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`"Oh but the cover art is blurry"...seriously? Who the hell cares?` I care.
Stick to the big five publishers section at Barnes & Noble then, and excuse the indie authors who don't have the budget to make your bookshelf look good.
Ah this makes so much sense! I bought a book on Amazon Germany last year, 1000 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, and as soon as I opened it I had a feeling it was a pirate copy. I even tried to find the book in a physical book store so I could compare, but didn't find it. Just took it down from the shelf and went to the back page, and yes it's printed in Poland by Amazon Fulfillment. I suspected it because t…
> the book was rubbish anyway. Why is it still on your shelf then :)
Amazon has had a print-on-demand service [1] for a while so the real question is whether major publishers have been signing deals to use it. Maybe from their perspective it's worthwhile for older books, to avoid maintaining lots of slow-moving inventory? [1] https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GHKDSCW2KQ3K4UU4
I think this is right. Some book stores in the US even have print-on-demand machines inside the shop. See https://www.ondemandbooks.com/ for more info about the printers. Most publishers make good money on their backlists, with a slow trickle of sales across a huge number of titles. Amazon and other stores don't always want to stock these titles because they take up a lot of shelf space. Publishers may not want to pu…
Here's a video of the machine in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUla8xJ5BM
I self-published a book on gardening and learned how much I enjoy the design/marketing/sales aspect of the self-publish industry almost as much as I enjoy writing. Something I learned quickly is that local bookstores & libraries will often refuse to carry books that are Print-on-Demand from Amazon. There are several other POD suppliers online and it’s really cool to compare the features and cost models across each su…
So would you stick with Amazon in this case or lean towards another POD publisher like Lulu or others?
Soooo….your mileage may vary!
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I think this is right. Some book stores in the US even have print-on-demand machines inside the shop. See https://www.ondemandbooks.com/ for more info about the printers. Most publishers make good money on their backlists, with a slow trickle of sales across a huge number of titles. Amazon and other stores don't always want to stock these titles because they take up a lot of shelf space. Publishers may not want to pu…
> I think this is right. Some book stores in the US even have print-on-demand machines inside the shop. See https://www.ondemandbooks.com/ for more info about the printers. Here's a video of the machine in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUla8xJ5BM
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So would you stick with Amazon in this case or lean towards another POD publisher like Lulu or others?
Depends on what you’re going for. If I was serious about sales, I’d publish through something like Lulu or Ingramspark. I really wanted a way to publish a few copies of something personal to me, and for that I’d actually recommend Amazon. It was super high quality and super cheap — especially if you wanted to get author copies. Soooo….your mileage may vary!