Book Fulfillment: Order Entry, Picking, Packing and Shipping explains in detail how to set up and run your book publishing shipping department. The Report covers order taking (letter openers, credit cards, card terminals, 800 numbers, fax, order services, order forms, and discount structures); order processing (computer hardware and software, shipping labels, short slips, bad cheques, overpayments, invoices, back orders, the Federal Trade Commission rules, complaints, book return policy, statements and collections); inventory and storage (shipping instructions to printer, book receiving, book returns, inventory control, stacking, and shipping room layout) and book packaging (how to wrap, where to get and how to use shipping bags and cartons, machinery such as tape dispensers, scales, postage meters and bag sealers with sources, using UPS, Direct Sacks and various Postal rates, foreign shipping and customs duty). Then the Report covers the alternatives to in-house fulfillment: using wholesalers, distributors, joint representation and fulfillment warehouses with a list of those to contact. Complete with forms and shipping rate charts, an action plan and an Appendix full of resources.
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For nonfiction, Dan Poynter is the top coach for writing, publishing and, most important, promoting. (John Tullius, Founder and Director, Maui Writers Conference) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Also see our other books, reports, disks, tapes, etc. on book writing, publishing and promotion. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Dan Poynter is an author of more than 100 books, has been a publisher since 1969 and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).
He is an evangelist for books, an ombudsman for authors, an advocate for publishers and the godfather to thousands of successfully-published books.
His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal and his story has been told in US News & World Report.
The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on book publishing.
Dan travels more than 4,000 miles each week to share, inspire and empower writers, publishers and professional speakers through keynotes and seminars.
Dan was prompted to write The Self-Publishing Manual because so many publishers wanted to know his secret to selling so many books. Dan is one of the publishing industry's most energetic, experienced and respected leaders. He lives in Santa Barbara.
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As an author and a publisher, Dan Poynter sometimes reviews books that will be useful to others. He does not review books he can't recommend with a full five stars. He reviews books about his loves: book writing, book publishing, book promotion, parachute equipment, skydiving and (occasionally) business.
He is an evangelist for books, an ombudsman for authors, an advocate for publishers and the godfather to thousands of successfully-published books.
His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal and his story has been told in US News & World Report.
The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on book publishing.
Dan travels more than 4,000 miles each week to share, inspire and empower writers, publishers and professional speakers through keynotes and seminars.
Dan was prompted to write The Self-Publishing Manual because so many publishers wanted to know his secret to selling so many books. Dan is one of the publishing industry's most energetic, experienced and respected leaders. He lives in Santa Barbara.
See http://ParaPub.com
As an author and a publisher, Dan Poynter sometimes reviews books that will be useful to others. He does not review books he can't recommend with a full five stars. He reviews books about his loves: book writing, book publishing, book promotion, parachute equipment, skydiving and (occasionally) business.
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