Comments on: Help me get bought out.

Question: Help me get bought out.

cusack — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:11:13 -0800

What should we do with our remaining inventory of art books? So a friend and I published this limited-edition book with a run of 1000 about a year ago. The book is a fairly upscale 'zine featuring work we solicited from friends and associates.

We've been selling the book for about a year now and have come to realize that we aren't going to turn a profit on it and will have a tough time making our money back. That is OK with us, but we're moving on to our next project and don't know what to do with the 500+ extra books we've got in storage. We keep saying "Yeah, we just need to find somebody to buy us out..." but then after that there's a long pause as we have no idea how to find that person.

I think what we're looking for is a liquidator or maybe a buyer for a chain of "cool" stores that could buy the lot for a wholesale price.

Does anyone have any advice on this?

Thanks!

By: farishta

farishta — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:17:40 -0800

You could always bookmooch them (I'd order one!).

By: farishta

farishta — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:18:35 -0800

errr... that should have linked here

By: idiotfactory

idiotfactory — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:21:24 -0800

At least post your book to Mefi Projects.

By: jeffamaphone

jeffamaphone — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:43:51 -0800

I would look at it, if you posted some info.

By: jeffamaphone

jeffamaphone — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:44:19 -0800

You may be able to donate them to a local Art School and use it as a tax write-off.

By: cusack

cusack — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:47:35 -0800

Thank you for the responses so far... I just posted it to Mefi Projects and will include that link here once it's approved.

By: cusack

cusack — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:48:16 -0800

Here it is.

By: CreativeJuices

CreativeJuices — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:04:21 -0800

I don't know all of the requirements but you may be able to get your guide used as text in some art schools. Especially tech art schools. I just finished a required course in Visual Arts Business Procedures. This looks like something we would be required to read.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:27:01 -0800

Publishers sell (and bargain book buyers buy) remaindered books every year at CIROBE.