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| Winston_Smith... |
 Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:18 pm |
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"John R. Carroll" <nunya at (no spam) bidness.dev.nul> wrote:
Quote: Winston_Smith wrote:
NOW you went surfing and found something from a liberal rag that you
think possibly shows your comment in a better light if we care to wade
though the crap of their propaganda? Hit a nerve did I?
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I think I'll wait until she does the Playboy "spread". It can't be
too much longer now. Hef is pretty free with a buck. |
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| John R. Carroll... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:37 pm |
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Winston_Smith wrote:
Quote: Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:18 -0700, Winston_Smith
not_real at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
I wrote "marketing Palin".
Tell a lie often enough and someone will believe it. You wrote "the
neocons & wingers were marketing Palin". But they are not. You are
full of shit.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/11/william_kristol_eyeing_role_as.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/sarah_palin_overheated_conserv.html
You wrote none of this prior to your erroneous remark. You never
provided a cite to anything of any kind in several rounds of posts.
You just kept on misquoting yourself.
NOW you went surfing and found something from a liberal rag that you
think possibly shows your comment in a better light if we care to wade
though the crap of their propaganda? Hit a nerve did I?
P.S. Don't miss out on this offer! Remember, you'll get your issues of HUMAN
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| Gerald Abrahamson... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:32 pm |
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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:47:18 -0500, Jim Alder
<jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
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Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab at (no spam) visi.com> wrote:
Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab at (no spam) visi.com> wrote:
About $14 to $15 using the ~50% of retail figure (~$30).
If you look again at the article where you read that statistic, you'll
see
that it says "usually" about half of retail. This is a pre-order thing,
not
the 'usual.'
So you are acknowledging the publisher is selling the books at a loss--and
making it up in volume? Or what?
How can you possibly extricate that meaning from the words I typed above?
Since you seem to find verbosity a proper substitute for intellect, I guess
I
will have to explain in niggling detail.
So far, I have seen little in terms of your responses
containing facts. I am providing facts. You can't refute
them.
What facts have you supplied? All I see are stupid questions. I don't know
why you're even concerned about this book, since you seem unable to read.
The cost breakdown of publishing a book. Since you don't
have a clue about book publishing, maybe you should look
there before posting any more. You are only making yourself
look more and more foolish.
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As I said, your figure of 50% is for 'usual' buying and selling by
retailers. In other words, retailers replenishing their inventory of books
already in print. Publishers need to keep books warehoused for such deals,
meaning they had to print them 'on spec'. (meaning, 'spec'ulating that
someone will buy them in the future) They don't print more books every time
someone orders a dozen or a hundred of one particular title. This
warehousing increases their cost and hence the wholesale price. Simple
enough?
Therefore, the cost to the publisher for this NEW, AS-YET-
UNPUBLISHED book (i.e., NOT an existing/already-published
book) is HIGHER than an already-published book. So, they
need to charge more to recover those initial start-up costs.
WHAT?! That doesn't make even a little sense! Try to read without
interrupting.
To you, it would not make sense. You use Republican't math,
not real-world math. Palin's book is a NEW book, therefore
all prep work and costs for a NEW, AS-YET-UNPUBLISHED book
will be incurred. Unless, of course, you can tell us how all
those costs can be avoided. In which case, I would bet ANY
amount the big book and newspaper publishers would LOVE to
learn how to avoid all those large, expensive pre-production
costs in order to become more profitable more quickly.
Therefore, please tell us which (if any) of those major
publishers (including Rupert Murdoch--ROFLMAO !!) are using
your "cost saving" system--and thereby saving billions and
billions of dollars every year? How could you possibly NOT
allow the publisher of Palin's book to save that money--and
thus allow the book to be sold at an even LOWER price?
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Now we come to "Going Rogue" which has not been released yet and won't
be
for more than another couple weeks. Which means they haven't been printed
yet.
Yet people are already ordering (and paying for) them and Amazon is also
ordering and paying for them. So the publisher can print and sell them
without
storage or economic risk. Since it is also a best seller, they are selling
as
ton of them. So they cut their profit per unit, and rake it in in volume.
