I want to have a look at what kinds of books sell best from POD publishers. I have selected five of the ‘heavy-hitters’ of POD publishers and listed their top five books by sales rank on Amazon.co.uk this week. The publishers I have selected are: Outskirts PressAuthorhouseLuluIUniverseXlibris OUTSKIRTS PRESS1. How to Be A Super Hot…
Academy by Mick Rooney – Paperback Release – July 2008
In line with Lulu making their ‘Publish by Lulu’ distribution service package free for a period of time, I have decided to make my novel, Academy available as a paperback edition. The whole proccess took me less than half an hour yesterday on Lulu’s site, with the only internal layout change being the addition of…
Lulu’s ‘Publish by Lulu’ Service Now Free
Got a circular email from Lulu marketing department yesterday announcing that their ‘Publish by Lulu’ service is now being offered for free for an unspecified period of time. This publish and service and distribution pack is the one I chose for my last novel, ‘Academy’ and even at the €89 I paid proved excellent value…
MOST REPUTABLE POD PUBLISHER POLL-RESULTS
The results of the POD Publisher Poll concluded today. The poll was run over the past two months and I would like to thank all who took part and voted. Again, the poll was never intended as an exact barometer or science into POD publishers, but instead a guide as to which publishers authors had…
POD Publisher’s Poll-Final 4 days
Just a last reminder that the POD Publishers poll, which has been running on the site for the past two months, enters its final four days for casting a vote. If you have not already voted, then vote this weekend. At the moment, IUniverse and Lulu are taking more than 40% of the overall pole.…
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…
Adventures with Lulu
In my previous article posting below, I discussed the reasons why I chose Lulu to publish my book, Academy. http://mickrooney.blogspot.com/2008/04/adventures-with-pod-publishing.html In this article, I would like to discuss and record what I discovered at Lulu. initially, Lulu’s homepage, with its bright orange graphics, strikes the visitor as casual and unassuming. ‘Publish’, ‘Buy’ and ‘Sell’ banners…
Adventures with POD Publishing
As many of you know I’ve spent some time researching POD publishers prior to starting this blogsite. I said all along that I would allow the site to develop on its own merits, effectively letting it ‘have its head’. In tandem, I’ve written articles here about many POD topics, relevant and I hope helpful to…
AuthorHouse & IUniverse Jump Ship to Booksurge
There are no details on the deal both AuthorHouse and IUniverse have done with Amazon/Booksurge, but they are the first of the big hitters to jump from the good ship Ingram/Lightning Source. It remains to be seen exactly how these publishers will deal with the issue of Ingrams and distribution. The issue here is that…