remaindered
Clearance bin stock
Remaindered describes books sold at a steep discount after failing to sell at full price.
Publishers remainder unsold stock to recover costs, and bookstores sell these copies with a mark on the page edges: a stack of remaindered hardcovers for five dollars each.
The term can sting authors, as it signals commercial failure.
Surplus beyond need
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- unsoldNot yet purchased
- leftoverFood saved after meals
- deadstockMerchandise that went unsold
surplus · inventory · glut · oversupply · obsolete · unwanted · write-off · overproduced
Favorable purchase price
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- reducedMade less in amount
- markdownReduction in retail price
- saleExchange for payment
half-price · slashed · cut-rate · cheap · inexpensive · low-cost · budget · discount bins
Bound written works
- bookstoresRetail outlets for literature
- bargain binsContainers for discounted merchandise
- backlistPublisher's older available titles
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
paperback · novels · literature · authors · publishers · imprints · out-of-print · overprint
excess
Surplus beyond need
deadstock · surplus · inventory · glut · oversupply · obsolete · unwanted · write-off · overproduced · stockpile
bargain
Favorable purchase price
sale · half-price · slashed · cut-rate · cheap · inexpensive · low-cost · budget · discount bins · marked down
books
Bound written works
- bookstoresRetail outlets for literature
- bargain binsContainers for discounted merchandise
- backlistPublisher's older available titles
hardcover · paperback · novels · literature · authors · publishers · imprints · out-of-print · overprint · book sales
- publication statuspublished, unpublished, in print, out of print, in press
- book worlddystopian fiction, young adult fiction, fantasy novels, graphic novels, memoir
remainderedbestselling
Highest in sales
bestseller · in-demand · chart-topping · blockbuster · flying off the shelves
remainderedsought-after
Much wanted by many
scarce · coveted · must-have · sold out · collector's item