Your Net Sales Profit dollars (called publishing royalties at other companies) through Dog Ear Publishing are paid on a quarterly basis. Sale Payments from books sold directly through a Retail or Wholesale customer (typically Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Ingram, Baker and Taylor, etc.) are paid after receipt of the payment from the customer, which typically 90 days after the sales has been made. Net Sales Profit is not paid for books sold on consignment - until the payment has been received from the retail establishment.

Here is the Author Net Sales Payment Schedule for 2009

Remember, since in most cases we are producing books one-at-a-time (via print-on-demand) to fill incoming orders from customers, you won't have any out-of-pocket expense for book printing after investing in the initial book publishing package - you simply receive your Net Sales Profit on every copy sold, every three months. In the traditional book publishing world - due to arrangements allowing booksellers to return unsold copies, trade publisher royalties are paid much less frequently and generally for a period that ends six or twelve months previously - and you have NO control over the per book profit amount.

But - we do our book sales a little bit different (and we think far better) than others.

We don't pay you publishing royalties per se... It's YOUR BOOK! We simply charge the cost of printing your book (and any handling or shipping fees - see below). You may make as little or as much money as you like on each book - and you are in control of that by how you set your retail price.

Here's how we calculate your Net Sales Profit:

All sales are credited at the sold price of the book (this may vary - see below*) MINUS the Printing Cost (which you will know before we even set up our agreements) MINUS any handling fees or shipping.

SO... There are typically TWO ways books get sold:

1) Through "distribution' - which is places like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, other retailers and wholesale outlets like Ingram and Baker & Taylor distributors.

2) Direct to consumer - books can also be sold direct to the consumer via one of our marketing tools such as our Open for Business author e-commerce site.

Here's how it works. Let's say for the sake of example that the book has a $14.95 retail and a $6.03 Printing Cost.

You may choose (and most authors do) to allow "volume pricing" and "wholesale pricing" on your book. This allows Retailers and Distributors to buy your book at a discount so that they may then in turn sell it to others - some of these folks are the infamous "middle men". The downside is that you get less for each book - the upside (which most often far outweighs the down) is that you get tremendous exposure, you may sell more books, and in general become rich, famous, and live happily ever after - well, maybe not ALL those things, but the sales process is very very simple. The typical discount for wholesalers, retailers, and distributors is at or above 50% but we can work with you to set a discount that is appropriate for both your market and your book. We typically recommend discount rates from 40% to 55%.

There IS NO HANDLING FEE for Bookstore and Wholesale orders.

Here's the scenario:

The Worlds Greatest Bookstore calls and wants your book - its retail price (which you set) is $14.95

They want 500.

You are offering a 40% discount (which you have also set)…

So $14.95 minus 40% is $8.97 (I know, wow… what a deal)

They pay $8.97, the cost doesn't change from $6.03, NO Handling Fee - so - your net sales profit is $2.94 per book… sounds disheartening until you realize that in one fell swoop you just sold 500 books at a net sale of nearly $1,500! Not to mention the fact that your book is now 500 times more likely to grab someone's attention than it was yesterday. As with everything in life there are upsides and downsides...

Direct to Consumer Sales - (also called 'retail' sales)

These sales are either direct by you the consumer, or via a system like our Open for Business product.

For simplicity we'll say your book is sold at its Retail Price of $14.95

The Production Cost (printing) is $6.03 per copy

Our Handling Fee is $2.00

YOUR Net Sales Profit is