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Post by jmccann on Feb 7, 2012 23:08:14 GMT -6
I finally found a price calculator on Createspace and played around with it. It is so much cheaper than Lulu to print a book that I can't believe anyone uses Lulu at all. www.createspace.com/Products/Book/www.lulu.com/publish/books/?cid=nav_bksThere used to be a $39 setup fee per title but that has been eliminated. They do have a $25 option for some kind of expanded distribution, but w/ the basic distribution you get on Amazon. You also can get onto the Kindle marketplace. Is there something I am just not getting? I priced a 64 page letter size B&W booklet - $2.15 each on CS, $7.10 on Lulu. Shipping in smallish bulk, it looks like I can get 10 copies of the book sent to my house for less that Lulu charges w/out counting shipping! I have not dug into the ins and outs of the CS royalties, but the difference is so great that if Amazon's cut is too big, I'd just have the books shipped to me and fulfill them myself (I realize I'd need to get non-free ISBNs of my own to best do that). |
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Post by Sean Michael Kelly on Feb 8, 2012 7:00:47 GMT -6
Gonna have to do a trial run! Thanks! Exalt!
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Post by Aplus on Feb 8, 2012 11:18:47 GMT -6
Does it have an option for personal/private projects?
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Post by Sean Michael Kelly on Feb 8, 2012 11:25:45 GMT -6
Does it have an option for personal/private projects? is what I did not see in my browsing about and account creation and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I had to move on to other responsible work, but if anyone else finds out first, please share! |
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Post by kesher on Feb 8, 2012 11:29:32 GMT -6
Does it have an option for personal/private projects? is what I did not see in my browsing about and account creation and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I had to move on to other responsible work, but if anyone else finds out first, please share! Ditto, and Jim, what're you gonna be selling??  |
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Post by talysman on Feb 8, 2012 15:13:42 GMT -6
Unless I'm missing it, they don't do saddlestitch/staple binding. In fact, I don't see any binding options on the page you link to. Apparently, it's perfect bound with a laminated cover. If you want something else, you have to go elsewhere.
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Post by machfront on Feb 8, 2012 15:46:12 GMT -6
I seem to remember that CreateSpace also doesn't offer a hardback option. Is that still the case?
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Post by jmccann on Feb 8, 2012 20:17:39 GMT -6
I seem to remember that CreateSpace also doesn't offer a hardback option. Is that still the case? Yeah, I think they only do perfect bound paperbacks. So that is a strike - but for me, I'll make a spine to save $5 per copy. I'll address some of the other questions later. I am still investigating Lightning Source who have a longer setup process involving communication by email with an actual human. Weird. -- corrected spelling of Lightning Source |
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Post by jmccann on Feb 9, 2012 1:02:42 GMT -6
Does it have an option for personal/private projects? is what I did not see in my browsing about and account creation and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I had to move on to other responsible work, but if anyone else finds out first, please share! The prices shown there are for "member orders" which means either proofs or you can buy as many as you like. Before the book gets released you have to set up the distribution, so as far as I can tell you could upload your files and order as many physical copies as you like and simply not set up distribution. Ditto, and Jim, what're you gonna be selling?? My science fiction/ fantasy magazine will come out in April. Before that, I'd like to get a little test project done - I calling it Campaign Atlas. It will be either perfect bound or saddle stitch, letter sized, with graph paper on the left and hex paper on the right. I don't know if it will sell much, it is just a test project. The other items I am working on are a booklet for my wilderness mapping project odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=workshop&action=display&thread=6765 and a book on setting up outdoor campaigns in general. |
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