Saturday, February 17, 2007

FOLLOW-UP ON POD COMMENTS

I pulled my message about Print On Demand technology because the discussion continued on the Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles member's Yahoo list. There was more to the subject than what I'd written, so I thought it best to pull it rather than give out bad information.

Out of the fuller discussion came the knowledge that although small publishing houses use POD almost exclusively, bigger houses use it more than I'd thought. It's also used for hardbacks, but since my novels are trade paperbacks, I didn't mention that in my original comments.

Although I used the term trade paperback for POD, which is accurate, other technologies are used for them, too.

Barnes and Noble will list publisher's books only if a vendor relationship has been established with them. This entails accepting returns and sending a copy of the book to their headquarters. Publishers pay large amounts to have their books actually on the shelves.

Small houses use Bowkers/Books in Print database to list their books. Borders sees this list as accurate data and books can be special ordered from them. B & N views this list as "raw data," and they don't use it f0r special orders. Instead, your book must be on the B & N list.

E-book publishers shy away from accepting returns because too many have gone bankrupt and closed due to this practice.

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