tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504487604685554898.post8763650343749885990..comments2023-12-02T12:16:45.228-08:00Comments on WRITING FOR DEATH: Createspace and BookstoresGregory C. Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198371577534024411noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504487604685554898.post-19926301038735025412013-04-02T11:31:54.822-07:002013-04-02T11:31:54.822-07:00To Lucy and the Reporter - thanks for the comments...To Lucy and the Reporter - thanks for the comments, All my books are at Smashwords and Amazon and Createspace. Createspace is the only POD amongst the three. Smashwords is great and has pushed the books to Kobo, B&N, and iTunes - all for the good. And all competitive with bookstores. What is interesting is that many independent bookstore are now portals for ebooks themselves through one of these companies, and I hope they get a few pennies for each download.<br />Gregory C. Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198371577534024411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504487604685554898.post-33706545920822193172013-04-02T09:37:16.236-07:002013-04-02T09:37:16.236-07:00Hi,
Thanks for sharing your experience as a self-...Hi,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your experience as a self-publisher! It definitely helps us newbies. Sorry to hear that there are limitation on distributions based on the program you used. Though is it possbible to publigh your book again using Smashwords? I was thinking why not publish your book on smashwords and createspace to widen the net?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504487604685554898.post-30936826405005116262013-04-01T09:21:03.941-07:002013-04-01T09:21:03.941-07:00Bookstores cannot make enough money from print-on-...Bookstores cannot make enough money from print-on-demand books. The unit cost of POD production is too high for POD printers/publishers/authors to offer the 55+% discount on retail price that bookstores need to make a profit on the sale. Bookstore sales are based on the traditional publishing model where publishers print a large run of books in advance, thus reducing the unit production price and enabling them, as well as the bookstore to make a profit. Trad publishers also trade with bookstores (through wholesalers like Ingram, B&N etc) on a sale or return/destroy basis. If a bookstore doesn't sell a book, they can destroy or return it at no cost to themselves. POD publishers/printers rarely offer this (who is going to pay for the unsold/destroyed printed copy?) so bookstores won't take the risk of trading with them, unless a customer specifically orders in a copy of the book.Lucy McCarraherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567018075809933442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504487604685554898.post-23188386015665462212013-03-25T06:25:23.978-07:002013-03-25T06:25:23.978-07:00Question from the ignorant seats, but...
From my u...Question from the ignorant seats, but...<br />From my understanding, you only get like 50 cents or something a title when a novel is sold through the expanded distribution. Why not buy 50 copies, at about 6 bucks a shot including shipping, and then sell them for 12 bucks, splitting the cost 50/50 with the bookstore?Mark Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956530916020259514noreply@blogger.com