Discounts
  • Ecotone offers a 40% discount to bookstores & retail outlets.
  • Ecotone offers industry standard discounts to university/academic bookstores. Call (250) 274-4444 for details.
  • Ecotone offers a ‘fundraiser discount’ to non profit organizations. Call (250) 274-4444 for details.
Shipping Policy
  • Ecotone pays for 50% of shipping to retail outlets.
  • Ecotone pays for shipping to University bookstores.
  • Individuals and organizations must pay for their own shipping.
  • Sales to individuals or organizations should be shipped via UPS, United States Postal Service or Canada Post and should arrive no later than 7-10 business days.
  • Individuals or organizations can request 2 day or over night delivery if they pre-pay with Fed Ex.

Sales Tax

  • Ecotone charges Sales tax based on where the order originated.
  • Tax is calculated on the discounted price.

Accounts Receivable

  • All payments are to be remitted in USD.
  • Ecotone prefers payments via company checks, however arrangements can be made for payment by credit card - M/C & VISA.
  • Checks are to be made payable to Ecotone LLC or Ecotone Publishing.
  • Invoices are due within 30 days of the dated invoice.
  • Invoices over 60 days are considered late and no further sales to that entity will be made until the late payment is received.
  • Invoices over 90 days are considered delinquent and the company will be notified in writing that they have another 30 days to make payment or a collection agency will be notified. 
Returns Policy
  • Ecotone does not accept returns from university bookstores, independent bookstores, online bookstores, retail outlets or from individual sales.
  • Ecotone does accept returns for books damaged during shipping. Ecotone pays for 50% of shipping.

Miscellaneous Ecotone Policy

  • All sales overseas (except Canada) must be pre-paid and payment must clear before books are shipped.
  • All bookstores must have proof of their existence prior to books being shipped out. 
  • Orders larger than ten copies made by independent bookstores must have a prior history with Ecotone, or be prepaid. 

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