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I self-published my book, but I have a distributor. I’d like to find out how I could get my business book sold in places like Barnes & Noble and Borders. I’ve already sold over 14,000 copies on my own! Is there anything I can do to get them to buy it? Thanks!

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It is established that bookstores are oligopolistic. Oligopolistic industries are price takers and not price dictaters. So how do bookstores determine the prices for their book products? Is there a SRP, standard retail price, that distributors tell them (the bookstores) to follow? What are the mechanics for instituting a price for a book?
what i meant was, before distributors release the book, how do bookstores determine the price of their books…. pls read and analyze the question first before giving out irrelevant answers that does not have anything to do with economics…

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I’m new to the world of direct selling. I picked up a book on bookkeeping. The books talks about “Cash” or “Accrual” accounting. Which is the one Independent Distributors use? My understanding of this type of home business is considered “direct selling”. I’m planning on getting commisions through a web page and buying product at a discount (keeping inventory on hand) and reselling at the market price.
Thanks for your imput.

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I wrote my book, “Preparing for the Worst: A Comprehensive Guide to Protecting Your Family from Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Other Catastrophes” for typical American families, college students, business travelers, corporate executive management personnel, emergency first responders, school students and administrators, and local government officials responsible for public safety and emergency management. I am not a “doomsayer” and It’s not about creating fear.
Publisher’s Web page:
greenwood.com/catalog/C9631.aspx
ISBN: 027599631X
James (Jay) Schaefer-Jones
Available through major book distributors including Baker and Taylor, Ingram, and Blackwells.
You can also order it at BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, or Target.com. Where else should I try?

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I have a business and every time I type in Wholesale Distributors I mostly get links to membership dropshipping or something like that. I need to know of a resource (book, directory) or something that I can contact a distributor or manufacturer themselves to conduct my business.

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What North American libraries have this book?…

Emphasis
. Libraries as opposed to the booksellers

What North American libraries have the book…
Criminal HIV Transmission
by Edwin J. Bernard
NAM Publications 2007
NAM Publications
Lincoln House
1 Brixton Road
London SW9 6DE
UK
ISBN 9780955167836
0955167833

a. Special libraries?, organizations’ libraries?, office libraries?
What Special Libraries?…,
organizations’ libraries?…
or office libraries?…
have the book?

c. Book distributors?
What books distributors in the USA have the book?…

References

http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1231141.asp

http://criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com

http://www.edwinjbernard.com/editing/criminal_hiv_transmission_b.html

http://www.edwinjbernard.com/about/history.html

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223202433

http://books.google.com/books?id=79jAGAAACAAJ

For example

http://hollis.harvard.edu/F/?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=011530631)

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What exactly is an independent book distributor, and how much do they charge for a self-published book, say for example from publishamerica.com?

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I talked to the distributor and he said to write a pitch to them, and send the book and they will get back to me. What is needed in order to pitch my book to a distributor?

Thanks!

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