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Sponsor |  dogearpublishing | Jan 19, 2007 3:03pm | | The goal is to create a set of lively discussions surrounding self publishing - and I'd like to contribute any answers I may - I've been a buyer for a bookstore chain, managed the marketing department of one of the NY publishing companies, created a publishing acquisitions staff, and now own a publishing services company working with traditional publishers and authors who want to publish their own books. Ask me anything at all, and I'll give you a solid straight answer (or, tell you who might know the answer if I don't). thanks for asking ! _ Ray |
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Sponsor | | Hapax | Jan 22, 2007 2:22am | Hi there, dep. Nice idea for a group. I hope it flourishes.
From an Irish perspective, one of the major problems about the North American market is warehousing and distribution. Even amazon.com, which might be a fallback, won't accept titles unless they're warehoused in the U.S. Small Press Distribution used to fill this role pretty well for many small presses (which are often primarily for self-publishing) in the U.K. and Ireland, but I'm told that they're getting more picky, more expensive and less efficient.
Are you aware of any other solutions to this problem? |
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Sponsor | | dogearpublishing | Jan 22, 2007 12:43pm | | If you aren't opposed to digitally produced books, the best solution is to use either a print-on-demand company like mine to distribute your book (shameless self-promotion) or set up your title with Lightning Source. This doesn't solve the 'how to get my book on bookstore shelves' issue, but it does make the book widely available - specifically Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders/Walden and via the two big distribution houses Ingram Book and Baker & Taylor. |
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Sponsor | | Hapax | Jan 22, 2007 1:08pm | | Thanks, dep, but I'm already working some stuff through Lightning Source. (They have a presence in the U.K.) As you know, though, there are very significant constraints on format if you use POD: there's only a very limited set of templates available to choose from. That's why I'm interested in discovering other routes to the reader's hand. |
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Sponsor | | dogearpublishing | Jan 22, 2007 5:01pm | | Have you tried Baker&Taylor here in the US? (btol.com [btol.com]) We sell our 'non-POD' format books (like hardcover childrens titles and coffee table books) through them. |
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|  madnicity | Jan 23, 2007 8:42pm | Excellent concept for a group if i may say so.
I'll be here often. |
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Sponsor | | Hapax | Jan 24, 2007 4:46am | | 5 I had never heard of B&T. Thanks for the link, dep, I'll check them out . . . |
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|  LindaJM | Mar 18, 11:22pm | | I'm planning to self publish a book later this year... it is a simple collection of stories and articles I've written with a local theme (Northern California, Klamath River Valley). It will be my only self-published book... unless you want to count e-books too. |
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