Sentences with phrase «pod printers»

You can't afford not to read this article if you are evaluating POD printers.

There are excellent POD printers out there — you just need to know how to find them.

Many vanity presses do rely on POD printers for production, but don't let this bias you against the technology.

Took the plunge into big print runs on new titles and reprints (no online / POD printers), so my retail prices are competitive and my books are distributed by the major companies.

We will provide you with files for your POD Printers / distributors as well so that they may fulfill orders of your book as they are received.

We also will not act as a middle man between the Author and the Author's Book / POD Printers, and / or distributors.

Print - on - demand (POD) technology has greatly improved in the past few years, and most POD printers are able to offer a number of book (or trim) sizes and bindings.

In reality, printers who list themselves as POD printers rarely will print less than 20 copies and then you pay a pretty hefty setup making the unit cost on small quantities impossible to sell in the marketplace.

The book cover you submit to these POD printers will have a blank (white) rectangle on the back — this is where their printing presses place the barcode for your specific book at the time it is printed.

As author and communications consultant Julia Sullivan points out, there are POD printers, such as LightningSource, that are just that: printers.

Most vanity presses do rely on POD printers for production but they charge the book back to you at hugely inflated prices.

Most vanity presses do rely on POD printers for production but they charge the book back to you at...

CreateSpace and the other POD printers have a distribution arm.

They are both what is commonly called POD printers.

In fact, Ingram, one of the largest book distributors, owns Lightning Source, one of the foremost POD printers.

POD works well for sales though major online channels because most POD printers feed book metadata and sales into a major warehouse of books.

The trickier thing to find is a way to take orders, maintain the customer relationship, and do it all with POD printers who will fulfill the order and deal with customer service.

These last will have their own POD printers in the back office, and customer will access loads of online information about the authors and their listed works.

You may have read blogs by other authors in which they were able to quickly turn their Word documents into PDFs and upload them to the POD printer without anyone's assistance.

You don't need a POD publisher to use a POD printer.

It's a better deal than anyone gets with any large publisher or POD printer.

Ingrams and Baker & Taylor, for the longest time, had code in their monthly catalogs on the books that were produced with a POD printer.

That changed when Ingram changed the rules forcing small publishers to either come to them through a book distributor or use their then - struggling, POD printer, Lightning Print.

I received an acceptance letter stating that they use Lightning Source as their POD printer.

[Edited to add: As a number of people have pointed out, Lulu uses LightningSource as its printer, and you can go to LightningSource directly if you want a POD printer.]

, Helen Gallagher says that POD printer Lightning Source is owned by Amazon.

We don't hide our POD printer or prices and we» re

If you choose to self - publish, either using a POD printer or an assisted self - publisher, I urge you to get all the costs spelled out ** before you sign a contract.

If you are planning to use a POD printer you probably do not need to buy a barcode.

If you're looking for an offset printer, not a POD printer, head on over to RJ Self - Publishing or Pete Masterson's list of book printers.

I am an indie author and I use Createspace, a POD printer, for my books.

Whether to use a POD printer or an offset printer, and whether to use LSI specifically, is something you'll have to decide for your book.

This is why you want to self publish the right way with your own ISBN's and a POD printer, such as Createspace or Lightning Source.

* Yeah, we know the correct term is «POD Printer» or «self - publishing service» but «self - publisher» has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

A POD printer is just a book printer.

The print book could be done by a POD printer or from an offset printer.

Royalties are better than what «real» publishers offer, but there are caveats, and true self - publishing pros prefer to cut out the subsidy press (which takes a cut) and go straight to a POD printer like Lightning Source to maximize profits.

When someone purchases your book through Amazon.com or BN.com, the order is sent to the POD printer, where your book is printed and sent to the customer.

And EC, if I recall correctly, bought that POD printer just before then.

Some micropublishers use Ingram's POD printer Lightning Source, which gives automatic access to Ingram.

Have you used a POD printer who requires a minimum order?

Apparently there is already legal action in the States against Amazon for pressuring POD publishers who want to sell on Amazon to use an Amazon - owned POD printer.

Once the files are accepted, the POD printer adds the book to a distributor's database of available titles, which is then made available to all retailers.

The calculator above and the explanations below will give you a better understanding of what influences POD printing costs, which are based on the options and pricing of the POD printer Mill City Press works with (one of two major POD printers).

Trim sizes are factored into POD printing costs because paperbacks and hardcover books are split into «small» and «large» categories for the POD printer we work with.

The bookstore buys your books from Ingram and then Ingram buys them from the POD printer.

Not exact matches

The advantage of POD is that people can buy your book online and the printer will ship it to them, and you simply get a check at some point.

Print on Demand or «POD» means that books are printed and shipped as the printer / distributor receives customer orders.

Aside from not falling for the «we can assign you an ISBN» myth of the POD / Vanity / Subsidy publishers, selecting the right printer... [Read more...]

Aside from not falling for the «we can assign you an ISBN» myth of the POD / Vanity / Subsidy publishers, selecting the right printer to print your books is as important as any other decision you will make as a publisher.