tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post5300053728254734894..comments2024-02-01T10:11:50.701-05:00Comments on Katnippia: Sia's kitten bean rambleKatnippiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10855307801216251063noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post-182183309997220322010-08-28T01:48:03.230-05:002010-08-28T01:48:03.230-05:00Some comparisons between Createspace, Lulu and som...Some comparisons between Createspace, Lulu and some others that might be of interest, especially if you are doing book length. Note that some are a couple years old, so details in there might not be true anymore.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.weberbooks.com/2010/05/qa-should-i-self-publish-with-amazons-createspace-or-ingrams-lightning-source.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.weberbooks.com/2010/05/qa-should-i-self-publish-with-amazons-createspace-or-ingrams-lightning-source.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.williamaicher.com/2009/01/02/on-self-publishing-amazon-createspace-vs-lulucom/" rel="nofollow">http://www.williamaicher.com/2009/01/02/on-self-publishing-amazon-createspace-vs-lulucom/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=372957" rel="nofollow">http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=372957</a>The Lee County Clowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745490690252097351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post-75107660882533474902010-08-27T22:27:55.290-05:002010-08-27T22:27:55.290-05:00We've been looking at Amazon.com and their Cre...We've been looking at Amazon.com and their Createspace just like Max said. The good thing about Amazon is that you don't have to order a whole bunch of copies. They print the books as they're ordered.<br /><br />Good luck getting your book printed.Ozark Mountain Catshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714921651381199399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post-22780141337208541992010-08-27T22:09:59.771-05:002010-08-27T22:09:59.771-05:00Hmmm...how long is the story? There are lots of op...Hmmm...how long is the story? There are lots of options for publishing now, especially book length stuff, but short stuff is really difficult. <br /><br />The Woman owns a tiny tiny publishing company (we did the We Are The Kitty books and mine, too) and can do a small book or a big book...but for an indy writer right now the $$ seems to be in e-books. Seriously, my e-books right now are outselling my print books about 300 to 1. And an e-book is something you can do yourself, publishing to Amazon's Kindle and also to Smashwords. And rigt now for book length, using Amazon's Createspace is just aces...so good that the Woman is thinking about switching Inkblot Books printing to them.<br /><br />If you want to go the traditional route, and are trying to get your story published in a magazine, you gotta learn about query letters and submission format and standards...and get the most current copy of Writer's Digest so you know what each and every magazine's requirements are. Some will take an unsolicited manuscript, but a lot won't. Those that won't, the query letter has to be realllly good so that the ask to see the story.<br /><br />If you want to go the indy route, it's no longer necessary to pay for POD...not with Createspace out there. Or even Inkblot...we don't have the best distribution, but we can get books into online stores...Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538692297349705900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post-25015519800060764842010-08-27T20:06:56.816-05:002010-08-27T20:06:56.816-05:00Where does she want to get it published? There is...Where does she want to get it published? There is Writer's Market which might show her some markets that would work for her. Or there are places online that print stories. You can look around and see what you find. Good luck on those!Gemini and Ichirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01102088688833145254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post-33913506075376842202010-08-27T19:19:09.993-05:002010-08-27T19:19:09.993-05:00We're not experts, by any means, but here'...We're not experts, by any means, but here's our take. First off, it depends a little what, perzackly, you are trying to do.<br /><br />You could google 'publish on demand' to get some general information on self-publishing. Just remember that some, probably most, of those companies make their money from the author, not book sales, and some are not bashfull about reaching into your bank balance. (they used to be called 'vanity press' for what are pretty obvious reasons) These <a href="http://www.sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware/pod/" rel="nofollow">two</a> <a href="http://www.publishondemand.net/" rel="nofollow">links</a> seem reasonable after a quick glance through them.<br /><br />Who did the publishing for the CB books? Maybe they could help their meowmize.<br /><br />Good luck.The Lee County Clowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745490690252097351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25219415.post-86193849529950851932010-08-27T14:32:19.015-05:002010-08-27T14:32:19.015-05:00I don't know abouts publishing, but I put a no...I don't know abouts publishing, but I put a note up on the CB to see iffen anyone had ideas.<br />You's looking good.<br />Love & Purrs,<br />KCKChttp://missyblueeyes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com