A couple of months ago, we discussed how radically things were changed by the advent of desktop publishing.
One of the biggest reasons I'm afraid to just publish my editions on my own has been one of being practical.
I don't know how distribution works, or if you have a website on the Internet, what it takes to get your rankings up
to the point where people know you even have a website (well by that, I mean the people that would even be remotely
interested in purchasing your editions). And finall, the stigma of "vanity press" labels being applied to any editions I would publish.
A friend of mine pointed out a website for such "print on demand" services, a company called
www.lulu.com . Yah the name threw me off too. But when I looked around on their site, it seems very interesting.
I even found some early music editions there.
I'm curious if anyone knows anyone who has used this service? Or has any feedback or thoughts on it?
The current owner of this website sees what he's doing as a way to really make publishing a more democratic
I'm curious if anyone knows anyone who has used this service? Or has any feedback or thoughts on it?
The current owner of this website sees what he's doing as a way to really make publishing a more democratic
industry-- akin to what eBay did for sellers bypassing traditional storefronts, or Amazon did with bookselling.
I'm not sure yet where all this will go, but if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks so much. Have a great weekend :)
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Kim Patrick Clow
"There's really only two types of music: good and bad." ~ Rossini
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Kim Patrick Clow
"There's really only two types of music: good and bad." ~ Rossini
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