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First off, why limit yourself to only publishing electronically? You'll have a much larger audience if you offer paperback. A few other options: http://www.ca

by devmonk 16y ago

First off, why limit yourself to only publishing electronically? You'll have a much larger audience if you offer paperback. A few other options: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/books.aspx http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/books.aspx http://publishing.booklocker.com/ http://publishing.booklocker.com/ http://pubit.barnesandnoble.com/pubit_app/bn?t=pi_reg_home http://pubit.barnesandnoble.com/pubit_app/bn?t=pi_reg_home Or for amazon, email digitalrights@amazon.com or one of the several how-tos. This might be outdated: http://patdoyle.com/internetbusiness/publish-an-ebook-in-amazons-kindle-book-store/ http://patdoyle.com/internetbusiness/publish-an-ebook-in-ama... Then drum up more sales in facebook, posting info and links in forums and mailing lists, etc.

kmfrk 16y ago
I'm only asking about e-books, because I think that Lulu offers a decent printing service - and there seem to be some decent alternatives. :) But I'll be sure to check out your links.
jeremymcanally 16y ago
In my experience, most people don't care about paperback if they can get it in PDF (granted my books have been technical in nature). If they discover it online, they probably don't mind reading it on their computers. If he's planning on doing some marketing in traditional channels, then you're right. It just depends on who he's targeting.
- Xurinos 16y ago
  We cannot neglect the masses who like the feel of a paperback, who will read it on the airplane, on the bus, or on the pot. On the technical book side, I have continued to see a market for people who want their own hardcopy of SICP, TAOCP, Feynman's physics books, and other greats.
  - metageek 16y ago
    I read my ebooks in all those places.
    - Xurinos 16y ago
      Me too. How representative are we of the population?
      - metageek 16y ago
        Maybe not very. I can say that I see plenty of people with ebook readers on the bus, subway, and commuter rail. 'Course, I work in Cambridge (MA), which I'm sure skews things.
  - jeremymcanally 16y ago
    I read paperbacks a lot, too, but I'm going off of data from selling 3 fairly successful technical books. eBook sales are huge. Having a paperback is a huge win, but it's often not worth the effort to futz with editing it (inserting page breaks properly etc.), typesetting it, finding a proper publisher, and messing with the whole process of getting the whole thing setup. Lulu makes it easier than nearly any other solution I've looked at, even if their margins are high (their margins aren't but their production costs are; authors balk at them but they're usually absorbed by publishers so while it seems that you're getting screwed, it's just that you're taking on the risk now instead of the publisher).

by devmonk 16y ago

kmfrk 16y ago

I'm only asking about e-books, because I think that Lulu offers a decent printing service - and there seem to be some decent alternatives. :) But I'll be sure to check out your links.

jeremymcanally 16y ago

In my experience, most people don't care about paperback if they can get it in PDF (granted my books have been technical in nature). If they discover it online, they probably don't mind reading it on their computers. If he's planning on doing some marketing in traditional channels, then you're right. It just depends on who he's targeting.

Xurinos 16y ago
We cannot neglect the masses who like the feel of a paperback, who will read it on the airplane, on the bus, or on the pot. On the technical book side, I have continued to see a market for people who want their own hardcopy of SICP, TAOCP, Feynman's physics books, and other greats.
- metageek 16y ago
  I read my ebooks in all those places.
  - Xurinos 16y ago
    Me too. How representative are we of the population?
    - metageek 16y ago
      Maybe not very. I can say that I see plenty of people with ebook readers on the bus, subway, and commuter rail. 'Course, I work in Cambridge (MA), which I'm sure skews things.
- jeremymcanally 16y ago
  I read paperbacks a lot, too, but I'm going off of data from selling 3 fairly successful technical books. eBook sales are huge. Having a paperback is a huge win, but it's often not worth the effort to futz with editing it (inserting page breaks properly etc.), typesetting it, finding a proper publisher, and messing with the whole process of getting the whole thing setup. Lulu makes it easier than nearly any other solution I've looked at, even if their margins are high (their margins aren't but their production costs are; authors balk at them but they're usually absorbed by publishers so while it seems that you're getting screwed, it's just that you're taking on the risk now instead of the publisher).