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In the case of novels, the traditional print publisher begins by printing coach bagsseveral thousand copies. His goal is to run off the smallest number of copies he can while getting the best possible price per copy. These books are then sent to bookstores, which tend to prefer something along the lines of what has succeeded before. The remainder sits in a warehouse somewhere. Perhaps to be shipped as the orders come in, perhaps to be joined by any \"remaindered\" copies the bookstores couldn\'t move. This represents an investment on the part of that publisher, hence his paranoia about experimenting with new formats or (more importantly) new authors. Print-On-Demand (POD) uses a completely different process. The end result is, the price per copy on a small run is much lower. How small of a run? Try one book. Zero inventory. The book is economically produced when the reader orders it, not before. This technology was probably invented for sales literature. Then someone realized it might be a pretty cool way to get ARCs (Advance Review Copies) out to the book reviewers before the book was actually available. Finally, someone decided to get it into the publishing mainstream. Why is it so much cheaper to publish a single book via POD? The reasons really aren\'t relevant to this article, besides which they\'d probably bore you. But if you care, the first link below spells it all out. http://www.jdwrite.com/writing/pod_01.htm http://www.jdwrite.com/writing/pod_02.htm http://www.jdwrite.com/writing/pod_03.htm http://www.jdwrite.com/writing/pod_04.htm http://www.jdwrite.com/writing/pod_05.htm I recommend reading (or at least skimming) all five of those, by the way. It\'s quite a comprehensive analysis of how. Then come back to this article to determine why. Or if. Have you ever heard of the author who self-published and wound up with a best-seller? They do exist! Now look at all the self-published authors who couldn\'t do that. They\'re the vast majority. The author who uses POD faces similar longshot odds. POD has a definite advantage over other self-publishing, in that you don\'t wind up with a few hundred (or more?) copies of a book in your basement because you can\'t sell them. Thus, it\'s cheaper, with no difference in quality unless you hook up with losers. But neither option will bring you the readership that you\'ll get from a successful book with a traditional print publisher. I have self published. I went to a local print shop back in the pre-POD days, ran off 80 copies at $3 a copy, and sold them to local bookstores for $6 a copy. Lots of fun, and lots of learning, but I didn\'t get rich. My wage per hour stunk, but that was fine with me because I honestly didn\'t care. I broke even and gave away the rest. A pleasant way to spend lun Coach Shoulder Bags ch hours during the work week. Most of us, though, just don\'t have that kind of time. And even if we do, why bother? Take the money you\'d have invested and buy some Microsoft stock, then take the time you\'d have invested and write more books. You\'ll be happier and you\'ll make more money. Having said all that, why am I recommending POD at all? In my case, it\'s because I\'ve written some books that no print publisher will ever pick up. That\'s my honest appraisal. If I were a mercenary type, I\'d follow that up with something like \"Why\'d you even write those books then?\" But if you\'re a REAL writer, you know the answer. It\'s always about writing first, marketing second. Two different hats. I\'m assuming you already did the writing and now are wondering what the heck to do with it. As an example, my EPPIE 2002 finalist is too short. I wrote it back when print publishers wanted 40,000 words. Now they want 50,000. But it doesn\'t take 50,000 words to tell that particular story, and I\'m not padding it. Even if I were willing, it\'d stink and nobody would buy it. Give the publishers some credit. They know padding when they see it. The same goes for the readers. As another example, consider my short story collection. Critically acclaimed and selling moderately well, but no traditional publisher wants short story collections from unknown authors. It\'s just that simple. So, I simultaneously published these books in e-book format and POD format. Coach Hobo Bags E-books are cheaper and more environmentally friendly, but the paperback option is still there for those who can\'t or won\'t ever read an e-book. (Daddy is in that group, by the way. How about your family?) Places who publish only POD began by accepting anything sent their way. Pay your money, and do your own editing and marketing. This gave POD a credibility problem. There are POD outfits who don\'t operate this way, but the credib coach wallet ility problem will take time to heal. As an author, your goal is to write what\'s in your heart, find people who like to read what you like to write, and get it out to them. (That\'s my goal, anyway.) If your name happens to be Tom Clancy, that equals many reader coach purses s. But that\'s simply luck of the draw. Many of us don\'t have such mass appeal. Possibly you\'re the sort of writer who knows exactly where you stand in that respect. But many don\'t, and they\'re flooding the POD market with stuff that most readers just plain don\'t want. Add to that the badly edited stuff, and the credibility problem with POD is understandable. Ideally, what you want is for your e-publisher to simultaneously release your book in both formats without charging a POD setup fee. That way, you can direct all your promotional efforts to that single URL. However, these e-publishers have a real problem with backlog now, so if you want to travel the road I did, you\'ll need much more patience than I did. Taking advantage of a free POD op Co Coach Crossbody Bags ach Small Bags tion with your e-book will also help your promotional efforts. Many reviewers just plain won\'t touch an e-book. If you\'ve done the POD bit, in addition to being able to tell all your friends and family, \"Look at this, I\'m a real author because here\'s the paperback,\" you\'ll be able to send review copies via POD to those book reviewers. If you find yourself with an e-publisher who doesn\'t offer free POD, you may wish to shop around for a POD publisher. As you do