In the last year or so, the PoD price has dropped to the point where you can
now get them into bookstores and not loose money on them.
Not exact matches
Smashwords — A
bookstore and distributor that can
get you
into some of the places that don't have self - publishing portals (i.e. Sony, Diesel, etc., and they're also jumping
into the library scene
now).
She talked about her arrangement with IngramSpark which
gets print editions of her books
into bookstores — still not an easy feat for indies — and revealed that she works
now without a literary agent, basically hiring only a foreign - rights agent.
Most self published writers WANT to
get their books
into libraries and
bookstores, but
now they are caught between the big brick and mortar
bookstore (B&N) requirements, and Create Space's inability to meet them.
I can't
get into details right
now, but i find it interesting just as Diamond digital stops giving coupons and codes to
bookstores is about the same time marvel is developing their own app.
And indie pubbing writers can
get paper books
into bookstores now.
While this is changing — some literary agents are taking indie authors
now, and organizations are cropping up to give self - published books physical retail opportunities — it's still darn near impossible to
get an independently published book
into bookstores.
That said, I was successful in
getting Nagle's Mercy
into some independent
bookstores and libraries, and most books are sold online
now, so a retail presence may not be as important.
Instead of doing editing and cover design work, printing tens or hundreds of thousands of copies, and using their vast distribution, storage, and shipping network to
get their books
into thousands of
bookstores across the country (and thus earning their share), publishers are
now just doing the same editing and cover design work and a relatively - painless e-book conversion and upload process, and are taking 75 % of the proceeds.
Whether you are printing a hardcover novel, cookbook, yearbook, children's book, or any other book genre, you can
now turn your dream of
getting published
into a
bookstore quality hardback edition.
Wool did well for Simon & Schuster, despite their problems
getting the book
into Barnes & Noble
bookstores [because of retail contract negotiations,
now resolved], so there is money to be made here.