Not exact matches
Watch
on -
demand videos
like Too Big To Fail, and crack - open a pre-highlighted
book written by your CEO.
And you can educate people
on what it takes to create sustainable
demand, which is why
books like Slywotzky's — not to mention business schools — aren't a waste of time.
The draw for consumers to
book directly with these
on -
demand platforms is not the allure of «finding the right professional», but more so the convenient, Uber -
like customer experience.
And
on Memorial Day weekend last month the company offered a separate flight program called UberAIR from Boston to Nantucket — but it wasn't
on -
demand service
like that which Uber is known for, as passengers couldn't
book a ride
on a specific jet.
Throngs of AI - equipped smart - device apps are available for suggestions, streamlined reservation
bookings and other assists
like on -
demand intel
on that boutique wine label or locavore food ingredient you're not familiar with.
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Book
We'll go through everything you need to do to format a
book from scratch for print - ready PDFs you can use with print
on demand publishing services
like Createspace or Lightning Source.
I
liked the idea of publish -
on -
demand because I had visions of a thousand copies of my
book mouldering in my parents» basement.
The new agreement leaves the door wide open for a company
like CreateSpace to step in and open a local printing hub for print -
on -
demand books to be printed in Australia, or for an Australian printing company to offer a print -
on -
demand publishing service and leave D Publishing out of the deal.
When it comes to self - publishing paperbacks, innovative companies
like Amazon's CreateSpace and Lightning Source's Ingram Spark have paved the way for print -
on -
demand paperback
books.
Learning the art of
book marketing is a pursuit which can often feel
like an unending
demand on your limited resources.
After formatting your
book for paperback, you'll upload it to a print -
on -
demand service
like CreateSpace or Lulu.
While HarperCollins,
like several other publishers before it, has been gunning for an agency pricing model in which the publisher sets the price of its
books and basically forbids discounting
on the part of the retailer, Amazon has long dug its heels in and refused to budge with the publishers in terms of its
demand for a wholesale model.
Any author that sells print
books, whether you are traditionally published or utilize a print
on demand service
like CreateSpace, you owe it to yourself to make sales whenever you can and sell
books.
I
like to see at least
on other
book in a particular genre — let someone else be the guinea pig and test the market
demand first!
I have been a conversation today with some friends of mine
on resources for publishing Kindle and print -
on -
demand books using services
like Kindle / Amazon, CreateSpace / Amazon and Lulu.com.
«Print -
on -
demand started this explosion,» says Prunkl, referring to companies
like Trafford Publishing, AuthorHouse, Xlibris and iUniverse, which publish
books for a fee, in quantities that are consonant with
demand.
I don't hate digital releases, though I do prefer to have
books for my personal library ^ ^ And print -
on -
demand seems
like a really good option to do so.
But I'd so much
like to catch authors before it's too late to get a
book publicist really excited about a project: before a major
book publishing house has given up
on promoting the
book (or lost interest in selling the
book) or before an author has committed to working with a print -
on -
demand company whose imprint would make a
book about 95 % more difficult to properly promote than it has to be.
Distributors and bookstores also don't
like POD (publish
on demand)
books, because they can't be returned if they don't sell.
It's just
like you said at the beginning of this show, you can barely, I don't think you can even tell the difference between a traditionally printed
book and a print -
on -
demand book anymore.
On top of these differences in how you distribute your books, each individual company that offers a print on demand or large run service like these has minor differences and variations in their process that impact the overall valu
On top of these differences in how you distribute your
books, each individual company that offers a print
on demand or large run service like these has minor differences and variations in their process that impact the overall valu
on demand or large run service
like these has minor differences and variations in their process that impact the overall value.
Amazon's imprints have names
like Montlake Romance and Thomas & Mercer for mysteries and thrillers and they will will publish
books electronically for e-readers, and they can also be printed
on demand.
Robin Cutler [00:09:46] To me, that's
like one of the huge advantages to using print
on demand, especially for a new author that really doesn't even know the
demand they're going to have
on their
book.
We are pleased that most retailers,
like Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Indigo,
Books - A-Million, and hundreds of others, reflect an «In Stock / Available» status for your print -
on -
demand titles, which is an accurate representation of the immediate availability of your title.
