PDFs. I have heard many tales of pirated copies from celebrity chef cooking books (I know people who have emailed them unsolicited to their whole mailing list including me) to academia. I also share the dislike of reading long texts from a screen, as mentioned by several.
The problem with POD services, first and foremost, is cost per book. Quality issues aside, you'd probably be in the neighborhood of $100 per book using any one of these services. And that's just the cost to print each one, you want to make any money off the deal? That price will have to go up.
I'm not saying that these services are bad, per se. I've used Blurb, Apple and SharedInk at one time or another. If I had to choose one, I'd say that, as far as quality and consistency are concerned, I prefer SharedInk. What I'm suggesting though, is that POD (in this case) would be cost prohibitive and that maybe a traditional(ish) publisher would seem to be a better fit. My best guess would be to try one of the university presses.
Cheers,
Andrew
No, POD orders would be shipped/labeled directly from the publisher. If it were Lulu/Blurb, that would the US.
Look at alternative publishers, some Analog photography books have been selling well.
Ian
Thanks everyone.
I take it that no one has experience Createspace?
Tim
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