I don't buy this notion that ebooks are more expensive to
produce than print books.
In general, e-books are only slightly cheaper to
produce than print books.
Not exact matches
Digitally
printed books are more expensive to
produce than their offset -
printed counterparts, and tend to cost more.
I have professionally
produced books for digital and
print platforms that look as good or better
than many I see from traditional publishers.
What I really wanted to title this post was here are five ways a
print - on - demand
book can help an author make more money
than if they published only an eBook, and CreateSpace is the easiest and most pain - free way to
produce a
book in
print.
Now in its sixth edition, The Fine
Print delves into more topics
than ever before, including a comparison of the quality of finished
books produced by popular DIY service providers and newly expanded sections on
printing and distribution options, ebook publishing, and online and traditional marketing ideas.
Self - publishers can race their
books to market much faster
than traditional publishers can, particularly if they're
producing ebook and
print - on - demand
books only.
However, digitally
printed books are more expensive to
produce per
book than books printed on a press, as there is no cost saving for
printing in quantity.
E-
books also are considerably cheaper to
produce and distribute
than physical (or «
print»)
books.
It takes about seven gallons to
produce the average
printed book, while e-publishing companies can create a digital
book with less
than two cups of water.
That is somewhat shortsighted... MOST good writers are publishing in ebook format simply because they KNOW that it is less expensive
than publishing
print books, and that a well
produced and easy to use format is LESS likely to be pirated..
It's quite easy for a self - published writer to
produce print books through Createspace — I bet my self - punished paperbacks earn me more money
than you get for
producing this shoddy little website!
New Providence, NJ - October 24, 2012 - The number of self - published
books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, and now tallies more than 235,000 print and «e» titles, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker ® Books In Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, and now tallies more
than 235,000
print and «e» titles, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker ® Books In Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
print and «e» titles, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker ®
Books In Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
Books In
Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
Print and Bowker ® Identifier Services.
Just as children's
print books are costly to
produce and therefore come at a higher price
than most adult
books, children's interactive app
books require an entire team of programmers and designers, let alone the author who had to write the story in the first place.
Part of readers» refusal to spend the same money for an eBook edition stems from readers» awareness that it costs less to
produce eBooks
than print books.
There are impressions afoot that a
print presence in bookstores may be more easily within reach of self - publishers now
than before: IngramSpark is making a strong offer with its ability to
produce, catalog and distribute
books to bookshops without the Amazonian stigma of a CreateSpace
printing.
In the self - publishing arena alone, the number of self - published
books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, and now tallies more
than 235,000
print and «e» titles.
They don't use paper or ink, and the
books themselves don't take nearly as much energy to
produce as
printed books, so one could argue that e-
books are more eco-friendly
than bound
books.
But more
than that, the reading public can look at an e-
book and realize that it doesn't cost anywhere close to
produce it as it does to
produce a
print book.
The publisher may wish to use your manuscript in ways other
than producing hardcover or paperback
print book editions.
They are effectively
producing more content per title
than traditional
print publishers (including HD video author and
book trailers) and yet they've slashed the standard industry production time line from a year or more among traditional publishers to approximately 120 days at Open Road.
«The small publishers and Bowker's research arm reports, «The number of self - published
books produced annually in the United States has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, tallying more
than 235,000
print and «e» titles as of the end of 2011.»
I have
printed them all offset, not
print - on - demand, because POD
produces lower quality
than offset for illustrated
books, plus I need larger
print runs.
Unless you are talking small
print runs the cost of physically
producing a
book is less
than a dollar (assuming a paperback best seller quantity of course).
The number of self - published
books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, and now tallies more than 235,000 print and «e» titles, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker ® Books In Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, and now tallies more
than 235,000
print and «e» titles, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker ® Books In Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
print and «e» titles, according to a new analysis of data from Bowker ®
Books In Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
Books In
Print and Bowker ® Identifier Serv
Print and Bowker ® Identifier Services.
The number of self - published
books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, tallying more
than 235,000
print and «e» titles as of the end of 2011.
The digital revolution has inadvertently created a counterpoint which is the analog revolution - in terms of
print specifically, more
books are being
produced now
than ever, and even many newspapers are growing, and although they aren't letterpress
printed specifically, it does reveal a renewed and sustained interest in the
printed word.
Motherwell had made his first
prints in 1943 and returned to printmaking in 1961 with such works as Poet I. Alone among the original Abstract Expressionist group to embrace printmaking enthusiastically, he subsequently
produced a body of graphic work that includes A la pintura (1972), a limited edition
book of aquatints with letterpress texts, and more
than 500 editions made in collaboration with workshops and printers in the United States and Europe.