Amazon uses the same strategy. Since they're paying less, they sell for less
and draw in more sales.
Since there are no initial costs (using your system), Palin
just made millions more--or was it her publisher? Or was it
you? No one seems to be able to determine where the money
went.... If you had gotten the money, then you would have
declared that income to the IRS.... But that didn't happen.
And no one in the publishing industry is telling the world
about how they saved all that money using your system....
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The publisher still has to recover those initial costs. So,
the cost per book (to the publisher) remains relatively high
until those costs are recovered via higher-priced sales to
resellers. Those higher-prices sales don't happen if the
publisher dramatically cuts the cost to the resellers BEFORE
release--which is what we are seeing now.
Still no refutation of the following real facts:
Quote: So what if shipping is tax deductible? It is still a
non-recoverable hard cost [cash] expense. And the point you
seem to have missed is there are TWO shipping costs. #1 is
from publisher to retailer. #2 is retailer to consumer.
#1 can not be gotten around by the retailer. #2 is avoided
for "in-store" purchases. #2 can also be offset by charging
for shipping OR (in the case of "free" shipping), the
consumer buys other items that ARE profitable and thus
offset (some or all of) the cost of "free" shipping.
That's as clear as I can make it. If you still don't get it, go back to
school.
Looks like you dropped out long ago--and they wouldn't let
you back in.
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Here is real info on book publishing costs:
http://ireaderreview.com/2009/05/03/book-cost-analysis-cost-of-physical-
book-publishing/
1. Book Retail Price: $27.95
2. Retailer (discount, staffing, rent, etc.) – $12.58.
That’s 45%.
3. Author Royalties – $4.19. Exactly 15%.
4. Wholesaler – $2.80. Exactly 10%.
5. Pre-production (Publisher) - $3.55. That’s 12.7%.
6. Printing (Publisher) – $2.83. Translates to 10.125%.
7. Marketing (Publisher) – $2. That’s approximately 7.15%
Almost all of those expenses are divided by the number of units sold or
printed, so what you're giving are the prices for an average book, not a best
seller and not a pre-release sale.
These two would probably remain the same no matter how many books are sold
or if they were pre-sold or not.
A pre-release book still has full production AND
pre-production costs against it. Plus, there are the
ADDITIONAL costs of the ACTUAL writer of the book--not just
Palin's ongoing commissions. Then you also omitted all the
costs of marketing and promotions. Ah, did you figure out a
way to avoid those costs ALSO? WOW !!! Obviously
true--because you did NOT include that cost in your list
(below):
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3. Author Royalties – $4.19. Exactly 15%.
6. Printing (Publisher) – $2.83. Translates to 10.125%.
Personally, I'd be really surprised if Palin gets $4 per book sold. But
maybe.
There is no
incentive for the publisher to sell "below cost" before it
is released--unless they know they have a loser on their
hands. Then they dump it fast at a loss now--or else take even bigger
losses later. Which loss do you choose?
Adding just #5 + #6 + #7 (above) yields a hard cost of $8.38
to the publisher to print the book. Then add shipping costs
from the publisher to the resellers...
Look. I'm not going to turn this into a research project, nitpicking the
entire publishing industry, just so you can convince yourselves that this
best-seller is a loser because you don't like Palin. Your conclusion makes no
sense.
Uh, you were the one questioning what it actually costs to
produce a book. Now you have them in front of you and you
suddenly don't like the numbers--because they show the book
is being sold BELOW COST (because cost includes Palin's fee
per book).
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Then why print it at all? Why cut the price, which will only generate
more
sales and still higher losses? They aren't 'dumping' a book they haven't
printed yet.
Exactly. I don't see "publisher margin" in that list of
costs--do you?
I don't know what that is, and it certainly doesn't answer my question.
You don't know what a "margin" is in business? ROFLMAO !!
