Beste Inhalte
Just met with a bookstore owner. UPDATED.
I just had a drop-in meeting with a bookstore owner in my local area. I found her having lunch. She often has book-signing events and features a local-author area in her used-and-new bookstore.
I asked about scheduling a book-signing event, and met with favorable results. We are tentatively scheduled to "Release" my "Coding Hour" (some of you helped with the cover) on 10/4/2019 (for you Europeans, 4/10/2019). My cost FOB from Lulu Express is ~$6; she will buy at $9 and sell to the public at $14. If she needs to reorder (hope, hope, hope) I will provide her a direct sale link from Lulu. She was also interested in stocking Bell, Book, and Bullets and A Trufflesome Murder in smaller quantities.
Let me just say WOOHOO! We'll see how it goes, and I'll keep you posted... Still a tentative thing as of now. But I might have just sold 12-16 copies at $9 per.
Thought you'd all be interested; Go thou and do likewise.
Skoob_ym
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Aw: Booktrail-Agency.com
Please do yourself a favour and do not reply to any unsolicited contact, ever. Too many people look at writers and see dollar signs. These people prey on vanity, on the idea that ‘wow, I must be good if someone has contacted me offering to get me an interview, or to help promote my book or to have me enter their prestigious competition’. Payment up front, please. Thank you very much!
oncewas
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Aw: About fonts?
Thank you all. On Wednesday I will bring up those points with my writing group and we will decide as to whether to use one font or different ones. I did check out the fonts allowed by Lulu and there is not too much difference between them. There are more exotic fonts but these would have to be embedded in the PDF file. I had always assumed that when you made a PDF file it automatically embedded the fonts but when I was trying to find out the answer about using different fonts in the same book(I couldn't find anything by the way) it seemed to be suggesting in Lulu's knowledge base that after one made a PDF file then these exotic files had to be further embedded.
What is important is the readability of the font used. You may have noticed, or perhaps not noticed being you were just engrossed in reading it (which is a clue there …) is that many fonts used in general in books, newspapers and mags, etc etc., are TNR or very close derivatives of it. That's because over the decades they have been found to be the easiest to read, especially as a smallish point. 12pnt for instance. It's also said about Serif fonts.
It's the contents that matter, not trying to be too 'clever' with the fontage.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hard+to+read+fonts?&FORM=HDRSC2
What is important is the readability of the font used. You may have noticed, or perhaps not noticed being you were just engrossed in reading it (which is a clue there …) is that many fonts used in general in books, newspapers and mags, etc etc., are TNR or very close derivatives of it. That's because over the decades they have been found to be the easiest to read, especially as a smallish point. 12pnt for instance. It's also said about Serif fonts.
It's the contents that matter, not trying to be too 'clever' with the fontage.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hard+to+read+fonts?&FORM=HDRSC2
Just Kevin
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Aw: About fonts?
I have to second Kevin's comment. Ease of reading is the most important consideration. You should only get creative with the choice of typeface if it adds materially to the understanding or appreciation of a story...and even then a very little goes a long way. To take one example, a short paragraph might be set in a sans serif face if it is meant to suggest, say, a printout from a computer.
Ron Miller
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Aw: Questions from a newbie!
Yes, you can sell directly from your website by providing a Direct Access checkout widget or link. You can also use the Shopify integrated Lulu app. They are working on others as well.
Or, you can use Lulu as a drop shipper. When someone orders the book, send them one via Lulu by entering their shipping address.
You can use both Lulu and KDP for the ebook, just uncheck the Kindle option. Regarding the print version, publish a new size and binding at Lulu. Example 5.5x8.5 at KDP, 6x9 perfect bound or hardcover at Lulu.
Or, you can use Lulu as a drop shipper. When someone orders the book, send them one via Lulu by entering their shipping address.
You can use both Lulu and KDP for the ebook, just uncheck the Kindle option. Regarding the print version, publish a new size and binding at Lulu. Example 5.5x8.5 at KDP, 6x9 perfect bound or hardcover at Lulu.
Maggie
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Aw: Revenue timing and reconciliation
First, I didn't realize signatures were turned off for mobile. I updated, they should appear now. Sorry about that.A_A_Cain said:Yes, Taylor sent me a PM, explaining the unknown factor of different pod costs in different regions - plus the Oz dollar slumped on the back of the trade war tit for tat, so the margin eroded to nothing.Maggie said:That's great.
So you never found out what the zero revenue sale was?
Using smart phone one can't see signatures. You might want to post the link to your ebook with every post. You never know who might be up to buying on a whim.
Signature tip noted, I will go do that.
Second, the issue with currency and production cost variance is one of many we hope to solve with some big updates in the next few months. While there will always be some variance in cost to print and revenue, the plan is to display the cost and revenue for each region when setting the price, so at the very least the amount you'll make based on the price you set will be clear from the get-go.
Paul_Lulu
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Aw: Why I Chose CreateSpace after first publishing with Lulu
Hey all,
I've been on vacation a few days, so I'm just now getting caught up on some of these threads. I'd missed this one initially, but I have few things to weigh in on.
First off, if I had noticed this before comments started to roll in, it would have been closed as a violation of the Forum Rules (specifically #14). Now that we have some discussion here, I'm less inclined to close it. The relevant point here is that a discussion of pricing is fine, but a title that reads like a blog post meant to promote CreateSpace is a violation and should be avoided.
Second, the question of revenue and who gets that disproportionate amount of the sale price. It's the retailer. You can see in our documentation that Lulu makes a flat 20% on your earnings no matter the platform. Amazon cuts deeply into the margin with their wholesale pricing to create the very situation you see in this thread - an author with sales primarily on Amazon is being driven to use an Amazon product. No surprises there.
Finally, I don't want to discourage these kinds of conversations, so please feel free to continue to discuss the competitive market of self-publishing options available, just be try to be careful not to frame the post or comment as an advert.
Paul_Lulu
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Aw: Photo Book With ISBN?
Hi tgaddo,
You would create a print book with full color interior if you want to apply an ISBN.
Photo books do not have the option for retail distribution so you cannot apply an ISBN to them.
Taylor_Lulu
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