Very nice! Thanks for the update, James... On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM, James Simmons <nices...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yesterday I received a proof copy from Create Space for "Make Your Own Sugar > Activities!" and it looked good so I approved it for sale. You can buy it > on Amazon or on CreateSpace: > > Amazon URL: > > http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Sugar-Activities/dp/1470124904/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330621301&sr=8-2 > > CreateSpace URL: > > https://www.createspace.com/3807569 > > And, for comparison purposes only, the old Lulu URL: > > http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/make-your-own-sugar-activities/12995552?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1 > > The interior of the book is exactly the same whether you buy from Lulu or > CreateSpace. The page size is the same too. But there are differences! > > 1). The correct title of the book, including the exclamation point, is on > the CreateSpace edition, in large, friendly letters. The Lulu version is > missing the exclamation point and uses ALL CAPS in a cold Sans Serif font. > > 2). The author of the book is shown on the front cover and on the spine in > the CreateSpace version. > > 3). The CreateSpace version has a full color photo of the author on the > back cover. > > 4). The CreateSpace book has a real ISBN number and a bar code on the back > to prove it. > > 5). Lulu charges $18.43 for this book. Create Space will only charge $7.50 > for its version, which is either JUST AS GOOD or almost as good, depending > on how you feel about the author photo. This will give me about a dollar in > royalties if you buy through Amazon or about two dollars if you go through > CreateSpace directly. (There are of course benefits to me if you buy from > Amazon, too. Like I'll get that thing where it says "People who bought this > also bought The Life And Times Of Bhakta Jim. Or E-Book Enlightenment. Or > The Diamond Age".) > > As far as Amazon is concerned it will only be available from Amazon.com, not > the other Amazon sites worldwide. CreateSpace has this deal called Extended > Distribution where if you pay $30 they will list your book in catalogs used > by bookstores, etc. This will make it possible that the book could be sold > on other Amazon sites, etc., but no guarantees. The e-book is already > available on many (but not all) Amazon sites worldwide and hasn't set any > sales records there, so I figure I'll keep the $30. Customers from outside > the U.S. should be able to order from CreateSpace. > > I have two other books I will offer this way: Como Hacer Una Actividad Sugar > and E-Book Enlightenment:Reading And Leading With One Laptop Per Child. I > should get proof copies of these in a few days. > > As far as Lulu is concerned, MYOSA was put there by the FLOSS Manuals > website and they have received whatever profits there were from Lulu sales. > I don't think it was much money, and they never really marketed the book > (like for instance listing it in the FLOSS Manuals Bookstore section of > their website). If I thought it was making money for them I wouldn't > compete with them, but as things are I think I can move more paper this way. > The other two books never had printed versions before. > > If someone could post the URLs on OLPC or Sugar Labs websites I'd be > grateful. > > James Simmons > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >
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