The Axis Publishing & Distribution Company, LLC

Distributor - Sales company that represents a publisher's books to wholesalers and retail accounts and often also maintains an inventory warehouse.

Axis Publishing & Distribution Company, LLC is distributed by Amazon.com, Imgram Book Group and Follett Library Resources.

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Nielson BookScan - A service provided by theNielson Company since 2001 that tracks book sales.  It is estimatedthat BookScan captures about 70% of total sales, as not all retailersreport to BookScan.

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A book  without a cover, almost always a mass market edition.  Because it is not cost-effective to return or remainder mass market editions, their covers are torn off by the retailer and shipped back to the publisher as proof the books have been destroyed.  The retailer then destroys the books.  This is the reason for the "If you purchased this book without a cover..." disclaimer on the first pages of many mass market editions.  Strippable books are marked with an "S" inside a triangle, often on the inside of the front cover.

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The imprint is the "brand name" under which a book is published. Most major publishers have at least a few imprints. Some of these imprints are organized into divisions, as subsidiaries, or "companies within a company," with their own editorial staffs, release lists, etc. Others are strictly brand names slapped on a book purchased and edited somewhere within the parent publishing company. Often publishers use imprints to organize and manage all their authors and books within a certain genre, e.g., fiction.

According to Wikipedia, Random House, the world's largest English-language trade book publisher, has more than 50 imprints.

Axis Publishing & Distribution Company, LLC currently has three imprints:

• Axis Publishing - Non-fiction, self-help and do-it-yourself books;
• XYLOPHONE Press -Children's picture and story books; and,
• Xion Press - Fiction, graphic novels, poetry and other artistic expression books.

Mass Market - Also called "paperback" or "rack size," these are the "pocket-sized," paperbacks printed on lover quality paper and at a smaller trim size.  The price is generally in the $4.00 - $8.00 range.  Rather than being returned or remaindered, mass market editions are often stripped.