The Pub Discussion Board

I thought part of the point of Print On Demand was that you could have things set up so that there was no cost to the author?  I remember looking at the printer Sharon Green is working through and thought that was the way it worked anyway.  Can't find the link I saw at one point anymore though.

Or are you talking about small lot printing?  I know some graphic novel creators who print their works in small lots and store them in a basement or warehouse until they're actually able to sell.

Then there's self publishing, which is another model, and I didn't understand it at all when someone tried to explain it to me.

Well, I'd certainly consider buying CAMP, Dragonseekers and PAO - if I could afford them at the moment, that is. XD

See, student living is expensive.  And my wallet got stolen.  Sucks to be me right now, I have NO money until Wednesday.

By the by, which publisher is this that you found?  If I ever get something finished, I'm considering publishing it in this manner, and as of yet I've found nowhere that would do it.

CSquared

As you say cost is a factor when deciding if I would be willing to pay to a hard copy.  Before I can say for sure I would pay, I would have to know those numbers.  I wonder if the way they calculate costs if it is a per page or by say 0-300, 300-600 and so on?  If so could you make the books more cost effective by combining a few stories?  I personally would be interested in PAO, Artifacts and Dragon Seekers.

Well, I'm not sure how much books like that go for in normal life, but I think they're around about £12.99, with various variations.  That's what, about $26?  I'd probably be happy to pay anywhere from that to about £17-20.  Which roughly equates with a price of anywhere up to $40.  How much, roughly, would your profit be from that?  If any, that is.

CSquared

Hey Net...I'll be perfectly honest...I would love to see your stuff in book form selling....I'd be like hey buy that it kicks ass...BUT (you knew there was one didn't you?) Me is a broke shit living hand to mouth...IF I had extra money I'd send it to you and try to talk you into adding a couple more stories and maybe authors to this site.  BUT I'm only speaking for me not everyone else...

It seems like alot of the profit to you would be ate up by the cost of actually publishing it in any form....but I'm unsure of the details besides what I've read here just now

well if I had a choice I would rather it in hardcover because going with those numbers you get a better book for less money...but how does that do your profits?

well I just meant it from this perspective...


say you buy a softcover book....most times it ends up trashed ( not everybody has xp like mine but anyway) cover ripped pages bent or torn..people treat it like shit.....now you pay $ 20  for it?  That's twice what alot are going for ( NOT SAYING YOUR STORIES AREN'T WORTH IT MY FRIEND )


Now say you buy a hard cover book...most people treat it like gold....it's their precious...so it's taken better care of all the way around.....with me so far?    Alot of Hard cover books are $ 25- $40 so $30 as an estimate is actually cheaper (in my eyes ) for a better stronger book than $10 less for a book everyone might treat badly because it's paperback

  ....does that explain my statements earlier?

PS ...and yes I know not everyone has evil people that mistreat good paperback books in their life BUT alot of people do and I was speaking on their behalf....also if any of you have these friends it's probably not a good idea to lend them your hard cover book either 

dv8n:

You're thinking that people will buy a replacement book for the one they destroyed?  I doubt they're going to destroy it quickly enough for it to still be "in print"...  but maybe.

Using this same formula, btw, I could sell a combined book of Dragonseekers & PAO for $37.50, hardcover...  (Yes, I'm sure they ARE getting sick of me asking for price quotes.    )

Net Wolf

True... but would hopefully not be a problem for things I send you, since the only way I can do it is to treat them exactly as I have treated my CD: thank you gifts for donations, which means the book itself has no commercial value, thus there should be no import fee.  Obviously, I can't guarantee anything, since I'm not the Canadian government, but the book would be coming directly from ME, not from the printer.

Net Wolf