We have twelve
books in POD with more headed that way every day.
Not exact matches
Fund willingness to stomach slow starts
in January to begin the year — especially
in light of the proliferation of «tight stop» multi-managers with a massive institutional AUM concentration, and a
pod / center
book structure which exacerbates crowding — can «turn wrong - way fast» when CRO's become de facto heads of trading into potential deleveraging.
I know
in this recipe you use a vanilla
pod, but
in your new
book I notice you use vanilla powder
in quite a few recipes and I wanted to ask where I can buy vanilla powder?
From Men
in Blazers: Great Friends of the
Pod; We have written a
Book!
So I did the only thing a smart caffeine - abstaining person can do:
Book an hour - long nap
in a nap
pod.
If you and your date like history, and want to hear some
in a very unique way, this is a fantastic date idea — remember to
book early; with a limited number for each
pod the tickets sell out fast!
The gilded
pod undoubtedly holds Adam Warlock, a comic
book character who has been anxiously anticipated since a cocoon seen
in The Collector's museum
in the first Guardians movie was mistaken for an Adam Warlock Easter egg.
Pods have had such names as Cover to Cover,
in which students write
books; Healthy Living; Creative Poetic Expression; Threads, Cloths, and Coverings; Managing Money and Finances; Literary Legends; and a movie - making
pod called Take Five.
To the extent that holding a
book, or being able to physically transfer contents
in book form, is important to an author, there are a wealth of companies providing
POD services.
Do you think any
POD Publisher would sell an ad
in the Sunday New York Times if their payment for this ad came from the sale of
books sold?
Plus,
in the case where a mistake is found
in the
book, the
POD author corrects the error and resubmits the file.
Think of the
POD world — print - on - demand — one
book at a time (or when the order comes
in).
However, there is a downside to this
in that it can add physical pages to your
book and, as the author, the amount of money you get per sale of your
POD book depends on how many pages it has.
In most cases, the
POD is the publisher and puts their ISBN on the
book.
Other recent developments
in the
POD / self - publishing space include Amazon's merger of Booksurge and CreateSpace; Lulu's adding 200,000 eBooks from traditional publishers to their platform; and Andrew Sullivan is self - publishing a
book via Blurb.
If you want to print your
book to read through it one last time before submitting it to your
POD provider, print the PDF file because it will keep not only your page size, even if you are printing on standard paper, but it will print the blank pages added
in between chapters if you have your new sections always beginning on either the even or odd page.
Most
POD companies have a wide variety of trim sizes for paperback
books printed
in black & white or color.
It's interesting to note that the chains and major houses who hooked up early on with
POD publishing services haven't done much that's noticeable
in support of the resulting
books.
This Sunday's New York Times has a couple of interesting letters
in the
Book Review section, responding to Rachel Donadio's essay of on
POD publishing.
Two well - known names
in book services, Reedsy and Blurb, are partnering to streamline the process for authors with ebook and
POD services.
Created with usability and elegance
in mind, Vellum is an amazing software for creating Apple -, Kobo - and Amazon - approved ebooks and
POD books with one click.
This all changed
in the late 1990s, with the advent of print - on - demand (
POD) technology, which allows
books to be printed one at a time.
I self published my first
book in soft cover with Diggy
Pod.
Major print distributors, like Ingram and Baker & Taylor, are now making
POD books returnable, which was a major barrier why booksellers refused to stock them
in the first place.
To ensure that there isn't any confusion with either of these services and their distribution methods, it's generally better to upload your
POD book files to IngramSpark first, then CreateSpace, but
in theory, you shouldn't have a problem either way.
Still, keep
in mind that even though
POD is ideal for meeting sales demand one copy at a time, it's possible to place a
POD order for your
book (from whatever service you use) that's
in the dozens or even hundreds of copies.
Some writers incorrectly assume that
POD books have low - quality production values when,
in fact, the quality can actually exceed that of offset printing.
A reminder that bears repeating from earlier: While it can be fairly straightforward and even inexpensive to get a print
book in your hands through either
POD or offset printing, it is virtually impossible to get your
book physically ordered or stocked
in bookstores if you're self - published.
(Although the
POD subsidy companies claim that
books will be available to bookstores, being available «to» bookstores is different from being available «
in» bookstores.)
About EE Media The OJSC «EE Media» is a Russian holding company, together with its subsidiaries letmeprint,
book on demand and kniga po trebovaniy that is engaged
in print - on - demand (
POD) and e-
book distribution
in Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
Not because
POD books aren't returnable — actually most
POD books are, contrary to what bookstores will tell you — but because they revealed the holes
in the system.
Ingrams and Baker & Taylor, for the longest time, had code
in their monthly catalogs on the
books that were produced with a
POD printer.
A while back Joe Konrath (
in one of his very interesting blogs) suggested that maybe indie publishers should not put prices on their
POD books.
Some
POD books distributed by Ingram on Amazon go through periods of being listed as «out of stock» on Amazon, despite the fact that the
books are
in theory always available since they're
POD.
In fact, Ingram, one of the largest
book distributors, owns Lightning Source, one of the foremost
POD printers.
What we do have for people
in the trade
book area is a kind of an entry level distribution which we call Thor which is a
POD distribution and it's actually pretty neat.
That is perfect for
POD / self - published
books and writers who take the long view (which traditional publishers didn; t — it was make or break
in a year or less.)
In the Ingram ordering system,
POD books look like any other title.
Booksellers typically won't take the risk of selling a
book whose inventory they can't return, so
POD with Returns is a great option if you intend to ask booksellers to carry your
book in their stores.
In the case of # 2, the
POD book will be returned to you.
But when I finally published, I formed my own company, hired an editor, made my
books available
in e-book and
POD, and gained an audience online and
in person.
POD is a not a viable option for
books designed with foldouts, pop - ups, non-standard trim sizes, or for titles that you know for sure will sell
in excess of 2000 + copies a year.
I've written and presented many times on the value of using print on demand (
POD) as a means to get broad
book distribution
in bringing your
book to the global marketplace while reducing your overall financial risk.
In these days of
POD (publish - on - demand) technology, the vanity presses may promise to ship the
books when they are ordered, which at least relieves the author of having to warehouse the
books.
One of the problems I keep seeing with big publishing is you guys stick to current models and don't look at down the road or how something could help smaller bookstores (think a
POD in an indie bookstore) or with
books that aren't ordered as frequently.
Make your print - on - demand (
POD)
book more attractive to booksellers by enrolling
in the
POD with Returns Program.
POD reduces the publisher's financial risk
in bringing a
book to market.
With
POD, your
books are printed as they're ordered, so they're always listed as «
in - stock.»
It's a decision you should weigh carefully, and
in my opinion, making your
POD returnable should be part of the overall publishing strategy for your
book.
I have worked
in managerial retail and have ordered stock from small, but well known
book wholesalers who DO NOT accept returns, even on traditional print titles, let alone
POD.