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Comment on Don’t ask your mother-in-law (or PR agent) to review your book on Amazon by Book Publishers

Book Publishers — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:30:04 +0000

Reading the guidelines, it appears that, strictly speaking, they apply only to reviews. That would make responses to reviews, as well as forum posts, fair game for authors, publishers, agents, family etc. to post under their own identities.

Comment on Q&A: Why is Amazon selling copies of my book at insane prices? by anon

anon — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:53:45 +0000

could it be some drug dealers trying to laundering money?

Comment on Plug Your Book with Book Trailers by Peter Adler

Peter Adler — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:43:17 +0000

Creating a book trailer was one of the most fun things I’ve done for book promotion. It’s too early to evaluate the impact on sales, but I believe that it generates a lot of interest in the book. My hunch is that book trailers work synergistically with other marketing approaches, such as reviews, press releases, blogs, etc. Trailers are an exciting and simple way to introduce your book and get the word out, particularly with email blasts. My trailer was made with still photos, and I don’t believe it sacrifices anything on drama. It can be viewed on my website at http://www.arsilverberry.com

Peter Adler
Writing as A . R. Silverberry
Award-Winning author of Wyndano’s Cloak

Comment on Print-on-demand hardware may dip under $100K by Rack Mount Monitor

Rack Mount Monitor — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:21:03 +0000

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Comment on Q&A: Should I self-publish with Amazon’s CreateSpace or Ingram’s Lightning Source? by S.D. Hakala

S.D. Hakala — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:51:35 +0000

I want to echo what P.P. Kaywood says about Lightning Source. I’ve been publishing my own books and books for other authors through LSI for almost six years and I would rate their customer service among the best anywhere.

The difference is: LSI is strictly a printer, not a design house, and they’ve never pretended to be anything else. In order to take advantage of all that LSI has to offer, you need to present them with files that fit their specs, just as you do with any other printer.

I’ve been in the book publishing biz as a writer, designer, and marketer for nearly 25 years so LSI’s business model is normal to me. Before digital printing made one-book-at-a-time possible, you had to know how to fit your printer’s specs in order for your end product to look the way you wanted it to look.

The paradigm for POD delivery systems such as CreateSpace or Lulu is totally different than LSI’s so comparing them to one another is an apple/artichoke kind of thing. Personally, I find template-driven systems such as Lulu and CreateSpace and Blurb confining. I also think their printing charges are higher than LSI’s, their print quality (particularly for images) is not as good as LSI’s, and their distribution is far more limited.

In terms of expense, with LSI you’re going to pay someone else with the design and tech expertise to create the files you need if you don’t know how to use desktop publishing software yourself. With CreateSpace, you’re going to be paying more for books and giving away a bigger cut of the retail price to underwrite their distribution. Me, I’d rather pay for the file-making up front and be done with it.

Comment on How to get a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) for your book by iUniverse – iMock | A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

iUniverse – iMock | A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:50:02 +0000

[...] It will cost you $75 at iUniverse. Here’s a post that explains exactly how to get one for free. [...]

Comment on Amazon now allows authors to add, edit book catalog details by John

John — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:09:30 +0000

Still doesn’t let you update the title though. My wife and I have major issues updating the title of her book. There was an error submitting the title to amazon.com. Instead of just the title of her book, it says title + (volume 1) and there is no volume, it’s is own standalone book. People won’t buy her book now because they think it’s part of a series. Amazon said they would correct it, but nothing has been done to correct the error. So authors are not really in control…

Comment on Q&A: Are book reviews by Amazon Top Reviewers more important? by courseworks

courseworks — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:06:45 +0000

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review help — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:06:08 +0000

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Hashim Nadeem — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:24:44 +0000

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