"pod" entries
Amazon POD: Friend or Foe to Indie Publishers?
An interesting editorial by Lloyd Jassin from the NY Center for Independent Publishing relating to the Amazon print-on-demand (POD) move: Physical distribution of books is largely the preserve of large conglomerate publishers and a handful of large independent distributors. It’s not a pretty business. It employs the equivalent of Yankee peddlers who hand-sell books to brick and mortar stores, with…
Faber Brings Out-of-Print Titles Back Through POD
Faber & Faber is launching Faber Finds, a print-on-demand (POD) imprint specializing in out-of-print titles. From The Guardian: The new titles, which will retail at about £9, and be printed with automatically generated cover designs, will not be stocked in large quantities by booksellers, but will be available to order through most major booksellers and the majority of internet-based…
Q&A: Philip Parker, Developer of Automated Authoring Platform
Philip Parker uses his automated authoring process to develop thousands of books across 17 different genres.
Further Thoughts on Amazon/BookSurge
I keep turning the Amazon/BookSurge story over in my mind, and decided today that it was worth a deep look at the stakeholders, and their stakes.
Amazon UK Staying out of POD Fray (for now…)
Amid the furor over Amazon’s latest maneuver with POD and Booksurge, comes word that Amazon.co.uk has "no plans" to bring Booksurge across the pond. Then again, that statement shouldn’t be as reassuring as it sounds to UK publishers: An Amazon.co.uk spokesman said there were "no plans" to introduce the BookSurge service into the UK, but added: "We do not…
Amazon Pushes Print-On-Demand Exclusivity
The intertubes have been flapping today about Amazon's latest move to get its POD publishers and self-published authors to exclusively use BookSurge for printing their titles.
Roundup: Borders Mulling Sale, Blogs to Books
Borders explores possible sale, Fractal Press taps personal finance bloggers for book
Espresso POD Machine a "Workhorse" in Alberta
According to Shelf Awareness, the University of Alberta Bookstore is getting a lot of mileage out of their Espresso POD machine. Beyond the numbers ("we are running flat out"), store director Todd Anderson cites positive feedback from campus customers: The benefits of the Espresso machine have been both tangible and intangible. "The machine is a symbol of change for…