Now THAT is Republican't thinking--and math !!! Are you SURE
you represent the "Party of Business"? Or are you the "Party
of Monkey Business"?
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The rest of your post is just you pretending to not understand, much
like
the previous part of your post. So I'll stop here.
ROFLMAO !! Can't imagine why....
I just TOLD you why!
So, let's see Republican't business math.....
Since you're starting from a false premise, let's not bother.
Republican't business math is a false premise !!! Now we are
beginning to get somewhere !!
And it is publicly admitted and officially documented, too.
Now, for the really important question. Is Republican't
NC/CNC/computer/normal math any less effective (or
different) than their business math (which is a documented
"false premise")? Republican't business math does not
produce any profits. Does Republican't
NC/CNC/computer/normal math produce usable parts--or are all parts
certifiably "scrap ready" when produced?
I know this is hard (impossible) for you to follow because
it is real-world "how to make a business profit" logic and
math--and you have publicly posted "Republican't business
math" is a "false premise".
Interesting how there is no group-related math response.
Whatever that means.
Let's see, this is in the CNC newsgroup.
So, pre-production costs would be ALL the costs of getting
and winning a production order for a new part (book). The
shop (publisher) has to figure out how to make the part
correctly AND at a cost the buyer finds acceptable.
Those costs include (but are not limited to):
A. shop overhead,
B. engineering--figuring out how to make the part,
C. estimating--cost and time info,
D. various material costs,
E. production time(s) for various machines and processes,
F. production processes,
G. jigs,
H. fixtures,
I. tooling,
J. set-up,
K. and lots more.
So, you have a LOT to learn yet. Only problem--they won't
let you back into school. And you don't DIY--ah, THAT
explains "Republican't math and logic" !!!! |
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| cop welfare... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:48 pm |
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On Nov 1, 9:26 pm, Winston_Smith <not_r... at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
Quote: Too_Many_Tools <too_many_to... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
On Oct 30, 10:18 pm, Winston_Smith <not_r... at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguessw... at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:57:17 -0700, Winston_Smith <not_r... at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
I didn't characterize them one way or the other. I just pointed out
they exist and they will be a political factor. It is foolish to
pretend they don't exist or that they won't have an effect.
The idiot vote.
Sell them a pack of lies ... ort he same ones again ... by then
they may have forgotten .......
It worked for Obama.
Maybe.
But it worked twice for Bush.
TMT
Agreed. Thanks for accepting that Bush and Obama are just about the
same thing.- Hide quoted text -
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"Thanks for accepting that Bush and Obama are just about the
same thing." ws
so where does that leave you. |
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| Winston_Smith... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:26 pm |
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Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: On Oct 30, 10:18 pm, Winston_Smith <not_r... at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguessw... at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:57:17 -0700, Winston_Smith <not_r... at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
I didn't characterize them one way or the other. I just pointed out
they exist and they will be a political factor. It is foolish to
pretend they don't exist or that they won't have an effect.
The idiot vote.
Sell them a pack of lies ... ort he same ones again ... by then
they may have forgotten .......
It worked for Obama.
Maybe.
But it worked twice for Bush.
TMT
Agreed. Thanks for accepting that Bush and Obama are just about the
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| Cliff... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:20 am |
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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:17:10 -0400, Cliff
<Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
Quote: On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:09:30 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab at (no spam) visi.com> wrote:
Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab at (no spam) visi.com> wrote:
Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
About $14 to $15 using the ~50% of retail figure (~$30).
If you look again at the article where you read that statistic, you'll
see
that it says "usually" about half of retail. This is a pre-order thing, not
the 'usual.'
So you are acknowledging the publisher is selling the books
at a loss--and making it up in volume? Or what?
How can you possibly extricate that meaning from the words I typed above?
Since you seem to find verbosity a proper substitute for intellect, I guess I
will have to explain in niggling detail.
As I said, your figure of 50% is for 'usual' buying and selling by
retailers.
Perhaps they saved on costs by printing this one on toiletpaper.
Sounds like a good idea ..... dual use technology ....
