I've been having an argument over on rasfc about the merits and the morality of wandering into your lcoal bookstore and, if you find your book shelved spine-out, turning it face-out for a potential buyer to see. As I pointed out somewhere in the thread, in my specific case it was my books shelved spine out next to a veritable avalanche of "
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Sounds like that dweeb was just looking for a fight.
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Which means that FOR THE BOOKSTORE, a faceout of Stephen King, Dave Weber, Eric Flint, etc., is worth 10 or 20 books' worth of profit in the same timeframe that a faceout of Less Known Author is worth 1 or 2 books.
Sure, FOR YOU it's a really great deal. For Dave Weber, another 10 or 20 books sold isn't a major issue. But FOR THE BOOKSTORE it's a direct, clear impact on the bottom line.
...My point being, that King, Weber, Flint et al. will have sold a certain number of books ANYWAY during a certain time period. My books, or books by any other midlist author you care to name, may not have done ( ... )
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But for the BOOKSTORE -- whose property you are fiddling -- the numbers above show it's a money LOSING proposition; they could face out Mr. Weber, and make $10x profit, or face out you, and make x profit.
The objection comes from you putting yourself in the position of choosing how the bookstore chooses to make its money, and to some extent how much it actually makes.
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