This section defines the terms we use
on your Sales Reports - in alphabetical order:
Author Net Profit:
the profit you receive from the sales of your book
in a specific period. This is a function of your Sales
$ and Print Charge.
Author Freight:
the freight charged for 'non-standard' sales
to accounts that didn't order via our usual distribution
channels, or the freight incurred for sending returned
books to you.
Author Net Sales
Payment: the amount of your Author Net Sales
Payment check. This is a function of your Author Net
Profit, Returns Charge, and Author Freight Charges.
Binding:
the binding of your book -Perfect Bound (paperback),
Case Laminate (hardcover, no dust jacket), Cloth (hardcover
with dust jacket).
File List Price
/ List Price: the retail price of your book.
Usually included in the bar code.
Freight:
the freight charged for the order
Gross Units:
the total number of units sold through select channels.
This does NOT include returns. Sales under this section
are associated with each of the listed accounts.
Net Units:
the Net Unit Sales of your books in a specific period
Order Number:
the system assigns a unique order number to each order.
This helps us track orders.
Order Price:
the amount the customer paid for each unit of your
book
Order Profit:
the profit you receive from this order
Per Unit Print
Charge :
the cost to you of a single unit of your book. This
is the price at which you can purchase books, and
it is the cost we deduct from the sales of your book
to cover the book printing costs of each order.
Promo Code:
any discount code applied to your book (including
your author code)
Print Charge:
the cost to you of the books sold in a specific period.
This is a function of your Per Unit Print Charge and
your Net Units.
Returnable:
the returnability status of your book. Unless you
purchased a Returns Program from Dog Ear, this should
say "No".
Returns Charge:
the cost to you of returned books - this is essentially
a 'refund' of the accounts money for the books they
purchased, plus a $2 per unit handling fee.
Returns Quantity:
the number of books returned by the accounts in a
specific period.
Sales $:
the Net Sales $'s received in a specific period. This
is a function of your Net Units and Wholesale Discount.
SKU / Parent ISBN:
the ISBN of your book, found on the back cover above
the bar code
Trim:
the trim size of your book.
Wholesale Discount:
the discount offered to our wholesale partners. You
chose this discount when we initially set up your
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