I investigated this as well when publishing my Youghal Lace book — I’d love to
make it cheaper to buy overseas, and investigated publishing in the UK to save
on shipping costs.
Brenda spells out the difficulties quite well.
Distribution overseas is a considerable problem. Booksellers who store, pack
and ship do earn their keep.
On Jan 31, 2015, at 4:29 AM, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com
wrote:
Hi Jeri
Lace Book Authors: One thing I learned in the past few days (didn't write
down the source) is that it is less expensive to have a British book
published in the U.S. than it is to ship from overseas. Something for a
few of
you to investigate further.
Whilst I can see that the actual cost of printing and binding *might* be more
cost effective in USA it could only work for large publishers who already
have premises and staff both sides of the Atlantic.
For small, self-publishers such as myself the logistics just don’t add up.
1, Where would books be stored? I am anticipating a couple of cubic metres
of boxes when Ed6 is ready, and hopefully they will reduce to nothing in
time. Not much in the grand scheme of things but a lot to store in an
ordinary house. I’ll probably end up with boxes in every spare corner and
the rest taken up to the attic. If I had to rent storage somewhere even the
smallest storage unit would be far bigger than needed and would cost money.
2, Who would pack parcels and take them down to the post office? There may
be a rush in the first couple of days, but after that it’s only one or two
parcels as and when; certainly not not enough to employ someone to do it but
books don’t pack themselves!
3, Trading from another country would make the annual income tax return even
more complicated! I will accept US dollars or Euros in cash for an
occasional single book as there’s always someone going on holiday who will
take them, but my policy is really payment in sterling (GBP) only. I can’t
factor in international currency exchange rates when setting the price.
Brenda in Allhallows
paternos...@appleshack.com
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk
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