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In
2006 the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies established its own website (www.oldcornwall.org)
which is proving very popular and has attracted thousands of ‘hits’ from
across the world. A
new addition is its online shop to assist in selling the Federation’s
publications, the income from which enables the publication of other books which
deserve to be made available in line with our charitable objectives.
In
order to increase the range of titles we can offer and to make the shop more
attractive, we are making available to local authors who are Old Cornwall
members and who have financed their own publications the opportunity to have
their books obtainable in this way via the Federation’s shop.
Self-published authors frequently find that, although initial sales of
their books go satisfyingly quickly, it can be harder to sell the entire
quantity.
A
common arrangement locally for selling through the trade is that the trader
takes 40% and the distributor 22.5%, 62.5% in all.
I.e. from the cost of a book selling at £10.00, the shopkeeper will
receive £4.00, the distributor £2.50, and the publisher the remaining £3.50.
From
Old Cornwall members taking up this opportunity, the Federation would expect to
receive just 20% of the cover cost and would place an image of the book on its
website, and undertake its sale and dispatch.
No sales, no fee. The shop has a PayPal or credit card online payments
facility. A statement (with any payment due from sales) would be provided to you
on a quarterly cycle.
The
same fees would apply to any books placed on the Federation’s stalls at events
(such as its Summer Festivals or the Cornish Gorseth).
If
you are interested, please contact the Hon. Publications Officer, Mrs Anne
Knight at Wingfield, 5 British Road, St Agnes, TR5 0TX;
telephone 01872-552921; email
knight(at)wingfield5.fsnet.co.uk.
Please ensure that any
arrangement made with the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies does not conflict
with any existing agreements you may have for distribution or retail.
The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is a Registered Charity No. 247283
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