Sheet dealing

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In publishing, sheet dealing is the practice of extending a print run by "running on" extra copies of a book's sheets, which are then sold on to a subsidiary overseas publisher to be bound into books. Sheet dealing, which can allow publishers to reduce the amount of royalties they pay authors, has been widespread among multinationals since the 1980s.^[1] It is a way to move the sold product "off the books" and beyond the scope of the royalty agreement.