¹ There are three primary ways to make money with a book from a major publisher. One is through the royalties gained on book sales, as specified in your contract. A second is by buying your own book through a major discounter, such as Ingram, at better than 40 percent off and reselling it at retail price (or at a more modest discount). Finally, you can print the book yourself when it goes out of print (under a standard contractual term called “reversion of rights”) and sell it as a self-published book, which leads you back to the text of this section.