Can someone explain to me how POD and subsidy publishing works? POD is Print On Demand. It is a technology. It produces commercially acceptable work. It is used, thorough a few digital printers for a true one-order=one- book system with distribution through wholesale databases and online retail stores. Any publisher can use one of these [...]

Print on demand (POD) is a viable option, especially for a writer trying to promote his literary work to various agents and publishers in the book industry.  In addition, POD is useful if only a limited number of books are required to serve its intended purpose.  Other instances in which using a POD company makes [...]

Since this Amazon brouhaha started, I have maintained that I really don’t know whether Amazon’s actions are illegal (anti-trust, restraint of trade, etc.). I’m not a lawyer, after all, nor do I play one on YouTube. But, in my opinion, Amazon’s actions are unethical with all the hallmarks of a marketplace bully.

At my age I find that there are very few surprises in life but I find myself still scratching my head with this one as well as several other developments in the self-publishing world. This, of course, includes the follow-up on my publishing adventure with Amazon’s new publishing service, CreateSpace.com

Many years ago I remember walking into Book Expo America in Chicago and seeing Amazon banners hanging from every girder. What was an Amazon? Within a few years, Amazon was a household word. To consumers it was an online e bookstore. To investors it was a giant black hole where tens of millions of dollars were dumped with no return on investment.

I have published a children’s book entitled The Old Blue Whale with a subsidy press which came out in March of this year and I wanted to share my experience in hopes that you will not make the same mistake I made

That’s a pretty tough question. Do I think there are POD publishers out there who are honestly trying to help authors fulfill their dreams of being published? The answer is yes with an *.