At one time, we were able to sell our print books directly through our distributor at a considerable discount from the price of books distributed to retailers (Amazon, B&N, etc). Then, alas, this option was dropped and books cost just as much at our store as they did elsewhere. Were we to drop distribution and sell direct only we could knock at least a third off the price of most. With smaller books, such as poetry collections, this comes closer to half off.
So, we have already removed the poetry from distribution and now plan to do the same with the rest of the catalog. In the world of online book-selling, distribution may not matter much—and we recognize the books are not going to show up in physical bookstores.
So expect us to roll out new editions and new pricing at our store, and for the print books to disappear from other sites. For now, this will be at the Arachis Press store at Lulu (https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/arachispress). Every print book we offer is at our site and linked to the store. Every ebook version is also at arachispress.com and they continue to be free to download.
There will continue to be occasional discount deals, which we will post here at the AP blog.
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