Perhaps you would like to get other books by
the same author ....
http://www.amazon.com/Lynn-Vincent/e/B001JSDNHY/ref=sr_tc_img_2
http://gawker.com/5371146/sarah-palins-ghostwriter-pals-around-with-racists-and-wackos
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| Cliff... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:23 am |
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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:47:18 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Quote: Here is real info on book publishing costs:
http://ireaderreview.com/2009/05/03/book-cost-analysis-cost-of-physical-
book-publishing/
1. Book Retail Price: $27.95
2. Retailer (discount, staffing, rent, etc.) – $12.58.
That’s 45%.
3. Author Royalties – $4.19. Exactly 15%.
4. Wholesaler – $2.80. Exactly 10%.
5. Pre-production (Publisher) - $3.55. That’s 12.7%.
6. Printing (Publisher) – $2.83. Translates to 10.125%.
7. Marketing (Publisher) – $2. That’s approximately 7.15%
Almost all of those expenses are divided by the number of units sold or
printed, so what you're giving are the prices for an average book, not a best
seller and not a pre-release sale.
Amazing !!!
And when you multiply the PER BOOK costs by the number of books ... ?
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| Cliff... |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:31 am |
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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:45:58 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Quote: Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:h16oe5p5554n1fh0b4i5ei9g5447ba6i2h at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:14:51 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:31ale5hfnk00jbphvsi4o0r209fiqacse4 at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:18:10 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:nnaie5h3bcpm9rp65ijdbdt1hd5ifqdca3 at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:29 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com
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So how much should she sell for?
I'm not selling them. I (We) don't know how much they cost
wholesale.
Selling Palin.
Thank you for making your meaningless responses as brief as possible.
Quite a timesaver.
Indeed.
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/ads/1443452226.html
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/ads/1443439108.html
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/ads/1433349259.html
Ok, so now you're a perv. So?
"Selling Palin."
THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, CLIFF!!!
"Selling Palin."
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| Cliff... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:32 am |
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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:48:49 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Quote: Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:n3ape59uf8aj9p86fs2l8kdi99qe81dqt0 at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:09:30 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab at (no spam) visi.com> wrote:
Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab at (no spam) visi.com> wrote:
Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
About $14 to $15 using the ~50% of retail figure (~$30).
If you look again at the article where you read that statistic, you'll
see
that it says "usually" about half of retail. This is a pre-order thing,
not
the 'usual.'
So you are acknowledging the publisher is selling the books at a loss--and
making it up in volume? Or what?
How can you possibly extricate that meaning from the words I typed above?
Since you seem to find verbosity a proper substitute for intellect, I guess
I
will have to explain in niggling detail.
As I said, your figure of 50% is for 'usual' buying and selling by
retailers.
Perhaps they saved on costs by printing this one on toiletpaper.
Sounds like a good idea ..... dual use technology ....
As big an asshole as you are, 400 pages wouldn't last you very long. Now go
away.
You are opposed to conservation & dual use technology?
Why?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:36 am |
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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:25:39 -0700, Winston_Smith <not_real at (no spam) bogus.net> wrote:
I'm not at fault for you not knowing much.
Who did you think chose & marketed her?
Fairys? SureShot?
She'd be easier to manipulate than that idiot bush.
Quote: You never
provided a cite to anything of any kind in several rounds of posts.
You did not think. Not my fault.
Quote: You just kept on misquoting yourself.
Quoting exactly if I quoted.
Quote: NOW you went surfing and found something from a liberal rag that you
think possibly shows your comment in a better light if we care to wade
though the crap of their propaganda? Hit a nerve did I?
I already knew about it. What did you think??
Don't you pay any attention at all?
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| Ernst Blofeld... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:46 am |
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Quote: Those higher-prices sales don't happen if the
publisher dramatically cuts the cost to the resellers BEFORE
release--which is what we are seeing now.
No. The retailers are selling the book below their cost to drive
traffic to their site, either bricks & mortar or web. The same thing
is happening with the latest Steven King book, which is guaranteed to
sell. It's a loss leader for the retailers; the publisher has nothing
to do with it.
