I was taking a break from ordering from publishers, except for Penguin Random House. Despite the extra 10% to 15% discount I would get.
During the summer and Christmas, I even avoided buying the PRH unless Ingram didn't have a book in stock.
The results? Wildly successful summer and Christmas, far beyond what I would have ever thought possible.
I think it's been proven that timeliness and reliability and ease of use far outweigh the extra discount. I've started ordering books almost every day from Ingram so that I'm rarely out of a good-selling title.
Yes, I could probably order large orders from publishers of books that I know will sell forever, but it's just too annoying not to know what the publishers have in stock, how long it will take to show up, and trying to decipher their billing.
So I'm done. I'll spend the rest of my career ordering mostly from Ingram, a one or two day shipment away.
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