World Changes Again

[bryant]

Amazon now has a Print on Demand service. The pricing is a bit more complex than the competition (namely, Lulu), but everything gets an ISBN and you can publish into Amazon. Which is pretty huge.

I don’t think this is a Lulu killer, but it’ll definitely be competition, which hopefully will spur both companies to improve.

Originally published at Imaginary Vestibule.

Comments

[bryant]

Way different niche, though. Lightning Source is great for publishers, and if I were doing anything largescale I'd use them. On the other hand, for someone who just wants to get their book out there with minimal fuss, it's the wrong choice. No instant gratification, you need to get your own ISBNs, etc., etc.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Actually, the submission procedures and turn around times are about the same. Really, the only difference is that you have to provide you own ISBN and pay about half as much.

So what's large scale now? More than 50 books?