My advice would be to look at the pricing of CreateSpace versus Lightning Source/Spark before choosing one. And keep in mind that LS is the only one which lets

My advice would be to look at the pricing of CreateSpace versus Lightning Source/Spark before choosing one. And keep in mind that LS is the only one which lets you control the Ingram discount, down to 20%. Here's the LS pricing guide: https://myaccount.lightningsource.com/documents/LSI/files/pricing/USPricing.BW.pdf https://myaccount.lightningsource.com/documents/LSI/files/pr... and here's the CS pricing: https://www.createspace.com/Products/Book/Royalties.jsp https://www.createspace.com/Products/Book/Royalties.jsp For example, I sell a very short book via LS. The MSRP is $2.99, I set a 20% Ingram discount, and the print charge is only $1.56 (though the pricing guide now says $1.72; I think it's increasing soon). So I make $0.84 per book. With CreateSpace the lowest possible print charge is $2.15 per book, and given their fixed 40%/60% sales channel fees, it wouldn't be possible to sell the book for as low as $2.99. LS isn't always cheaper though; you should do the calculation for your particular book size and page count. Working with LS does make things a bit harder. You have to buy your own ISBNs, spend time waiting for certain manual processes (like for them to review your account application or a new book), and deal with their clunky website. But for me, it's worth the effort to be able to publish short books much more cheaply.