Authors and Publishers Sell your books

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YPDBooks is that vital link in the chain from your book to the market.

Many bookshops, particularly major bookshop chains, are reluctant to deal with small and independent publishers. They also expect huge discounts! The minimum discount required is 35%, with Amazon taking a whopping 60%!

YPDBooks specialises in selling books directly from independent authors and small publishers. We display your book in our online bookshop, from where they can be ordered securely from anywhere in the world. You can also link the ‘buy buttons’ on your own website directly to our secure YPD shopping cart.

We take care of the postage, packaging, credit card fees, stock control, payment processing and sales reporting.

Benefits of selling direct online with YPDBooks:

You avoid having to pay the 35%-60% booksellers’ discounts
You avoid having to pay high credit card or Paypal fees
You can easily link to YPDBooks from your own website or blog
YPD accepts ‘pre-orders’ a month before the book release date
YPD fulfils orders within 48 working hours
Postage is paid by your customers
YPD supplies sturdy, bespoke postal packaging
YPD will send books anywhere in the world
We hold stock of your book for despatch from our warehouse

Discounts and Commission

YPDBooks.com are commission and discount free, we pass on 100% of sales revenue.

You, the publisher, decides the cover price.

Orders

All orders are usually despatched within 48 business hours.

Your customers pay for all postage charges.

Sales reporting

At the end of each month we email a Book Sales report, this details sales for the month, sales for the current financial year and sales from the start of the book being listed. The figures will be both units sold and value of sales. It will also show the number of books YPD are holding.

Getting your stock into YPDBooks.com

Stock will be received on a consignment basis, the stock will remain the property of the publisher until sold.

YPDBooks.com will re-order consignment stock from the publisher when the stock level becomes low.

YPDBooks.com will not accept freight charges from publishers.

What does it cost?

YPDBooks.com charge £250.00 + VAT for the initial six months.

This fee covers the uploading of the title onto YPDBooks.com, order processing, sales reporting, revenue payments, customer services to publisher and purchasers alike.

To renew, the charge is £125.00 + VAT for the second and subsequent blocks of six months.

There are generous discounts for publishers who want to place a number of titles on YPDBooks. Contact us with details of the number and range of titles and we will supply you with a quotation.

An added bonus

YPDBooks has some of the best Search Engine Optimisation on the internet. This means that your books will almost certainly get to page one of Google by title and author, which is great for marketing! Not only that, we also tweet the launch of every new title.

eBookshop

YPDBooks also sells eBooks! We sell ebooks in formats suitable for all eReaders. We also convert files to ebooks. Please contact us for more details.

The next step....

Simply send a copy of your book together with your details to:

Paula Charles

YPDBooks

64 Hallfield Road

Layerthorpe

York

YO31 7ZQ

We will send you a stock order and delivery instructions, together with an invoice for the first six month period.

Your YPDBooks.com product page will be created and you will be sent your unique url. You may wish to link this page to a buy now button on your own website or blog, or send out to a mailing list of interested parties.

If you would like further information or would like a quotation for multiple titles please contact us.

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