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I'd love to know more about this project.. having worked for a local independent bookshop for a dozen years i've seen a lot of folks impatiently waiting for boo

I'd love to know more about this project.. having worked for a local independent bookshop for a dozen years i've seen a lot of folks impatiently waiting for books to print and ship. How do you propose to get access to the contents from the publishers? What will convince Penguin Randomhouse to have me have a copy of a bestseller in electronic form on a local device I can use to print copies?! I know I can access a huge amount of titles that are in the public domain, or even as e-books... which might be convertible and printable on such a device, but that means the reseller needs a better deal on e-books to make money, or charge the client twice for the privilege of owning the book in physical form. Once for the content and once for the printed version.

mchannon 8y ago
In the end, the publishers have to exercise that control, by not putting all their eggs in one basket with a print house. Most authors are so put off by the entire publication process that they won't be bothered by this, even if this takes some of the pain away (because now they'll have to put all their eggs in a basket that supports this approach). But as a few early adopters start realizing the advantages, companies like Penguin RandomHouse or more likely Amazon will acquire/start their own satellite JIT facilities to keep the cream from getting skimmed off their holiday booksales numbers, offering them as an included supplement to their existing print house system. That doesn't help a bookshop's customers today when a troglodyte writes an out-of-stock bestseller and doesn't have the fortitude to call in the last minute specialist press. For some (thinking the latest fad diet books and political bestsellers in particular), they can wait. If you want to learn more, email me (it's in my profile).

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I'd love to know more about this project.. having worked for a local independent bookshop for a dozen years i've seen a lot of folks impatiently waiting for boo

by mackatsol 8y ago

mchannon 8y ago
In the end, the publishers have to exercise that control, by not putting all their eggs in one basket with a print house. Most authors are so put off by the entire publication process that they won't be bothered by this, even if this takes some of the pain away (because now they'll have to put all their eggs in a basket that supports this approach). But as a few early adopters start realizing the advantages, companies like Penguin RandomHouse or more likely Amazon will acquire/start their own satellite JIT facilities to keep the cream from getting skimmed off their holiday booksales numbers, offering them as an included supplement to their existing print house system. That doesn't help a bookshop's customers today when a troglodyte writes an out-of-stock bestseller and doesn't have the fortitude to call in the last minute specialist press. For some (thinking the latest fad diet books and political bestsellers in particular), they can wait. If you want to learn more, email me (it's in my profile).