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New Price Increases plus Shipping = Lost Sales
Ordering and Shipping
I have no problems with Blurb making a couple bucks. But in the end ….......... the customer determines the selling price …......... not me. The market drives the commodity. It’s only worth what somebody wants to pay for it. In todays climate of rising costs and high priced retail markets it is even more imperitive to manage costs. We are all victims of the marketplace. To market a decent product (our book) demands that we should be aware of costs/profit margins …...... which are identical to Blurb if we are to stay in business, and not put a "Gone Out Of Business" sign in the window. As stated above, Yes, I do have a choice, use it or loose it. If printing costs have risen then why didn’t Blurb apply it to ALL books and ALL formats? You will note that the prices for the basic starter books have stayed the same. How do you account for that? Ink is Ink, Paper is Paper. I can accept an overall price increase, but have trouble accepting Blurb picking on certain formats/page counts. Obviously I don’t work for Blurb, so I don’t know the true inside info. Anything I say is subject to inturpretation. I see it as "Wow! We’re selling this format way more than any other. Let’s raise the price and make more bucks!". Blurb does make a good product. Perhaps I should stick to making a single copy for myself and forget about selling to others. I wasn’t thinking about conquoring the world with my books, so no harm done. After all, the increase was only 20% ........ we call all accept that much, happens every day.
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