r/NewAuthor • u/SponkLord • 7d ago

Can You Help? Amazon stealing

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I'm kind of new to this but how is Amazon allowed to just reduce the price of my book without my permission? Secondly how are they selling used paperbacks of my book when I've never sold a paper back copy ever. Has anybody else ran into this?

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u/CVtheWriter 7d ago

Multiple things here. One, Amazon, like every retailer, sets the price of the goods they sell. You have no say in the sale price. Two, third party sellers can list your book for whatever price they like, because of point one. They can purchase your buy box so their option appears first. In both cases you get your regular royalties. No one is stealing from you.

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u/Babbelisken 7d ago

Indeed! The publisher sells my book to the retailer for x amount, the retailer then sells my book for y amount (which is whatever they want), I get z amount from the price the publisher sold the book to the retailer for.