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Another way to deal with the situation is to sell the book from the ExtremTech web site. The drawbacks are: 1. Lack of the huge audience that Amazon have 2.

Another way to deal with the situation is to sell the book from the ExtremTech web site. The drawbacks are: 1. Lack of the huge audience that Amazon have 2. Lack of low cost transport costs The first point is not really valuable anyway as there are lot of junk books on Amazon that come from Createspace. Usually it is books written in the XIXcentury but with a title that suggests they were written recently. Amazon would really improve the value of its brand if it would remove this useless kind of books.

shkkmo 9y ago
> Another way to deal with the situation is to sell the book from the ExtremTech web site. What problem does that solve?
- JPLeRouzic 9y ago
  The stealer is most probably without enough resources to deal with complex situations. Let makes the cost to replicate higher for him. If the book is not visible on Amazon, no ranking will be available, and no e-book version will be easy to find. - Without ranking there is virtually no risk it will be targeted. - Without e-book version, it will be more difficult to copy. That said there are other ways to trick a Createspace author. For example many Createspace books are sold by independant sellers at a much higher price than the original, if there is a sell then the independant seller buy the original one and sell it to the customer, while making an easy benefit completely legally.
TheOtherHobbes 9y ago
The real market depends on the percentage of potentially interested readers multiplied by some factor that approximates ease of discovery. Ease of discovery on Amazon is extremely low if you're not a top-hundred seller, selling into a high-turnover genre, or have an effective marketing campaign. So for niche titles it can be more effective to sell direct to a niche audience from a niche site than to put the book up on Amazon and hope someone notices it.
- JPLeRouzic 9y ago
  Yes that was I had in mind but you state it much more clearly. Thanks.

shkkmo 9y ago

> Another way to deal with the situation is to sell the book from the ExtremTech web site. What problem does that solve?

JPLeRouzic 9y ago
The stealer is most probably without enough resources to deal with complex situations. Let makes the cost to replicate higher for him. If the book is not visible on Amazon, no ranking will be available, and no e-book version will be easy to find. - Without ranking there is virtually no risk it will be targeted. - Without e-book version, it will be more difficult to copy. That said there are other ways to trick a Createspace author. For example many Createspace books are sold by independant sellers at a much higher price than the original, if there is a sell then the independant seller buy the original one and sell it to the customer, while making an easy benefit completely legally.

TheOtherHobbes 9y ago

The real market depends on the percentage of potentially interested readers multiplied by some factor that approximates ease of discovery. Ease of discovery on Amazon is extremely low if you're not a top-hundred seller, selling into a high-turnover genre, or have an effective marketing campaign. So for niche titles it can be more effective to sell direct to a niche audience from a niche site than to put the book up on Amazon and hope someone notices it.

JPLeRouzic 9y ago
Yes that was I had in mind but you state it much more clearly. Thanks.