Ordering enough books
30 April 2016
On seeing what a marvelous job you’ve done on your yearbook, many more people usually come forward and say they want to purchase a copy after the original print run. Whilst this is doable, extra copies do tend to be more expensive later down the line unless you get enough orders to meet the usual minimum print requirements of 20 copies. If you find your need fewer copies than this, these will be more expensive than the originals and if you only need 1 or 2 copies, this can be as much as £40 per book!
We work with big industrial-scale printers and turning these on costs a fair bit- that’s why we set our minimum print run as 20 copies. Around 30% of the projects we print later require additional copies so we think it’s always best to over order by a few copies where possible. We often find that some parents want to purchase 2 copies for partners and grandparents for example and teachers and staff often come forward later asking if they can also get a copy. Be sure to open the sales to everybody you think may want to purchase a copy just in case!
So what happens if you do need more books later? As I mentioned, ordering just 1 or 2 is expensive so you don’t want to order a few, then find you need a few more and so on. Send out a letter or email to all to check if there is anybody else wanting to place an order as a collective order will probably save you some pennies! Prices for extra copies can be found on the books details and price area of your online book and are as follows:
– 1 copy = £80*
– 2-7 copies = £40/copy*
– 8-19 copies = original price + £4/copy
– 20+ copies = original price
… * please note that there is a minimum of 8 copies for extra PREMIUM books.
Once you know how many copies you wish to order, get in touch with your yearbook coordinator to let them know. They can then generate an invoice for the amount of books requested and get this sent over to you. Payment for additional copies will need to be made in full before the secondary print run is started. As with previous payments for the project, this will need to be made as one collective payment as we are unable to process individual payments for copies.
