Publishing on demand recommendations?

by mathiaslebesby

Posted: 14 years ago 8 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi.

I have some books I want to sell online.
Does anybody know a good publishing on demand company?

#demand #publishing #recommendations

Audrey Harvey 14 years ago

I've heard of many people using Amazon's createspace - https://www.createspace.com/ and there have been a few WSO's lately that tell you how to get started. Haven't tried it myself yet, but hope to have a couple of books up there in the next month or two.
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mathiaslebesby 14 years ago

thanks, I forgot to mention that I was looking for alternatives to createspace.
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Colin Palfrey 14 years ago

Hi Mathias,

You could try Lulu.com as they are the main competitor, but really I have found createspace to be the best.

I have published many books through createspace.com and the only time they mucked me around they fixed their problems and repeated my order without charge. What more can you ask really.

Cheers,
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mathiaslebesby 14 years ago

Colin: They are great.
It's just a bit impractical to work with them from Norway.
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mathiaslebesby 14 years ago

Ok, another question, since the cost per p.o.d. book is quite high:

Does anybody know anywhere you can print books more cost effectively?
For instance if I have a product launch for a book and sell 200 copies, does anybody know a place I could get them printed after I make the sales?
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- dbarnum 14 years ago
  
  Angela Hoy's Booklocker.com is a good place at (no affil).:
  
  BookLocker Guide To POD and Ebook Publishing
  
  ..have a couple books there. She gets them into Amazon, B&N, etc. and sticks up for the little publishing companies (you can find info on her lawsuit with Amazon on the web). She's a neighbor of horror writer Stephen King, by the way. Neat lady!
  
  Costs - there's a pop up on the site with specifics and even an evaluation form to see how they can compete, looks like. They can ship in bulk or individually with one-time purchases, like at Amazon.
  
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gjabiz 14 years ago

The problem with POD and doing it after the sale is made is this: your printer may put your "small job" in between bigger jobs and it make take much longer than you expect. Yea, the concept is to Print On Demand (and I've worked with several of these printers) but that doesn't mean they drop everything they are doing to get your few books done.

Here is a link to some POD printers and I'll add my suggestions:

Print-On-Demand Book Printers and POD Publishers

Ok, there is a list. Now for some advice:

BookMasters is an excellent company with a long history. They can do it all for you and even act as a fulfillment house and since you live outside the US, if you selling to USA marketplace, this might be a good route to go. BookMasters Book Manufacturing Company - Book Printing & Distribution Specialist

48hourbooks.com in Akron, OH is very fast, but not a fulfillment center.

Also, I've used McCarty Printing in Erie, PA, they do stellar work and do fulfill. McCarty Printing - Welcome

This should get you started. If you have any questions, feel free to email me, gjabiz@yahoo.com

gjabiz
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- Alan Petersen 14 years ago
  
  You can set yourself up as your own POD publisher with Lightning Source. You fill out an application which is free and in a few days you should be ready to rock and roll. You can cut out all the middle-men. However, you do need to have your own block of ISBN. They only deal with publishers not authors so you need to set yourself as your own publishing company.
  
  If you already have an LLC just use that which is what I did.
  
  I've published one book so far with LSI and although it take some time to get going at first once you're set it's very easy.
  
  Lightning Source
  
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