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Re: selling your book
Hi, Esther,
Good questions!
The upfront costs of POD seem to be much less than those for traditional
printing. BookSurge is quoting a setup cost of $99. That is if the books are
sold and shipped through them.
However, there are additional costs for color inserts and for buying short
run quantities of your own book, such as those you would want for review
copies and for certain other wholesale and retail orders. I am having
trouble finding out just what these costs are. The books probably cost more
per piece than a traditional printing would be, but it still keeps you from
having to order several thousand with no idea how many of them you can sell.
I am looking for ways to keep my inventory down, for I work from home and
the books keep taking up more and more space. I don't send out so many of
the old books as review copies and POD seems like a good way to keep old
books in print and also introduce new ones. Then if the sales are strong I
might also do a regular printing.
BookSurge does not restrict the ways you can produce and sell your own book.
My main problem right now is in submitting books in the PDF format they
require, but I think I can do it.
I hope to know more than this, pretty soon. I'll keep you informed.
With best wishes,
Betty
Betty Mackey, Publisher
B. B. Mackey Books
P. O. Box 475
Wayne, PA 19087
bbmackey@prodigy.net
www.mackeybooks.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "eczekalski" <eczekalski@gaias-gift.com>
To: "'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: [GWL] selling your book
Hi Betty,
Good information. Are/were there up front payments for setting up POD? How
do they compare generally with what it takes for you to publish a book?
Esther Czekalski
www.gaias-gift.com
garden pictures from spring trip www.gaias-gift.com/frjun04
-----Original Message-----
From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of bbmackey
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 9:18 PM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] selling your book
<snip>
My next adventure will be with Print on Demand (POD), which involves the
printer printing and shipping the books to the customers, whether wholesale
or retail, and sending me reports and checks. No warehousing or shipping for
me to do. I'll keep you posted once I get a POD title out there, sometime
this year.
For more info on POD, check out www.BookSurge.com .
With best wishes,
Betty
Betty Mackey, Publisher
B. B. Mackey Books
P. O. Box 475
Wayne, PA 19087
bbmackey@prodigy.net
www.mackeybooks.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Wingate" <martywin@earthlink.net>
> This question is for authors who have their own Web sites.
>
> Do you sell your own books on your Web site? Do you provide a link to
> an online bookseller? Or do you provide information about your books
> (perhaps the cover and a blurb) and encourage visitors to your site to
> go out and buy the books elsewhere?
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