You can also create print ARCs through a print -
on -
demand provider
like IngramSpark or a short - run printer, but you should be careful to send them only to people you feel confident will seriously consider them and represent strong prospects for the
book's marketing and publicity.
I currently have my
book on Kindle but I would
like to have print
on demand books.
If you'd
like to offer a print version of your ebook (either traditional offset or print -
on -
demand), we'll create a three - or five - panel print cover that includes a striking spine and back cover with your author bio, review quotes, and / or
book description.
This is no different that a bank teller
demanding to know what you are going to spend your withdrawal
on and refusing to give it to you if you plan
on spending it
on a
book they don't
like.
With print -
on -
demand, though, not only is the option available for single - purchase at much lower prices, the option to list the
book on sites
like Amazon is still there if organizations choose to direct their customers to the retailer and make their royalty that way.
Because the
book is available worldwide through digital and print -
on -
demand channels
like Amazon and Smashwords, I don't have to worry about it disappearing from bookstores!
If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your
books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties
on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print
book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print -
on -
demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just
like the big boys do.
Smashwords offer eBooks, my company, CompletelyNovel offers a combination of print -
on -
demand books and eBooks within a publishing community, and there are other services
like Lulu and CreateSpace which offer POD services too.
Barnes & Noble's digital business (its website at bn.com and its Nook) continues to grow and, along with Amazon.com's growing market share, further supports the notion that distribution -
on -
demand with self - publishing companies
like Outskirts Press is not only a viable solution but is
on its way toward becoming the de facto standard for how
books are distributed and sold.
It's also true in other electronic media,
like audiobooks, and in print -
on -
demand books, since the
books aren't pre-printed and warehoused.
It is so much better to indie publish yourself
on Amazon, ibooks, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, etc and also create a Print version of your book using a Print On Demand service like Createspac
on Amazon, ibooks, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, etc and also create a Print version of your
book using a Print
On Demand service like Createspac
On Demand service
like Createspace.
Print -
on -
demand (POD) publishing is when you load your completed
book files to a provider
like Lulu, CreateSpace, Booksurge etc..
Like a print -
on -
demand book, there's no upfront cost for inventory; product is generated when a customer places an order and you get a percentage.
Author Solutions» whole business model is built
on print
on demand, so there's no need whatsoever to print
books in advance of orders — unless you are going to sell the
books personally
on your own, which doesn't sound
like what you intended (or what was pitched to you).
After all, this is already the case for other German Print
on Demand services
like BOD (
Books on Demand) or Tredition.
The ability to publish a
book was similarly democratized when ebookstores
like Kindle, Kobo, Nook, iBooks and others opened their doors to self - published authors and print -
on -
demand options
like CreateSpace and IngramSpark also became available.
However, for digital printing, such as those used in POD (print -
on -
demand) services
like Lightning Source, you can actually format your paperback
book in Word and convert it to high - resolution PDF.
Sites
like Lulu and Amazon's CreateSpace allow them to produce print editions of their
books without the hassle of setting up a publishing business and dealing directly with print -
on -
demand publishers.»
Because it is harder and usually more expensive to publish a print
book, even if you do use a print -
on -
demand (POD) service
like CreateSpace.
UP functions
like a traditional royalty
book publisher, but uses revolutionary new print -
on -
demand book publishing technologies to slash the cost of getting
books in print.
Whether you are a reader thinking about writing a
book, a writer ready to get paid for writing, a self - published author, traditionally published author, Print
on Demand author (CreateSpace / IngramSpark), an author published through a vanity press / publishing assistance company, or a hybrid author (a combination of any of the above), the Path To Publishing «Act
Like an Author, Think
Like a Business» 2018 Conference being held September 20 - 22, 2018 in the STILL fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada is for you!
It seems that more and more people have access to creating a
book these days, whether it is through the large number of publishers both big and small, a print -
on -
demand service
like CreateSpace or Lightning Source, or any of the independent presses that are springing up to meet the needs of authors who are tired of... [Read more...]
It seems that more and more people have access to creating a
book these days, whether it is through the large number of publishers both big and small, a print -
on -
demand service
like CreateSpace or Lightning Source, or any of the independent presses that are springing up to meet the needs of authors who are tired of playing the publishing game.
In 2008, at least when it comes to the print -
on -
demand segment of the
book industry, Amazon apparently now
likes playing Goliath.