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Overstocked Book

  • 12-11-2013 12:34AM
    #1
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,741 ✭✭✭


    A friend of mine has a book that he brought out a couple of years ago. Sales have started to slow down now and while sales have been good he still has a good few left. It's costing in warehouse fees so he needs to get rid of some of them. He's thinking of having them destroyed, which is quite cheap actually. I was wondering if there was anything else that could be done with them? Has anyone any thoughts? It's a nature book and while he's based here the books are in storage in the U.S.


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  • #2
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    Drop the price? Bring it down to where the sale is cost neutral


  • #3
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,960 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    reminded me of this!

    http://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/bookofmyenemy.html


  • #4
    Kenny Logins
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    Sell them?


  • #5
    AnimalRights
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    reminded me of this!

    http://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/bookofmyenemy.html

    Reminds me of this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK3k1S2w_cw


  • #6
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    Donate them to the library service


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  • #7
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Why is this in photography anyway? :confused:


  • #8
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,741 ✭✭✭Effects


    Because it's a photography book. Maybe I didn't make that totally clear. It's a photography book about bears.
    Thanks for replies, I'll look into options mentioned. Donating them to the library I had thought of so I'll need to look into it further.


  • #9
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,253 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Effects wrote: »
    Because it's a photography book. Maybe I didn't make that totally clear. It's a photography book about bears.
    Thanks for replies, I'll look into options mentioned. Donating them to the library I had thought of so I'll need to look into it further.

    whats it called?


  • #10
    dinneenp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,256 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    seems obvious to me but-
    charity shops
    book store- call in and say you'll give them X copies for free if they want
    twitter/facebook/wesbite- post I'm giving away my book for free
    set up a table and sign & hand them out for free in town
    cubs, scouts etc.


  • #11
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,741 ✭✭✭Effects


    Thanks Dinneenp. As mentioned, the books are in the U.S. Shipping costs to get them here are quite expensive. Destroying a pallet of books is the same price as shipping two books.


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  • #12
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,253 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Effects wrote: »
    Thanks Dinneenp. As mentioned, the books are in the U.S. Shipping costs to get them here are quite expensive. Destroying a pallet of books is the same price as shipping two books.

    I'm sure there are community groups in the US who could make use of them.


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