We obviously sell a small fraction of what Hard Case Crime sells, and we have a different printing/marketing model, but our ARC and giveaways is at least 5% of books sold.
Jon Bassoff
New Pulp Press
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
>
> Charles, the 5% figure I guessed at (and I think is accurate for my situation) were for both ARCs and giveaways--with the giveaways being the books that are given away at book shows. 10-20K mass paperback runs like the norm from I've heard, but for independent publishers print runs for trade paperbacks and hardcovers tend to be smaller.
>
> --Dave
>
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "hardcasecrime" <editor@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I can't speak for any publisher but myself, but I can tell you that we
> > might print 100-200 ARCs of any given title and I don't think we've ever
> > printed fewer than 10,000-20,000 copies of the finished book. So for
> > us, at least, ARCs are never more than 1% of the print run.
> >
> > Of course, there are other publishers who only print 2,000 or 5,000
> > copies of a finished book...but even they are unlikely to print more
> > than 100-200 ARCs (if that many).
> >
> > So the only way you could possibly get up to 5% is if your ultimate
> > print run is really awful (and your publisher is nevertheless
> > mysteriously generous with ARC production).
> >
> > --Charles
> >
> > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, mhall@ wrote:
> > >
> > > > I haunt a lot of used bookstores -- well, perhaps not a *lot* since
> > there
> > > > fewer and fewer of these operations around -- but would agree the
> > ARCs
> > > > make
> > > > up a very insignificant amount...in my experience, in fact, much
> > less than
> > > > Dave's number... probably a fraction of a percent.
> > >
> > > From the used bookstores in my area they are usually to be found in
> > the
> > > TPB section. At times though, there can be a fair number in this size
> > > section.
> > >
> > > Best, MEH
> > >
> >
>
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