this, remember the business model. If a publisher makes all its money from writers, it doesn\'t need to sell a single book to a single reader to stay in business. No matter how much praise they send your way, that\'s the bottom line. Writing is a calling, but publishing is a business. Those authors who can\'t distinguish between the two are what keep the opportunists in business. I was such an author for most of my life. Some POD places are no more than thinly veiled vanity (or subsidy) presses. They have a role to serve, but let\'s be honest. Most do no editing, and they don\'t care. They may not be making a massive profit from your setup fees, but they\'re making enough to stay in business. Even if you don\'t sell any books to anyone except your Gramma. Earlier, I recommended e-publishing before print publishing for the free editing you\'ll receive. If you\'re going with POD, consider it mandatory. Either that, or pay an editor. The author who can write a mistake-free manuscript does not exist. Still interested in POD publishing? Here are the questions you should ask yourself when you select a POD publisher: A) Sale price of each book 1) Who decides what it is? 2) Will readers pay that much? B) Profit per sale vs. your setup cost 1) How many copies must you sell to break even? 2) Can you do it? 3) If not, do you care? How big of a financial hit are you willing to take just to see your name in print? As a rule, US$100 or less setup cost is good and US$1000 is very bad. The latter, no matter how much publicity they promise you, is only a thinly disguised vanity publisher. You won\'t sell enough books to recoup that $1000 unless you\'re a real marketing machine. Even then you shouldn\'t pay the $1000. It won\'t get you anything that $100 won\'t. If the POD place only prints \"trade paperbacks,\" which are the larger ones, your cost per book (and sale price per book) will be higher than if you can print \"mass-market paperbacks.\" The choice is yours, but whatever you decide, visit the local bookstores and price similar-sized books. If you write like Stephen King but charge twice as much per book, readers are going to buy the author they\'ve heard of, and that\'s probably not you. Yet... A comprehensive list of POD publishers, along with descriptions, can be found on-line at http://dehanna.com/database.htm It fails to mention Booksurge (http://www.booksurge.com), also known as Digitz (http://www.digitz.net). US$99. I have no experience with them, but I\'ve heard only good things about them. Another that isn\'t mentioned is Digital Print Australia at http://www.digitalprintaustralia.com. I\'ve used them. My setup cost was AUD$35 (roughly US$18 back then), which compares rather favorably to those listed. Their price per copy is also e Coach Totes Bags xcellent. The quality equals what you\'ll find in the bookstores. If you\'ve ever bought a paperback from Writers Exchange, you\'ve seen it. If not, Digital Print will Coach Small Bagssend you a free sample. They sent mine to China. Two problems you may have with them, though, are shipping charges from Australia if that\'s not where your readers are located, and the fact that they don\'t offer a way to sell the books on their site. Related article: http://www.storehandbagsshoesonline.info/2011/11/17/coach-wallet/ http://www.jewelleryhandbagsaleonline.info/2011/11/17/coach-purses/

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When the doctor smacked me on the backside I squinted at him and went, \'Waaah!\' Which of course meant, \'Ah, you must be my agent!\' I went on to scrawl home-made comics throughout my childhood before I began writing for surf magazines at age 17. Since then, I\'ve had thousands of art Vivienne Westwood Belts icles and pieces of fiction published. A lot were \'hack\' stories; a few won me awards and contests. All helped build my writing skills and voice. Feedback A local teacher read my first manuscript to his class (thank you, Bob Swoope). The feedback was terrific. One kid enthused, \"It\'s just like Harry Potter, only funnier!\" I dined off that compliment for a month. I\'m lucky ten year olds believe payment in Paddle Pops is the industry standard for editors, else I\'d be broke by now (well, actually I am broke). I read all my stories to my daughter, her friends, and any young relatives I can bail up. 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Rewrite again As a writer for children, you\'re not only competing against the mutant slush pile from Hell and other kid\'s books, but against the internet, computer games and 24 hour cartoon networks. Remember: the modern kid is smarter, more savvy and easily bored than any generation before. Submitting Crunch time. When you submit your first manuscript, get stuck straight into writing the second. When your manuscript returns unloved, send another submission out on the same day (or even better, send two). For every five rejections, rewrite. Never surrender. Over the course of several months, I sent my manuscript to every agent in the country. They all rejected until I was dejected. So I directly targeted publishers instead. I almost fell out of my computer chair when the second one immediately replied. The wonderful Ibis Publishing of Melbourne liked my story so much, they asked me to commit to writing two more in the same series. Truth is, to be published, I would have committed to writing a sequel naked in a bubble in the middle of Pitt Street. Luckily, they didn\'t. But I still have my bubble. Pre-publication Over a year has gone by since my book was accepted. My patient editor Belinda Bolliger has driven me through two more rewrites to add backstory, cull my ellipsis fever and tone down my more extreme jokes. My major character has become less obnoxious and had a sex change from girl to boy. Why? Apparently, girls will read about boys; but boys aren\'t happy reading about girls. I originally named my book after the plan Melissa Vivienne Flip Flops et of talking horses and mutant chooks at the centre of my story. However, Uponia (too strange) was changed to Planet Horse Fart (too rude) to ZAPP to Planet Horse (too horsey) to Raz James and The Amazing ZAPP Discovery (too vague) to Erasmus James and the Galactic ZAPP Machine (too... wait, that\'s it!). 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