Pricing & Royalties Breakdown

Terms: How is my royalty calculated? Wholesale Discount (Distribution Costs): The wholesale discount is a fee required by the distribution network, which is shared For every dollar you increase your list price by (over the minimum list price), a proportion will go to the distribution network to cover the between the distributor and the retailer for facilitating the sale of a book. This fee is calculated as a percentage of the list price. wholesale discount, and the remainder will go towards your royalty. Minimum List Price: The lowest price a book can be priced for, earning the author $0 royalty per sale. This price only covers the • With the 55% trade discount: For every dollar you increase your list price by (over the minimum list price), $0.55 goes to the wholesale Production Cost and the Wholesale Discount. discount and $0.45 goes towards your royalty. List Price: Different from the retail price (the price set by retailers), the List Price is what is provided to the distributor • With the 25% short discount: For every dollar you increase your list price by (over the mini- (i.e. Ingram Wholesale or the FriesenPress Bookstore). mum list price), $0.25 goes to the wholesale discount and $0.75 goes towards your royalty. Production Costs: The portion that goes to the printer to cover the cost of printing your book, including administering the • With the 3% FriesenPress Bookstore discount: For every dollar you increase your list price process. Printing costs are calculated based on page count, trim size and interior type (black and white or colour print). by (over the minimum list price), $0.03 goes to the wholesale discount and $0.97 goes Example of towards your royalty. Short Discount*

Wholesale Author Discount Net Royalty Trade(Physical bookstoresDiscount and specialty online retailers) Short Discount FriesenPress This is what (Online book sellers and 25% 75% This is the you get amount the Wholesale Author consignment sales) Bookstore wholesaler gets Discount Net Royalty Wholesale Author Wholesale Author $11.21 $2.25 List Price $0.75 Discount Net Royalty Discount Net Royalty $1.50

55% 45% $10.21 $0.50 3% 97% Production and 25% 75% Distribution Costs Production and Production and $0.75

$9.21 $0.25 Distribution Costs Distribution Costs

This is the minimum list price to make it available with the applied This is the lowest $8.21 wholesale discount list price you are able Ebook Sales to set, making you Minimum List Price $0 in royal eBook royalties vary according to which retailer your book is sold through. The percentages indicated below reflect standard royalty rates. Some restrictions apply. Please see the FriesenPress Service Agreement for full details.

*this is an example based FriesenPress Bookstore Amazon Kindle Store iTunes, Kobo and Nook Stores All other eBook sales on these specifications (subject to change): 70% 210 pages, 6x9, B/W, paperback 70% Author Royalty for eBooks priced 55% at $2.99 or higher Author Royalty for eBooks priced between $2.99 30% and $9.99 that qualify 30% Author Royalty for eBooks priced 30% 55% 30% less than $2.99 Author Royalty for all other Kindle eBooks Author Royalty Author Royalty

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