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No books on Amazon.co.uk?
I know that you can get them delivered internationally, but why don't you get Amazon.co.uk to stock your books? The shipping charges make me think twice before ordering, that's for sure.
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Inappropriate?Hi Philip, we'd love to be there. But... publishers are being crushed by middlemen and retailers, including Amazon, which require 55%-70% of the list price of the books you purchase. That's why we opt to sell through two chief channels: directly (where for the same price as the paperback you'd purchase on Amazon, we'll also provide you with the book's digital edition), and via Amazon's Marketplace program, which charges a much smaller commission to publishers (enabling us to stay in business).
Unfortunately, because we don't participate in Amazon's standard Advantage program (at a 55% clip), they won't list us in Amazon.uk or other non-US Amazon stores.
One reason we sell a digital edition (again, directly at http://rosenfeldmedia.com) is to cater to customers who understandably don't want to pay shipping fees. Our digital books have been designed and tested for on-screen use, but of course you can print them too.
Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. We're open to exploring different sales channels, but at this point, I have a hard time seeing how we can offer the value we do and be a viable business with a different approach. -
Inappropriate?I take the point about Amazon's fees etc. And the digital version seems a pretty good solution.
However, I am inclined to print out digital books, for ease of reference, reading away from the computer, etc. And, while the appoach of optimising the digital version for on-screen use is great.... for on-screen use.... the 374 pages make it a bit prohibitive to print out....
Maybe there could be alternative (screen and print) digital versions.... maybe we could choose when ordering or maybe you'd be kind enough to supply both to a "digital" customer.....?
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Inappropriate?Aileenf, selling a PDF version designed especially for printing is a very interesting suggestion. We'd need to take the version we send to the printer and at least remove all the toner-hungry design elements (e.g,. dark backgrounds found on our chapters' first pages). But it's feasible.
But is it something that many people are clamoring for? I'd love to hear more thoughts on this idea. Anyone else struggling with the same issue?
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Inappropriate?Just posted some additional thoughts and questions regarding printer-friendly digital editions on our site: http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/announc...
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Inappropriate?How about sending a case of books to the UK and then using an agent to post them locally? -
Inappropriate?Well, there was a case of books at Indi's workshop in Brighton. I assume (and hope) that she didn't carry it in her flight luggage. :-) So, you've already done the first part of the process once?!
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Inappropriate?That's a little different; we worked that out with the organizers (Clearleft) specifically for that event. We try to do those when we can, but it's not always possible; every event is a little different.
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Inappropriate?Is it not worth the effort if you can get a decent partner in the UK? The only reason I ask is that quite a few people in the UK have asked me about both books who don't want to pay the USA->UK postage and who aren't interested in the ebook versions. I do think you have an untapped market here. How big, I don't know...
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Inappropriate?It's extremely difficult to sell through overseas Amazon stores (unless you're a member of Amazon Advantage, which doesn't make business sense for us). You need a local bank account, address, incorporation, taxes...
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