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smithy92
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Can i even sell to my own country?

So here is my situation... am an english author, with a book that due to shipping costs will be boosted up to nearly £10 a book for anyone from my own country that wants to purchase it.

 

also, i purchase marketreach... its being processed at the moment... but it clearly states its for US amazon... considering this site appeals to UK authors aswell, shouldnt there be a way i can get my book published on UK amazon??

at the moment lulu.... whilst you look great on the cover, you appear to be nothing more than a dissapointment to UK authors.

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Ken Anderson
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

Whereabouts are you?
And what type of book?

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smithy92
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

im in UK - England. and the book is paperback teen fiction

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Ken Anderson
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

The shipping costs in the UK are normally quite good.
For my books, crown quarto 245 pages, about 2.99.

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smithy92
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

to be honest that is what worries me.. i set my book at 6.99, decent price for a book my size... but then people find that by time postage is added on.... it costs near on £10 i just worry people wont want to pay that sort of money for my book

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Ken Anderson
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

Well I'm afraid there is not much that can be done about. Shipping charges have been a subject of discussion for many years and the current ones are about the best we've seen.

People deal with the problem in two ways.
First - by using Distribution (having an ISBN & GlobalReach) where customers can buy through Amazon who normall offer much lower shipping costs as they have better arrangements due to bulk quantities with the shippers, and occasionally offer free shipping.
Second - by you buying in bulk and shipping them out your self.

There is a third way which I personally prefer as it generates more income and that is for you to take the orders, buy from your Lulu at your preferential cost and ship direct from Lulu to the customer. You can create you own website to do the marketing and take the orders.

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smithy92
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

hmm, i like your third option! quite ingenius. whilst we are on the subject of amazon...as you are ahead of me and obviously know a lot of lulu system.... i have purchased marketreach.... but that only mentions the US amazon market. do i have to purchase Globalreach to get on the UK amazon site?

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Ken Anderson
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

MarketReach is something new and I don't fully understand it at the moment. I need to research it.
GlobalReach embraces the whole world and makes you book available in Amazon and other UK outlets. However you you need to purchase GloablReach and with it be given an ISBN. I don't know if you can do that after you have opted for MarketReach.
If you can't then the simple answer is create a new project that is a duplicate of the existing but with some subtle changes such as changing the cover slightly, the title etc etc to ensure it is a different publication.

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smithy92
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

fair enough. what about the ISBN system... obviously i have ISBN lulu gave me... but that isnt a UK ISBN, so to have a my book in UK market... do i need a different ISBN ?

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Ken Anderson
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Re: Can i even sell to my own country?

No - an ISBN is an ISBN.
Worldwide

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