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The Book Depository is actually an Amazon subsidiary based in the UK. They'll sell you a paperback copy of Olives, with free delivery worldwide (including anywhere in the Middle East) for £9.98, despatched within 72 hours. You can order it here.
This means buyers of Olives in the UK and elsewhere get a better deal than those in the US, which is no bad thing. It also means you can walk into any UK bookshop and order a copy of Olives, as well as buying it from Amazon or have it delivered to your doorstep anywhere in the world for under a tenner!
But how can they sell a book for less than I'm charging for it on Amazon.com? Because the Expanded Distribution Channel pays a different royalty, in fact 60% of the cover price of the book goes to Amazon, so it gives them a lot of 'wiggle room' to sell books profitably at lower prices, in fact about $13.50 of wiggle room.
In other words, Amazon is actually undercutting me!
In related good news, they've stuck a promotional discount on the Olives Kindle Edition and you can now buy it for £3.99. Look, I'll even include the link for you right here! :)
3 comments:
It's all about the money with you, isn't it? ;-)
As I wallow about in a bathtub filled with royalty cheques, I can confirm that this is, indeed, the case! :)
I love Book Depository UK. Amazon acquired them mid last year, was a bit things will change because of it but looks like it changed for the better.
Haven't tried buying from them then shipping the books to anywhere in ME though.
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