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Q&A Print runs, unsold books, books by weight and do authors get some compensation for unsold?

I got couple of good definitions of the traditional Print run. One of the disturbing things mentioned in one of the definitions that many a times 50 percent of them are destroyed. How it was destro...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by shirish‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/25979
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar shirish‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
I got couple of [good](https://jenniferonwriting.blogspot.in/2008/05/all-about-print-runs.html) [definitions](http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/the-new-world-of-publishing-what-is-a-print-run-grandpa/) of the traditional Print run. One of the disturbing things mentioned in one of the definitions that many a times 50 percent of them are destroyed. How it was destroyed is not known but if it has anything to do with burning of books or something, bad for everybody. I am surprised if that used to be the case.

I come from India and here for most people one big source of fiction books has been something called booksbyweight [https://www.facebook.com/Booksbyweight/](https://www.facebook.com/Booksbyweight/) . This is very popular with millennials who go to discover new authors, new genres at very low cost.

While this is good for the seller and probably a bit for Publishers, are authors compensated for it ? I would also ask what authors think of it.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-10T21:27:09Z (almost 8 years ago)
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