Dwarf Printing

A comparison between identical books produced via Print on Demand via LULU and via RPGNOW (Through Lightningsource). One thing I forgot to mention on the video was that setting up the files ready for print is relatively easy and painless on Lulu as compared to Lightningsource who make a lot more technical demands and don’t have a nice, shiny, hand-holding upload interface. Guest appearance by Charlie the cat.

Print on Demand (POD) is a popular, affordable short-run publishing process that can be used to self-publish and sell print and electronic copies of your book(s) from your website and/or from leading online booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble in the US, Indigo-Chapters in Canada and WH Smith in the UK. You can also use POD to print copies of your book(s) at wholesale prices and to sell them at workshops, lectures and readings, and even through book retailers. Paul Lima, a freelance writer, business writing trainer, and the author of 10 POD books on copywriting, media release writing, business writing, the business of freelance writing, and writing non-fiction books, conducted a 2.5-hour seminar for the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)-Kitchener-Waterloo chapter and the Canadian Freelance Union (CFU). The full Print On Demand Video Primer: How to Get Your Book to Market seminar is now available on video, as a downloadable file.and comes complete with Paul’s full lecture, his PowerPoint slides and the seminar question and answer sessions. The video is available online (as a downloadable file) for only .95, less than half the price of the original seminar: www.paullima.com

This is part 1 of 2 of a comparison of major Print on Demand (POD) providers: Lightning Source Ingram, CreateSpace, and Lulu. In the video presentation, I discuss the basic pros and cons of each provider on features, quality, costs of getting started, and royalties and profits. www.latenitebooks.com - Late Nite Books Author Website www.myidentifiers.com - US ISBN Agency http - Lightning Source (LSI) www.createspace.com - CreateSpace (CS) http - Lulu Print on Demand

I’ve made a book from my blog about creativity. You can buy the book here: www.lulu.com Thanks for watchin!

www.lamissionwriting.com Graphic Design for Multimedia, MM240, offers writers, artists, and designers the opportunity to publish with Adobe InDesign and print-on-demand services such as Blurb, Lulu, and Amazon CreateSpace. Go to http lamissionwriting.com for more information. See also, www.lamissionmultimedia.com Free background music for this video from Alexander Blu, at http

Write your book ! Market your book ! Sell your book ! Learn how to do it all with success. The book “Let’s Make It Simple” has been used to teach the workshop seminar “Publish Your Book Guaranteed” since 2004. The author David K. Ewen, M.Ed. is also the workshop seminar instructor. David Ewen has been active in the publishing business since 1994. To help authors and begin a network, he founded the New England Publishers Association and served as Executive Director for 2 years. In the late 1990’s, David conducted a speaking tour in all 6 New England states to promote self published authors and the independent press industry. He has interviewed and promoted authors and publishing experts on radio since 1998. In 2004 David began teaching the seminar “Publish Your Book - Guaranteed” at Holyoke Community College. He has since taught the seminar at eleven universities and colleges in four states. David Ewen is the author of “Let’s Make It Simple”, “Reach For Success”, “Become A Talk Show Host”, and “Journey To Success”. He is also the talk show host and producer for “Today’s Author”, “Morning Coffee”, and “Night View”. How will your book end up? There is not one single answer to that. Every author is different as to how he/she see themselves and where they expect the success of their book to be in the future. The final reality is dependent on how the audience is properly identified and how to reach them is best understood. In addition, it is necessary to understand the basic …

Ran into this print on demand espresso book printing machine in St. Johnsbury, VT. Turns out not only is he printing off books to sell (and fill) on his bookshelves in the store, but he is running a publishing company from his bookstore as well, providing a full range of services from copy editing to book design and cover art, ISBN numbers and more. There are three main pieces, two printers (making it partially modular); a B&W laser printer on the left, which prints the bulk of the book on standard size, double-sided 8.5×11″, a color printer which prints the cover of the book on single sided, heavy (vellum? 88lb? not sure) paper with I think some sort of smudge-resistant color ink. In the middle is a large, plexiglass enclosure that the two printers sit on, and appears to have three distinct lobes; the collating unit, which collects the pages and applies the “perfect bind” glue, combining the cover with the pages. Next it drops down into the lower lobe where it is pressed and cools, before shifting left where the book is trimmed to size.

Since posting my videos on Print on Demand Hell in October, I have received kind comments and questions from people in two specific areas, and this brief video addresses them. First, people wanted to know if a lawyer couldn’t help me. Second, writers asked if pursing an agent, no matter how agonizing and fraught with continual exposure to one sadist after another, isn’t still better than losing your electronic files–your life’s work–to an unscrupulous print on demand company.

I’ve self-published two novels and made a success of both. Here’s my perspective on self-publishing, looking past all the negativity and seeing something that authors and readers should be excited about. … self publishing published authors darryl sloan chion vanity press pod print on demand iuniverse lulu authorhouse

very excited to see my first book in print, it is only the first draft for personal use, but with some more rewrites it will become publicly available. … lulu writer author pod print on demand first novel