In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Gravagno
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Charles Barouch wrote:
If you want books, we need to commit to publishers.
I'm about to self-publish a book called Using DesignBais. Printing the 300
page book with good quality paper, images, nice binding, etc, costs about
$50 per copy. I have to pay for many books to be shipped to me, and I will
ship to anyone who orders so my cost of business goes up a little there.
The end-user cost of the book will be $200 per copy, which is further
weighted to account for the lack of volume in our community. I originally
apologized for the price but given the specialized content I've not heard a
single complaint about the price. In fact I'm pleasantly overwhelmed at
the excitement this offering has generated and I'm encouraged to do more.
The other approach would be to approach a publisher like Baen. They sell
pdfs and/or hard-copy, pay royalties to authors, and print-on-demand.
That might push prices up a little, or it might not. But there would be
no worries about minimum volumes etc.
Cheers,
Wol
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