A few of my potential readers are asking for signed copies. I had not planned for this option. Has anyone successfully addressed this issue?
Thanks
Not surprising - it happens quite often with authors. Just order a stock through your dashboard, get the books and then ask them to come to your place, or meet them somewhere, sign the book, get some money (nothing extra for the signature) and you're both happy.
If the folks are not in your hometown, then it's a bit more of a problem because after signing, then you have to package up the books and send them on. You do have to make the money back on shipping charges.
Dan'l
Has anyone used "Fulfilled By Amazon" (FBA) to distribute signed copies?
As Dan'l suggests, order a limited quantity (10?), sign them, then send the to Amazon for them to fulfull orders.
It won't be easy; you have to set up an Amazon Seller account. Then your signed book becomes just an SKU, and you can price it any way you want. You don't lose Royalties (I don't think) buy Amazon has nickle-and-dime charges for your FBA products that are probably about the same.
This is all guess-work on my part. I may have overlooked some fees. I haven't run the numbers, so I don't know if this ultimately costs more.
Has anyone done this? Has anyone investigated this?
-- Rick
Hi Rick,
You're right about the charges. The expenses can really add up. Unless your signed copies 1) have a strong market, and 2) have a stronger market than unsigned copies, it doesn't make financial sense to do this.
Run the numbers for your specific case. When you say that Amazon takes care of chargebacks and returns, they take care of the administrative aspects of it but you're still responsible for the financial loss.
Stacy