Guest guest Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 " Branislav " arealis@... wrote: " Will the book be available through Amazon.com? The contents sounds really good. It should be a good book to show to unbelievers. Paypal doesn't allow some countries, Amazon is much better in that respect. " When I spoke with Ms. Billings, she said they were working to try and sell the book on Amazon.com, as well as their web site. I do know that they have to get open another avenue for the book's availability- as a lot of people cannot use computers any longer- or will not purchase items on-line- or simply too sick or don't own a computer any longer- Sharon --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Bratislav, If it's self-published, you can probably find out what shipping to where you are is and then pay either by credit card or international money order. Sharon, Here is a web page by on how to get Amazon to sell a self-published book. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000668.php Here is the executive summary: 1 Get an ISBN (for a book), or a UPC (for a CD or DVD). For one book it costs $125, for one CD, $55, for one DVD, $89. 2 Get a bar code based on the ISBN or UPC. Costs $10, or may be included in UPC. 3 Sign up with Amazon, $30 per year. 4 Duplicate your stuff; include the bar code on the outside. 5 Ship two copies to Amazon 6 Send cover scan 7 Track sales 8 Register it (optional) From the web page: " The cost of using Amazon is high. They take 55% of the " official " price (not the sale price but the price you originally determine). That means that even if they discount the book (good for sales), the discount is coming out of their half. But it means you are only getting 45% of your listed price. In addition you pay for shipping books there, and of course for printing them, so the math does not encourage fortune making. Most self-published books are in the " long tail " zone, selling only a few copies per month. I've done better, selling several thousand copies over a couple of years, but still: This is not a way to make money; this is a way to distribute your message. " Which means that those of us here who can, should buy the book from the authors directly, and not through Amazon, if at all possible. Via Amazon, the cost of shipping (to Amazon) is probably going to make the sale pretty unprofitable for them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Sharon, I had to order it through their site. I don't think they are doing Amazon.com which would be a great idea. I would have like to put the book on my website but not until it goes on Amazon, that will make it much easier for people to purchase. Hopefully they will work on that. Darlene Sharon Morningstar <willowinwind2002@...> wrote: " Branislav " arealis@... wrote: " Will the book be available through Amazon.com? The contents sounds really good. It should be a good book to show to unbelievers. Paypal doesn't allow some countries, Amazon is much better in that respect. " When I spoke with Ms. Billings, she said they were working to try and sell the book on Amazon.com, as well as their web site. I do know that they have to get open another avenue for the book's availability- as a lot of people cannot use computers any longer- or will not purchase items on-line- or simply too sick or don't own a computer any longer- Sharon --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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