Category: Print-on-Demand Publishing

Amazon Takes on the New York Publishing Houses

I read something interesting today in the New York Times. It seems Amazon.com has decided to enter the publishing game. Not only does the company now provide aspiring authors with the ability to self-publish POD and e-books–and to read them not only on a Kindle e-book reader but also on the new Kindle Fire–but has [...]

Monday October 17th, 2011 in Print-on-Demand Publishing, publishing, Publishing Industry, Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing | 1 Comment »

Anyone Can Write a Short Book…and Publish It…Fast!

Did you think I disappeared? Did you think I simply forgot to write a blog post on Monday and possibly today, too? Nope. I’ve been busy. (Again.) As of today, I have sent off three short books to the printer, www.360DigitalBooks.com. I have upgraded my self-publishing activities from a booklet press and will now have [...]

Wednesday June 15th, 2011 in Author Coaching, Book Design, Information Products, Print-on-Demand Publishing, Resources, Self-Publishing, Writing Coaching | 1 Comment »

Should You Buy Your Own ISBN When You Self-Publish?

As I get ready to self-publish my own material both as print-on-demand (POD) and e-books, I have found myself confused about a number of things I thought I knew a lot about. One subject in particular keeps surfacing: ISBNs, or International Standard Book Numbers. Most subsidy presses or publishing services companies offer to provide authors [...]

Thursday March 10th, 2011 in Print-on-Demand Publishing, publishing, Self-Publishing | No Comments »

Do Traditional Publishers Hinder Your Ability to Reach Readers?

While at the San Francisco Writers Conference I had the pleasure to hear Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, speak about writing and distributing e-books. I’ve been piddling around about getting my short books, which are available as pdf-type ebooks on my websites, loaded up to Smashwords so they will get broader distribution, so I was [...]

Wednesday February 23rd, 2011 in Author Coaching, E-Books, Print-on-Demand Publishing, publishing, Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing | 2 Comments »

Even Publishers Now Producing only E- and POD Books

I recently heard Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing Manual, say he thinks that, although books in print will always exists, the majority of publishing houses will eventually close their doors. Of course, only six large publishing houses exist. Hundreds of small and mid-sized ones operate and churn out a small number of books each [...]

Friday October 1st, 2010 in E-Books, Print-on-Demand Publishing, Publishing Industry | No Comments »

Why You Shouldn’t Publish Your Manuscript Without an Editor

As a nonfiction editor, as well as a writing coach and publishing mentor, I’ve seen a lot of manuscripts come across my desk that were in dire need of help; their author’s did the right thing by spending the time and money on a professional editor prior to sending them out to agents or publishers [...]

Tuesday July 13th, 2010 in Book Proposals, Editing, Print-on-Demand Publishing, publishing, Self-Publishing, Working With Editors | No Comments »

Good News for POD World: Amazon Settles Antitrust Lawsuit Filed by BookLocker

If you look back at some of my posts from April 2008, you’ll see that at that time Amazon was threatening to monopolize the print-on-demand (POD) publishing industry.  Amazon wanted all POD publishers to print their books using BookSurge, a POD owned by Amazon. In other words, they wanted all POD publishers to pay Amazon [...]

Wednesday January 20th, 2010 in Amazon.com/BookSurge Issues, Print-on-Demand Publishing, Self-Publishing, Writersweekly.com | No Comments »