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Doubts about the Department of Justice’s objection to the PRH acquisition of S&S

The Idea Logical Company

PRH is, approximately, as big as the other four combined (about $4 billion in sales) and HarperCollins is, approximately, as big as the three behind them combined (about $2 billion in sales). By acquiring Simon & Schuster, which PRH is attempting to do, they would widen their lead over Harper as the biggest player in the market.

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Tips for Retailers Looking to Clear Excess Stock

Blogtrepreneur

Hold a sale to clear surplus inventory One of the most effective ways to clear excess stock is by holding a sale and selling the stock at a discounted price. To create a sense of urgency among your customers, try marketing it as a flash sale or even offer “buy one, get one free” deals.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

McAveney has been working as Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Integrated Media. At Open Road, Peter McCarthy has become Chief Marketing Officer, succeeding Mary McAveney. Jordan Bishop joins Random House Children’s Books as Digital Marketing Associate. Avery Cook joins as Marketing Associate.

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The 11 Best Dropshipping Tools

Neil Patel

Using the dropshipping model, your store markets a third-party’s (a wholesaler or manufacturer) products. This model is popular (in fact, 23% of online sales are fulfilled through dropshipping ) because it allows e-commerce businesses to focus on what they do best, marketing and selling products without worrying about logistic issues.

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How to Make Money by Requiring a Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)

Neil Patel

However, your sales are seasonal. During Q4, you sell 15,000 due to the Christmas demand, and your sales drop to 5,000 units in Q2. It’s the sweet spot where your revenue from sales exceeds your costs. After you’ve figured out your MOQ formula, do your market research. Move Old Stock With Flash Sales.

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Tips For Selling And Marketing Your Books Direct To Readers

The Creative Penn

If you sell direct, you can produce higher quality books and products, make more money per sale, get paid faster, and reach readers directly, but there are challenges to publish and market this way. You can also listen to a recent episode with Thomas on Novel Marketing and Christian Publishing on The Creative Penn Podcast.

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Every publishing strategy should start with Amazon and Ingram

The Idea Logical Company

What has happened since the pre-21st Century publishing world I — and so many of the executives now running things in our industry — grew up in is that book sales have shifted and fragmented. Amazon has the single biggest share of the online print and ebook (through its Kindle format) markets.

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