remaindering
Clearing unsold stock
Remaindering is the practice of selling off unsold books at heavily discounted prices.
Publishers remainder copies when a title has stopped selling well enough to justify warehouse space.
Remaindered books often appear in bargain bins or discount bookstores, typically marked with a small ink stamp or slash on the page edges: The novel was remaindered within a year of publication.
Firms producing printed works
- bookstoresRetail outlets for literature
- backlistPublisher's older available titles
- frontlistPublisher's current releases
- out-of-printNo longer being published
overruns · print run · excess inventory · hardcover · paperback · editions · catalogue · ISBN
Unsold surplus of products
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
warehouse · stockpile · overproduction · unsold · backlog · overstocked · abundance · saturation
Permitted passage or approval
- closeoutSale to eliminate inventory
- markdownReduction in retail price
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- write-offRecorded value reduction
fire sale · dumping · devaluation · outlet · warehouse sale · auction · wholesale · deadstock
Favorable purchase price
- saleExchange for payment
- reduced priceLowered cost for purchase
- cut-rateOffered below usual price
- half-priceCosting fifty percent
cheap · affordable · budget · savings · deal · marked down · promotional · economy
publishers
Firms producing printed works
- bookstoresRetail outlets for literature
- backlistPublisher's older available titles
- frontlistPublisher's current releases
out-of-print · overruns · print run · excess inventory · hardcover · paperback · editions · catalogue · ISBN · authors
excess inventory
Unsold surplus of products
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
overrun · warehouse · stockpile · overproduction · unsold · backlog · overstocked · abundance · saturation · accumulation
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
- closeoutSale to eliminate inventory
- markdownReduction in retail price
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
write-off · fire sale · dumping · devaluation · outlet · warehouse sale · auction · wholesale · deadstock · nonreturnable
bargain
Favorable purchase price
- saleExchange for payment
- reduced priceLowered cost for purchase
- cut-rateOffered below usual price
half-price · cheap · affordable · budget · savings · deal · marked down · promotional · economy · value
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- publishing woestypos, misprints, errata, deadlines, delays
- publishing financebook sales, profit margins, production costs, distribution costs, advances
remainderingbestseller
High-volume publication
selling out · in-demand · blockbuster · runaway success · backordered
remainderingreprinting
Publishing additional copies
reprint · new release · first printing · reissue · launching
remainderingpremium pricing
Charging above competitors deliberately
collector's edition · limited edition · list price · retail pricing
remain, remains, remaining, remainder, remained, remainders, remaindered