The big retailers like WalMart are trying to skim off the traffic
normally going to other sites for about the top 10 selling books.
Palin's book will fall into that category. WalMart and Amazon are
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| Jim Alder... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:21 pm |
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Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:u7dte552h2cuh4gg2i2prlt03minj0h361 at (no spam) 4ax.com:
Quote: On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:45:58 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:h16oe5p5554n1fh0b4i5ei9g5447ba6i2h at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:14:51 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:31ale5hfnk00jbphvsi4o0r209fiqacse4 at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:18:10 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com
wrote:
Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat at (no spam) aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
news:nnaie5h3bcpm9rp65ijdbdt1hd5ifqdca3 at (no spam) 4ax.com:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:29 -0500, Jim Alder <jimalder at (no spam) ssnet.com
wrote:
So how much should she sell for?
I'm not selling them. I (We) don't know how much they cost
wholesale.
Selling Palin.
Thank you for making your meaningless responses as brief as possible.
Quite a timesaver.
Indeed.
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/ads/1443452226.html
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/ads/1443439108.html
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/ads/1433349259.html
Ok, so now you're a perv. So?
"Selling Palin."
THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, CLIFF!!!
"Selling Palin."
I take it back. It means you're an idiot.
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So, how's that whole "hopey - changey"
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| Ernst Blofeld... |
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On Nov 2, 2:33 pm, Jim Alder <jimal... at (no spam) ssnet.com> wrote:
Quote: If they're selling below cost with free shipping, why don't other
booksellers buy from them, then sell them at full price after the release?
It's big news in the publishing world.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322004574477050954174722.html
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Book publishers are worried they and retail chains could be caught in
the cross fire as Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ratchet up
their price war over online book sales.
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The veteran publisher said when major retailers are allowed to sell
below cost, it represents an aggressive form of price deflation that
creates "all sorts of disturbances in the market." He noted that in
France it is illegal to sell a book below cost, adding, "I would
welcome similar legislation here."
Hachette is receiving its customary wholesale price from Wal-Mart and
Amazon, Mr. Young said. "We aren't subsidizing this in any way," he
said. "Not a cent. And Wal-Mart doesn't get a special discount."
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The Wal-Mart-Amazon faceoff was a hot topic Friday at the Frankfurt
Book Fair, where reaction ranged from shock to resignation. "I'm
absolutely horrified," said Maja Thomas, senior vice president for
digital and audio at Hachette Book Group, publisher of the popular
Twilight series. "What you get is a race to the bottom."
The Frankfurt fair, which has roots dating back five centuries, is the
premier annual gathering for the book publishing industry, drawing
thousands of publishing executives and other visitors from around the
world.
Most U.S. executives at the fair declined to speak publicly about the
price war, for fear of offending either of the retailers. Both of them
are major buyers of books from the likes of Bertelsmann AG's Random
House, Pearson PLC's Penguin Group and News Corp.'s HarperCollins
Publishers. (News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal.)
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On Oct 24, 6:05 am, Peter Franks <n... at (no spam) none.com> wrote:
Quote: Cliff wrote:
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/10/23/sarah-pal...
LOL
And it's not even published yet !!!
It is due to a price war between Wal-Mart and Amazon, NOT because of
lack of interest. From your OWN referenced article:
"But there may be more to the story: over the past week or so, Amazon
has been steadily dropping the price of Palin’s book to compete with
other retailers, including Wal-Mart, which offered it for presale at $10."
"With just under a month to go before it’s released to the masses, Sarah
Palin’s upcoming autobiography, Going Rogue, has already been near the
top of Amazon’s bestseller list for weeks."
Sorry, my friend, you've been taken, hook, line, and sinker by the
Newsweek propaganda machine.
It's how retail works. If a retailer pays $1,000,000. for his
merchandise when he makes $1,000,000 in sales; all the rest is
profit. He can sell it at whatever price he wants. |
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