A bit late chiming in but I know a few authors who have used lulu.com as far as I know their print on demand is possible in colour you submit a PDF and choose from multiple formats. The return if I remember correctly is quite good too
Of the two people I know who have used it, one who writes highly specialized texts that sell very few still doesn't loose money And the other, Mick mercer sells a fair bit all over the world and makes a modest but tidy sum On 14 Sep 2011, at 08:33, "Catherine Barley" <catherinebar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Good morning everyone > > Thank you all so much for your views and I bow to your superior knowledge, > which is way beyond my limited computer skills at present. However, I will > follow up all the advice given. The response so far has been very positive > but my main concern is that as my book went to five editions (I have no idea > how many copies that would be) but it certainly will be a considerable number, > I have no wish to spend many hours on this project, only to receive a very > small number of request for a copy. > > My niggling fears have just been confirmed this morning in an email from > someone here in the UK and I quote: > > Catherine Barley > UK > > > <As for second hand copies of the book, I have not heard of anyone > experiencing difficulties. My local lace group has several> <people who have > bought needlelace books in the past and these people have now decided that > they don't want to work needlelace <and are therefore getting rid of books. > The new ones wanting them are, at the moment, having no difficulty in picking > up second> <hand copies. This could change in the future. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
