I began writing Academy around 1992, at a time when we had witnessed the collapse of the Berlin wall, and the map of Europe was steadily changing. New political tyrants and despots emerged in the final decade of the twentieth century who very quickly reminded of us of previous troubled scars. My intention was never…
Booklocker Moves on Amazon.com
The stakes in the current Amazon/Booksurge and POD Publisher situation appear to have taken a further development on Tuesday on this week. As you will be aware Amazon announced last month that it was requiring POD Publishers to use its own in-company POD printer Booksurge, or face losing the ‘first party’ Amazon ‘buy buttons’ on…
Excellent Lynn Osterkamp Article on Self Publishing
Lynn Osterkamp has today posted an excellent article on her blogsite, thepopulistpublisher, entitled “Fear Restricts Self-Publishing”. It really is one of the strongest and most honest articles I’ve seen on the subject to date. Here is the link to it. http://pmibooks.com/blog1/ The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Adventures with Lulu-Part 2 – Update
Just a quick update on my last blog article. The Raider Publishing new release hardback title I ordered from Amazon arrived yesterday morning on my doorstep. This book has the identifiable Lightning Source code on the rear blank pages. In short, this strengthens my suspicion that Lulu are indeed now using Booksurge for their printing.…
Adventures with Lulu – Part 2
On Friday morning the proof copies of ‘Academy’ arrived back from Lulu, or rather, Lulu’s printers. Now, before I talk about the quality of the proofs, I think I should mention Lulu’s printers. Quite frankly, I don’t know who did the printing for this book! Most POD (print-on-demand) books, until recently have been printed by…