Customer purchases a copy of the book from a book shop

Customer purchases a copy of the book from a book shop or internet book retailer. The customer orders and pays for the book from either a book shop or book retailer and 25% of the book's retail price is deducted by the retailer from the purchase money paid to them. The distributor gets the order from the book shop or internet book retailer. The distributor through a data base system set up by Image Printing gets the order from the book shop or internet book retailer who sends an order to Image Printing to supply the distributor with the required number of books. At this time the distributor will have had in stock the five complimentary copies of the author's book which Image Printing will have paid to have printed out of the fee the author has paid. The distributor ensures they have adequate stock levels of the book, dependent on sales volume. If and when the distributor does not have enough copies of the book in stock and requires more copies, the distributor will send a purchase order to Image Printing who will then prepare a delivery note to meet the order. Board book printing manufacturers then forwards the delivery note to both the printer and author. The printer sends a quote by e-mail to the author, who pays the printer direct. The printer delivers to the distributor books that have been ordered by them. Once the printer has been paid by the author the printer will deliver the books to the distributor along with a copy of the delivery note prepared, upon receipt of which the distributor will deliver the books to the respective book retailer. At this time the distributor may place a further order with Image Printing to either replenish or increase the number of the particular book in stock.

At the end of each month the distributor sends Image Printing a cumulative statement listing all the book titles produced by Image Printing on behalf of its authors, that have been distributed that particular month. This cumulative statement shows the money owed to Image Printing on behalf of its authors, less 15% of the book's retail price which is the fee the distributor charges for collecting the author's money from the book retailer(s) and delivering the book or books to the respective book retailer(s). In turn Image Printing raises an invoice on the distributor for the money owed, which is held by Image Printing on behalf of its authors. Board book printing manufacturers disseminates information provided to it by the distributor and upon a quarterly basis provides all the information to the author about the number of books distributed and consequently royalties owed in a given monthly period. Author raises an invoice on Image Printing for the sum total of the quarterly royalties owed to the author and each quarter Image Printing pays to the author 100% of the money paid to them by the distributor, via a bank to bank payment direct to the author.

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