Post by Mini Mia on Jan 9, 2009 22:30:44 GMT -6
Are unsold copies really dumped in landfills? Why? Why aren't they donated to libraries? Or given to charities to auction off? Or sold to secondhand bookstores? Or even recycled?
Literary Spotlight: Cat Johnson
Literary | Spotlight | Volume 1 | Issue 37 | 01/05/2009
Q: Compare the response to your e-books vs. the real deal (print.) Different audience?
A: I know from analyzing royalty statements that my print sales are about equal to my e-Book sales. Financially, e-books are a better deal and are better for the environment. They cost about half of what my print books do mainly because Trade Paperback-sized books printed using Print-on-Demand technology (which my books are) cost more, but you get a larger book made of nicer quality paper and are printed to order so there in no waste vs. Mass Market-size books printed using large print runs that use low quality paper but cost much less because they are printing hundreds of thousands of copies that often are returned to the printer by chain stores and end up in landfills.