The publisher sells it for $42.95, plus $6 for shipping.

Religious publishers printed some of his works on prayer cards and sold them in Catholic bookstores.

The publishers then sell it to libraries at prices that range from enough to cover their costs through to some pretty high profits-some over 30%.

He and his publisher have sold a few hundred million copies of his 48 books in 20 languages over almost 60 years.

In addition, a few small publishers still sell game software.

Authors, who are generally paid a commission for every book that publishers sell, make no money on resales.

Major publishers, he points out, all sell books directly to consumers on their Web sites.

Large publishers often sell only their remnant inventory through ad networks.

Smaller publishers often sell all of their inventory through ad networks.

But the publisher sells it only to those who purchase the German edition as well.