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Re: But iUniverse IS more expensive than Booksurge, for instance
Author: Gary Kessler (---.dialsprint.net)
Date:   12-31-03 18:57

Yes, we seem to be talking in circles, and I'm not sure you got my point. It costs X number of dollars to get a book produced no matter who does it. The book has to earn that X number of dollars to get it onto the street, and the paradigm of vanity presses--which essentially is what all of the companies mentioned thus far are (except PublishAmerica, which has another negative paradigm all to itself)--is to collect that money early in the game. Some charge it all up front; some charge most of it up front and get the rest in higher book prices (which are higher for a POD-produced book than a printrun book anyway, both because the process is more expensive in itself and because traditional publishers don't adopt books they aren't pretty sure are going to sell). Most have different ways of moving the shells around to try to make clients think their services are cheaper. If you go this route, you need to accept the fact that you are going to pay it all one way or the other.
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 Topics Author  Date
 Big warning about POD sales (Booksurge, etc.) and Amazon etc.  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 14:23 
 Re: Big warning about POD sales (Booksurge, etc.) and Amazon etc.  new
Gary Kessler 12-31-03 16:09 
 Re: Big warning about POD sales (Booksurge, etc.) and Amazon etc.  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 16:30 
 Re: Big warning about POD sales (Booksurge, etc.) and Amazon etc.  new
Gary Kessler 12-31-03 16:38 
 OK - two examples from 1stbooks:  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 17:41 
 Re: Big warning about POD sales (Booksurge, etc.) and Amazon etc.  new
Jo 12-31-03 16:54 
 Re: OK - two examples from 1stbooks:  new
Gary Kessler 12-31-03 17:53 
 But then iUniverse starts at $459  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 18:16 
 Re: But then iUniverse starts at $459  new
Gary Kessler 12-31-03 18:39 
 Re: But then iUniverse starts at $459  new
Gary Kessler 12-31-03 18:43 
 But iUniverse IS more expensive than Booksurge, for instance  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 18:50 
 Re: But iUniverse IS more expensive than Booksurge, for instance  new
Gary Kessler 12-31-03 18:57 
 "you are going to pay it all one way or the other." Well, sure  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 19:14 
 Re: But then iUniverse starts at $459  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 18:47 
 Re: Compare at addall  new
Kaz 12-31-03 21:54 
 A little misleading, I'm afraid  new
jim chevallier 12-31-03 22:37 
 Re: A little misleading, I'm afraid  new
Floyd Orr 01-01-04 10:52 
 Re: A little misleading, I'm afraid  new
Catherine Sitz 01-07-04 22:55 
 Re: A little misleading, I'm afraid  new
globalauthor 03-03-04 14:48 
 Things change over the years  new
jim chevallier 03-03-04 15:16 
 It's a new addition - and with a profit motive  new
jim chevallier 03-03-04 15:21 
 Re: bookpublisher.com  new
Brent 03-11-04 21:26 


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