the step-child of publishing, but they are still a part of the family. It’s often a very profitable part.
Authors Guide Buyers Through Massive Mexican Book Sale
Mexico City held its sixth annual All Out Book Auction, which helps publishers shed overstock. Authors lead buyers through the aisles, making recommendations.
Will E-books Kill the Remainder Book Business?
By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story, Larry May, director of the Spring Book Show, explains the ins-and-outs of the bargain book business, a lucrative secondary market that most publisher would rather not acknowledge. The business deals in hurts, returns, overruns and books that have been published but gone unsold. But as the industry moves closer and closer to digital …
The Bargain Book Business By the Numbers
By Larry May, director of The Spring Book Show KNOXVILLE: When I was younger and much more foolish, I studied Judo with a former South Korean Olympic Champion. Quite often, after a grueling round of randori (Judo sparring where he used the bodies of his students to “clean up” the mats) he loved to go out and eat and drink…and …
Will Books Get Even Cheaper in 2010?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story discusses how the remainder book market continues to be robust, despite a relatively depressed global economy. It’s only reasonable that people would search for bargains when the money is tight. It’s also one of the reasons that Amazon, Wal-Mart and others started a brief price war in November, one that saw the price of …
Best of ’09: Remainders Still a Great Way to Make Money
As 2009 comes to a close we wanted to celebrate by bringing you a week’s worth of your favorite articles that we’re run on Publishing Perspectives. We’ll be back on Monday, January 4, with our next new feature. In the meantime, enjoy the best of ’09 and check our news blog for updates and analysis. Today, we look at the …
Despite Down Economy, Remainders Still a Great Way to Make Money
By Edward Nawotka KNOXVILLE, TN: “For a long time the remainder market wasn’t considered a legitimate part of the book trade,” says Larry May. May, who runs The Spring Book Show and the Great American Bargain Book Show, remainder book trade fairs held in Atlanta and Boston respectively, believes that perception has finally turned around. “Maybe it’s the economy, but …
Bonus Material: How Overseas Remainder Buyers Can Save on Shipping
By Edward Nawotka Just as when you buy a book for a penny online, only to realize that shipping it to your home will cost $12.99 – the same goes for buying remainders: You may be able to buy 7,000 titles for 12.5 cents each, but getting them home to the UK, the Netherlands, or Korea is likely to cost …