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Originally Posted by HarryT
The vast majority of books in B&M bookshops in the UK are sold at the cover price.
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Indeed?
On this side of the pond it's the opposite...for hardcovers.
Paperbacks mostly sell for list but hardcovers almost always get at least get a 10% discount, even in non-chain stores. The B&M chains usually do 25-30%.
Considering the chains get 45-50% off list (or even higher, these days) that makes list pretty much meaningless. Well, except as an instrument to depress royalty payments...
Dunno if your publishers pull this kind of thing:
http://kriswrites.com/2016/07/13/bus...sdealbreakers/
...but for the Manhattan Mafia it's a way of life to artificially boost the list price so the price they charge chains qualifies for "deep discount" clauses and they boost their take while depressing the author's cut.
Kinda explains why so few titles "earn out".