tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post4721678674555786602..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: What price print? by Ali BaconKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-33612223990703971052015-04-23T16:09:20.950+01:002015-04-23T16:09:20.950+01:00Susan, if you want high quality perfect-bound pape...Susan, if you want high quality perfect-bound paperbacks at reasonable price by a printer anxious to do good stuff professionally, try Berforts Information Press. They've done brilliantly for me. Julia recommended them and she was dead right.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19358064815548301682015-04-22T20:19:24.267+01:002015-04-22T20:19:24.267+01:00Oops, Susan, when I commented on finding a local p...Oops, Susan, when I commented on finding a local publisher, of course I meant printer. Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34717364861085442872015-04-22T20:17:15.129+01:002015-04-22T20:17:15.129+01:00Ali, it was because you said you had to pay Feedar...Ali, it was because you said you had to pay Feedaread £5.70 for each book when you bought it from them so I assumed you were talking about author's copies. Createspace would probably work out at almost half that amount. Plus you have to pay £88 for distribution, Createspace stopped charging for extended distribution, although currently the extended distribution is only in the US.<br /><br />The second point is the ISBNs, you can get a free ISBN from Createspace, but that means you can't get copies printed elsewhere and they become a Createspace published book.<br /><br />If you buy ISBNs, they are sold in batches of 10, you can print your books anywhere, by anyone, and they are not a Createspace book, you are only using Createspace as a POD printer. For example, I use Createspace for all my Amazon sales plus extended distribution in the US. I have a local printer in the UK who prints books for me and I sell them to Waterstones, Bertrams and Gardners, I've even supplied Foyles on one occasion. I also sell them at any events I do.<br /><br />Susan, you are right that distributors don't want to deal with Createspace, but they will deal with the author, because when you buy your ISBNs you become a publisher. Plus, if you can't find a local publisher you can buy the books at the author's copy price from Createspace but they have to be shipped from the US, and the shipping charges are comparable to postage here. If you order in amounts of over 50 books and take the 30 day shipping option I think it costs round about 60p per book for shipping.<br /><br />Hope these comments answer all your questions.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17116945505779819452015-04-22T18:53:48.611+01:002015-04-22T18:53:48.611+01:00Chris, how do you get around the fact that book di...Chris, how do you get around the fact that book distributers don't want to deal with books forwarded to them from CreateSpace? - I keep being asked for copies of Wolf's Footprint by educational book sellers. - And I haven't been able to find a local printer who was interested in doing perfect bind - or, frankly, interested in my business at all.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35528315944994515232015-04-22T17:33:16.086+01:002015-04-22T17:33:16.086+01:00Interesting and helpful round-up of some options, ...Interesting and helpful round-up of some options, thanks! also interesting to read Chris' comment. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-75514370203154180412015-04-22T17:09:36.201+01:002015-04-22T17:09:36.201+01:00Hi Chris, not sure I quite follow your calculation...Hi Chris, not sure I quite follow your calculations (I get decent royalty from Feedaread for distributed books too and don't pay postage) but I'm ready to admit I went for the 'easy' option' at the time which I think is often the case for newbie self-publishers. Feedaread were also recommended by my e-book publisher and I've found them fine to deal with. But I might well do it differently if/when I have another book to get out there. <br />re ISBNs I though you had to buy them in batches - or does Create-space do them singly? <br />Cheers, Ali AliBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611113709872287863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-68102928728419093342015-04-22T10:21:36.686+01:002015-04-22T10:21:36.686+01:00I'm afraid my jaw dropped when I saw Feedaread...I'm afraid my jaw dropped when I saw Feedaread's charges. When selling to readers or supplying to distributors average postage is £2.80 per book, so once you add on the £5.70, that makes £8.50 which gives you a profit of 20p. Createspace gives a far better deal. I buy my own ISBNs and provide copies of my book to distributors with a 30% discount, and hand deliver to Waterstones who need a 50% discount. Naturally I have to post to the distributors, but even with that I still turn a profit. My books sell at £9.99. Check out this link https://www.createspace.com/Products/Book/#content6 when you get to it click the tab below - 'Buying Copies- - it will take you to a ready reckoner where you can put in the size of your book and the number of pages including front and back matter, and it will tell you how much each copy costs. If you take the Createspace ISBN you cannot print books elsewhere, but if you buy your own ISBNs from Nielsen you can get them printed by Createspace for the Amazon market, and anywhere else you like in conjunction with that for other markets eg a UK printer.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.com