Comments on: POD: Part 2 – Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing with POD http://lillieammann.com/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:53:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-5431 Lillie Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:48:15 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/#comment-5431 Rodney, The first publisher for Stroke of Luck used Lightning Source. The publisher dealt with them so I have no experience working with them, but the quality of the books was good. Rodney,
The first publisher for Stroke of Luck used Lightning Source. The publisher dealt with them so I have no experience working with them, but the quality of the books was good.

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]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 Lillie Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:32:36 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/#comment-5421 Rodney, Thanks for sharing your experience. The voice of someone who has actually tried this is a great contribution to the conversation because all I can share is what I've heard—not personal experience. Breaking down the pros and cons was helpful. Rodney,
Thanks for sharing your experience. The voice of someone who has actually tried this is a great contribution to the conversation because all I can share is what I’ve heard—not personal experience. Breaking down the pros and cons was helpful.

]]> By: Rodney Smith http://lillieammann.com/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-5412 Rodney Smith Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:06:38 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/#comment-5412 We recently used Lulu for a church project. Overall, the outcome was OK, but don't think we'd use them again. <strong>Pros:</strong> - quite easy to set up, no need for specialist pdf software - decent print quality <strong>Cons:</strong> - slow delivery - high unit cost - very expensive delivery - this is the main thing that defeats the POD aim IMO - just to print and ship a single copy of the 100-page book cost in excess of £10, without any markup at all. In fairness there was a cheaper (althoug not cheap) option which I selected for one of our proofs, and it didn't arrive! We worked around this by ordering in bulk, but as I said, this kind of defeats the point. We recently used Lulu for a church project. Overall, the outcome was OK, but don’t think we’d use them again.

Pros:
- quite easy to set up, no need for specialist pdf software
- decent print quality

Cons:
- slow delivery
- high unit cost
- very expensive delivery – this is the main thing that defeats the POD aim IMO – just to print and ship a single copy of the 100-page book cost in excess of £10, without any markup at all. In fairness there was a cheaper (althoug not cheap) option which I selected for one of our proofs, and it didn’t arrive! We worked around this by ordering in bulk, but as I said, this kind of defeats the point.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 Lillie Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:50:08 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/10/30/pod-part-2-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-with-pod/#comment-5359 The entire primer has this kind of detail. You can download the whole series in a free e-book. The entire primer has this kind of detail. You can download the whole series in a free e-book.

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