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Rennie Dyball's avatar

What percentage would be considered "low" returns? If my book sold 5,000 copies and 500 were returned, is this considered low? Thanks!

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Sarah Chauncey's avatar

This is so helpful. My publisher initially gave us numbers for the first 3 months (5,000!), and the book has…Bookscanned (instead of “sold”) about 10-25 a week since, with bumps around holidays. In my FIFTH royalty statement (2.5 years post-pub), it showed 30% returns (WTF? This was the first mention of returns), and a grand total of… 5,100 sales. I felt SO dejected—and also suspicious, like, who audits these statements? (My publisher is one that has experienced theft from the inside, so I’m not entirely paranoid.) Thank you for this explanation.

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