If you want to understand how to use IngramSpark for Amazon paperback sales, read this article. We have expanded and updated it nine times since, to reflect the changing market situation (most recently, CreateSpace shutdown and transition to KDP). This is why, in early 2017, we have published an in-depth article explaining how wholesale discounts work and how they can counteract Ingram's higher printing charges (as compared to CreateSpace back then and to KDP Print now), so that all authors could understand it and make conscious choices based on that knowledge. The original blog post was factually correct at the time of publication, but lack of revisions and numerous thoughtless repetition by other people and confused authors (misguided by those who they trusted to provide a reliable information) prevented many authors from earning considerably more (without actually increasing the sales) by using 30% as their selection of wholesale discount on IngramSpark, even if they sold most of their copies on (for which Createspace and KDP Print were recommended by many without consideration for the downsides), not on the other retailers. Back then IngramSpark only allowed selection between 40% and 55% wholesale discount, which is why 40% recommendation is repeated over and over again by those who don't have real-world experience with IngramSpark or don't understand the significance of lower wholesale discounts which Ingram has introduced later. The root cause of this situation is most likely a blog post dating back to 2014. Worse still, to this day, many articles and blog posts are published claiming that CreateSpace (and now KDP Print) provides the best compensation for Amazon-sold books, while IngramSpark is best for the rest (because, even with 40% discount, it is better than KDP/CreateSpace Expanded Distribution, which is subject to 60% wholesale discount "forced" by Amazon). This is how the famous half-true myth was born and then repeated many times by people claiming distribution-related expertise (even though they lack a real-world experience), which scared most authors from using IngramSpark for selling print editions of their books on Amazon. One common status in the past was “Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks”, which could effectively discourage readers from ordering such book, even though other sellers on Amazon marketplace offered the same book with reasonable delivery times. In the past, the availability listed on product pages of Print-on-Demand books distributed through Ingram’s network to Amazon varied. Availability status of IngramSpark-distributed books on Amazon websites
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