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Where the cutoff is varies greatly. Some publishers, such as Charlesbridge, remain committed to keeping their books in print, and will still print three year's supply if necessary. They may not keep every book in print forever, but they don't have the hair trigger that others, particularly the larger companies, do.
I've seen books get remaindered after only a year in print. You can try asking your editor what the minimum sales are that you need to maintain, but they may not know.
Decisions about reprinting a book or letting it go OP are often made by an inventory manager, perhaps with some consultation with the marketing department, but generally not with the editor. What all this means to you is that if your royalty statements tell you that your picture book is selling fewer than at least 1, copies per year, or your novel is selling fewer than copies per year, you can assume that it's in danger of going out of print, at least at most publishers.
The two best long-term strategies I know of are school visits and a web site, perhaps pursued in tandem. When a book first comes out, there are other things you can do, such as local publicity, but I'm assuming that you are looking a few years down the road.
School visits, if set up properly, will sell books.
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