This is a real concern to me insofar as the future of Service Publications is concerned.
At this rate the cost of postage will have a significant effect on sales and thereby on my ability to produce new books. Although new books reflect current postage (at $10 for a hard cover book), my backlist books are still at the rate in effect when the book was released.
Unlike most publishers of mass market publications, I cannot rely on the sales of e-books nor can I survive on sales to libraries alone. These proposed increases will hit small publishers very hard.
Clive
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed.
- M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE
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