B&N Press, a good outlet for hardcovers, books you want for yourself but not publish, and… well, that’s about it, but IngramSpark has better hardcovers. I used to post books to B&N Press, but in 15 years of using them, I’ve made a grand total of 2 book sales, so I don’t bother anymore, but several of Prevail’s early books were posted there.

Today B&N Press notified me that ALL books need to be at least $14.99 retail price or they will go off sale. Supposedly due to higher printing costs and shipping costs (even though shipping is tacked on after you order). Printing cost have gone up, but some books just aren’t worth selling that high (when I get $10 royalty, it’s too high), and the cost of printing/royalty hasn’t changed.

Still, fine and good, you need to raise prices, I get it. BUT…

I have to change the price on each book individually. Again, not horrible, but the site takes a long time to respond, and that is horrible. I spent more than an hour changing prices of books that won’t sell, when they should have simply had an “Opt In” button that would change them all for you. As it is, when you open the price, it automatically changes it to $14.99, so you can’t tell me they can’t automatically adjust the prices wholesale.

I took my low-info book off sale (my personal book, not anyone else’s) because it seems a cheat at that inflated price.

The whole purpose of Prevail Press is to lower entry hurdles for authors and readers. We don’t overprice books, especially e-books. I know several indie authors who’s paperbacks are between $17 and $25 so they can get $8 to $15 royalties per book. That seems outlandish to me. I feel bad for the $12.99 books we charge. There’s a school of thought that says you can sell a thousand books to make two thousand dollars or you can you sell a book for two thousand dollars and just sell one. That only works to a point…

$3.99 Kindle versions keeps us off Over-Priced E-book sites, and we still get decent royalties per book.

Like I said, we try to make it easy for you to buy a book.