tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post9145223565365534918..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: From the Front Lines of BookerySteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-44696976857927810982011-04-05T15:57:14.408-07:002011-04-05T15:57:14.408-07:00Thank you kindly, Scott. All donations to the fund...Thank you kindly, Scott. All donations to the fund are appreciated.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-21856726926153992952011-04-05T05:54:55.814-07:002011-04-05T05:54:55.814-07:00Just bought the Roy collection at Smashwords. Fun,...Just bought the Roy collection at Smashwords. Fun, cheap, in the cloud? Perfect.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606348439737007635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-51931804161440400542011-04-04T19:23:05.661-07:002011-04-04T19:23:05.661-07:00There are strange people on the internet.There are strange people on the internet.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-59108752977672162162011-04-04T19:07:53.288-07:002011-04-04T19:07:53.288-07:00Gee, you're like the big brother I never had. ...Gee, you're like the big brother I never had. (Or maybe I did have you and that's why they're finding body parts scattered all over the Mojave ...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-21466017542792831542011-04-04T15:28:55.628-07:002011-04-04T15:28:55.628-07:00Understand, I think the only two copies we are gon...Understand, I think the only two copies we are gonna sell of this as POD are the ones I buy to check how it printed and the one Reaves buys for his ego rack, so it's kind of moot. I wouldn't have gone this way at all if Reaves hadn't wanted a hard copy.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-76970555546094322962011-04-04T15:10:20.049-07:002011-04-04T15:10:20.049-07:00Nathan --
Just for fun, I went to Amazon.com'...Nathan --<br /><br />Just for fun, I went to Amazon.com's Create Space, and when I plugged in the book, was told it would cost *more* to publish it there. In order to even qualify for Amazon.com's list, I'd have to add yet another three bucks to the price.<br /><br />Not what I'd call a "much more competitive price point."<br /><br />Their cover-creator wizard is crappier, and while I could do my own PDF and upload it, just as I could for Lulu, I don't see why I'd elect to do more work for less royalty.<br /><br />I did a full-wrap cover myself for Master of Pamor and it was a decent cover, but I'd have to get new software to create PDFs to do that again, so if the cover wizard is okay, that makes more sense.<br /><br />Plus CreateSpace won't let me delete the project until it processes it, and if my experience with Amazon.com holds otherwise, that's at least a couple days out, and even even deleting it altogether is iffy.<br /><br />No advantage to me here I can see.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-37508592368225081692011-04-04T14:13:57.234-07:002011-04-04T14:13:57.234-07:00Just for an example, you should be able to publish...Just for an example, you should be able to publish most novel-length works via POD at a price point between $10 and $14.95 and still be netting $2-3 per copy sold.Nathan Barkerhttp://kayleighbugbooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-49731664449805289042011-04-04T14:11:35.729-07:002011-04-04T14:11:35.729-07:00Steve
Lulu is probably the worst example you coul...Steve<br /><br />Lulu is probably the worst example you could use for POD comparison (except maybe PublishAmerica). Random House, Del Rey, and other major houses are now using POD technology for parts of their backlists, Amazon offers the service at a much more competitive price point if you are "self-publishing." Lulu is a vanity-press site, not a POD publisher. There is a big difference, most notably in cost and quality.Nathan Barkerhttp://kayleighbugbooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-26669195041908510142011-04-04T14:10:08.851-07:002011-04-04T14:10:08.851-07:00I'm with you. I think POD is a niche market --...I'm with you. I think POD is a niche market -- easy enough to address, which is why fsand does the POD version of the PDF files, for people who are just dying to have paper -- but the economics are brutal, and not going to get better.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.com