How did my book show up in Amazon bargain bins when its brand new?

[Kendi]

Hello fellow authors, maybe some of you can enlighten me. My second book just launched in paperback on Amazon in December (Year of the Cat: The Thirteenth Realm) . I've sold a dozen or so through Createspace, but I just went in and looked at my book today and noticed how all these online bargain book companies claim they have "new" copies of my book for sale for $5.00. How is that possible? Do I make any money from the bargain bin sales? How is an author suppose to make any $$ their books?

[Patrice]

You selected to have third parties (bookstores/libraries) sale your books through Createspace. Createspace lets them buy your book for under $1 and you get squat; maybe 25 cents. Then they turn around and resale.

UNCHECK the option to allow bookstores/libraries to sale your book and those will go away.

That's a bad deal for writers as we make under a dollar for those sales.

[Chikamso]

@Kendi yes you do. The sellers order your book from createspace. What you would find is that even though they appear to offer your book at a cheaper price, their delivery charge is normally higher than normal. That's how they make up the difference.

[Kendi]

Chikamso wrote: "@Kendi yes you do. The sellers order your book from createspace. What you would find is that even though they appear to offer your book at a cheaper price, their delivery charge is normally higher ..."

Good to know, thanks.

[Lily]

Where do you "uncheck the option to allow bookstores/libraries to sell your book"?

[Gini]

@Kendi I have similar issues. I have many books I've published with CreateSpace, and I'm constantly seeing them advertised as "used," although there doesn't seem to be any record of them being sold new to begin with. I find this a little disconcerting.