{ep. 79} Why you should make your book NOT returnable to avoid this costly mistake

One simple mistake can cost you all of your royalties and cause you to owe money. This episode is a case study of why you should make your book NOT returnable on IngramSpark during pre-order and launch, based on a recent book launch.
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[@miabfit1637]

Thank you for this, explains a lot. I am working with a client that published a book last year and we could not figure out how over 300 books were returned on one day. I know we had lots of activity on Amazon around the launch so it would make total sense that this is the issue. Unfortunately no one advised us about this setting when our account was created - you can imagine the cost of this lesson!!

[@cherithreynolds-clark7188]

I wish I'd seen this before I made my book returnable and marketed the heck out of it! In all the videos I watched about return vs no return, no one mentioned this at all.

[@WritePublishSell]

Oh no! This is a problem that we first noticed last year. It had never happened before, and I believe IngramSpark was working to stop the over ordering from happening. But it's not a risk I'm willing to take, especially since 98% of our sales come through Amazon anyway.

[@ssFitzgerald]

I want to know if you see any conflict for me as I knew if this concern. I am doing a hardcover on IS using their ISBN, and KDP for the paperback and ebook. I'm not using returns, but do you see any potential conflict with this method?

[@WritePublishSell]

Nope, no conflicts!