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All Worthy Shorts charges must be paid by credit card on our shopping cart.
The following are the terms of sale and classes of fees charged by Worthy Shorts. All fees may be increased or decreased at any time in response to increased costs or efficiencies in operations and cost of product and services. Worthy Shorts tries to maintain the most competitive pricing that is feasible and consistent with a high quality of service and product.
1. Registration.
This is a one time fee that is refundable if a registration application is not accepted. Currently this fee is $25. It is automatically renewable annually for $10 in the event there is no sales activity during the calendar year, and will be refunded if renewal is declined. In the event it is declined, the Private Press page will be closed at Publisher's option.
2. Setup and first printing.
The Author's setup fee for each title includes a first printing of 15 keepsake copies for black and white titles and 10 copies for color titles, This enables us to pass along economies of scale and to defray the fixed costs of producing a new keepsake and maintaining it "in print" in our digital "storeroom." It also provides the Author with a starter number of keepsakes delivered that can be shared with colleagues, friends and family, or sold to the public. A single copy sample is shipped to the author for approval before the first printing at a cost of $10 plus printing and shipping.
3. Reprints.
Authors will be able to purchase reprints at a special discounted Author's Price, one at a time, or in multiple copies at per-book costs that are lower than that of the first printing.
4. Digital Editions.
At author's option, setup includes at no charge a basic, reflowable ePub edition (for text-driven works only) and a formatted PDF edition. Ask for prices on upgraded ePub edition formatting.
5. Retail and direct sales.
Worthy Shorts will set a "List Price" and an "Author's Price" to govern the sale of printed keepsakes that occur after the first printing is completed. If the Author wishes, sales of the keepsake can be made at discount within the
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Author's personal network instead of the full List Price cost to online purchasers. The Author will determine prior to publication whether the keepsake will be placed on sale to the general public. Worthy shorts will also set digital edition prices, generally 50-75% of print edition prices.
6. Discounts to resellers.
Worthy Shorts will publish a discount sale that will be applied to resellers. Purchases for resale are non-returnable and will be accepted by credit card only. Digital edition discounts are determined by resellers.
7. Royalty payments to Authors.
Subject to the provisions of the Worth Shorts Agreement for Terms of Use and Author Registration, Worthy Shorts will publish a royalty scale for payment to Authors either of a percentage of sales at list price or net after published discounts, or share of the sales revenue margin over cost. No royalties will be paid on sales to Authors at Author's price.
8. Electronic editions.
WS Authors will be given the choice after the first printing, at no additional cost, to make their pdf format keepsakes available for search and browsing on their Private Press. Authors will also choose whether to include Google and other book search libraries on the web.
Authors will have the choice also to make the work available for sale as an e-book in formats compatible with various desktop and portable reading devices. Some proprietary e-book platforms may require an additional fee for conversion.
9. Premium services.
Fee schedules for future premium services such as the Designer's Gallery (customized and proprietary design templates) will be announced when activated. Access to other services, such as Worthy Shorts interest groups may be restricted to registered authors.
10. Terms of sale.
All sales will be paid in advance by credit card and will be non-returnable except in the case of damage. Sales tax must be paid where required. Charges for packing, shipping and handling will be added at the time the order is placed.
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