Best Chance Media (Best Chance) is an independent print-on-demand imprint dedicated to giving up-and-coming writers a chance to see their first book in digital and print formats. Rejection is a good thing at Best Chance.
In most cases, our authors must demonstrate that their submitted manuscript was rejected by at least one and no more than three other agents or publishers within the past year of submission. We’ve heard stories of manuscripts being rejected 60 times.
Best Chance is a project of Boulder Community Media (BCM), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. BCM’s overall philosophy is to create safe spaces through the arts for communities to discuss and resolve critical issues. BCM wants media in all its forms to be accessible to all.
Best Chance is most interested in helping authors tell their stories.
Buying Wholesale Copies of Your Book
Authors generally make the most money by selling their books directly to readers.
During the publishing agreement, Best Chance and the Author will establish a retail price for the book. The price will account for production and distribution costs, including printing, shipping, fulfillment, and other incidental costs.
Best Chance offers Authors a 40 percent discount from the established retail price on wholesale purchases of their books. The minimum wholesale order is 12 copies, unless otherwise agreed.
For example, if the retail price is $20, the Author’s wholesale price is $12 per copy.
When you place a wholesale order, Best Chance will send you an invoice through PayPal. We will submit your order for fulfillment after we receive payment. Our print-and-distribution provider will print and ship the books directly to you, so Best Chance does not need to maintain an inventory of your books.
Books purchased at the wholesale price belong to you. You may resell or distribute them at your discretion.
Wholesale purchases are separate from any revenues you may receive from sales made by Best Chance.
Selling Your Book at Retail
Best Chance is a collaborative effort.
As an Author, you can establish your own ways for readers to purchase your book directly from you. You may sell copies at readings, events, through your website, to organizations and businesses, or through other channels you develop.
Your wholesale discount lets you earn money from direct sales. You purchase books from Best Chance at 40 percent below the established retail price and keep the difference when you resell them.
Through its distribution channels, Best Chance will handle sales through commercial booksellers and other sales channels it establishes.
You will also have a Best Chance author page featuring your book and providing links to places where readers can purchase it.
Getting Paid for Best Chance Sales
Best Chance will pay you 50 percent of Net Revenue from copies of your book sold by Best Chance to third parties, as described in your publishing agreement.
Net Revenue is the amount Best Chance actually receives from a sale after applicable production, printing, distribution, shipping, payment-processing, retailer, marketplace, and other direct transaction costs associated with that sale.
Best Chance will provide a sales report and make payments quarterly.
Payments will normally be made through your PayPal account. We will send payments totaling at least $10.00. Amounts below $10.00 will roll over to the next payment period until you reach the $10.00 minimum.
Your PayPal Account
Because you are participating in the commercial sale of your book, Best Chance asks you to establish a PayPal Business account.
A PayPal Business account allows you to receive payments from Best Chance and to make commercial payments to Best Chance when purchasing wholesale copies of your book.
When setting up your account, you will link it to your bank account and provide Best Chance with the email address associated with your PayPal account.
PayPal may offer additional payment or financing features to eligible users. Currently, PayPal offers a MasterCard that spreads $149 or greater purchases over six months. PayPal determines availability and terms, which may change.
Payment Between You and Best Chance
There are two separate types of PayPal transactions:
When you purchase books from Best Chance:
Best Chance will send you an invoice through PayPal. You pay the invoice, and Best Chance submits your order for printing and ships it directly to you.
When Best Chance pays you:
Best Chance will send your quarterly earnings through PayPal to the email address associated with your PayPal account.
These transactions are payments for goods and services, not personal or “Friends and Family” transfers.
PayPal Fees
PayPal may charge transaction fees for commercial payments. Best Chance incorporates applicable payment-processing costs into its pricing and sales calculations.
PayPal may also charge fees for certain services, currency conversions, or other transactions. Authors are responsible for fees associated with their own PayPal account or transactions when applicable.
Why PayPal?
PayPal gives Best Chance and Authors a simple way to manage the financial relationship between the publisher and the Author without requiring Best Chance to maintain a separate payment system for every Author.
It allows us to:
- invoice Authors for wholesale book purchases;
- receive payments securely;
- pay Authors their quarterly earnings;
- maintain a transaction record; and
- keep the financial side of publishing simple.
In short: you sell your books; Best Chance publishes and distributes them; PayPal handles the money moving between us.
If this compensation formula seems fair to you, and you meet all the requirements, submit your manuscript:
Depending on the number of submissions, it may take Best Chance up to a month to accept or refuse your submission. If you have questions, ask Besty Bot.
