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There certainly are two sides to every coin and I will yield to your points. One is entitled to hold whatever beliefs that are necessary to permit personal comfort in arguable circumstances. It is not my purpose to change your mind. It is only to call attention to misinformation you present so...

>>any and all publishers. . .can lay hands on your work and see if it can make them some money and if you make some too thats incidental.<< This is a shortsighted and highly biased view. Not everyone is a scoundrel. >>and if you make some too thats incidental.<< A print-on-demand...

>>I have never seen anyone sitting on a train reading an ebook.<< I live in New York City, 13 million I think is the listed metropolitan population. I travel both the subways and the commuter railroads and, I too, have never seen anyone with an e-book reader--using it or carrying it.

It's definitely NOT what P.O.D. publishing is about, but, unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with e-book files. The format of what you've downloaded will dictate the method by which you view it. I'm guessing you've got a PDF file? If so, it will quite look like a real book page after you've...

>>I would never go back to traditional publishing.<< As a P.O.D. publisher, that's certainly music to my ears (even if you did go with that other publisher ;) --but I guess you're to be forgiven: they're in Canada and you're in Canada). Good luck, and good sales.

>>Are there any other outlets for viewing material before its "published" besides Amazon?<< Not that I'm aware of. BTW, this is not "pre" publishing, it's only after the book is out--else it couldn't be available on Amazon. >>I noticed that your company is on the web, does it offer...

Hi Daren, I wonder if you might want to open a section that deals specifically with the aspects of the publishing of books. As it falls presently under "Writers Block" that's not where someone would particularly go to find discussions about publishing. Notwithstanding, the few threads that...

Hi Vicky, Welcome to the forum. I've read the Hobbit twice!--and the trilogy, too--twice. Sorta cheated though. Didn't read either of them per se. Audio Books publishes the unabridged versions on cassette. I borrowed them from the library. But why not just read them? It was a...

Sorry, didn't note 'til now that this message has been hanging out here awhile. >>. . .willing to bet the better part of a twenty dollar bill that your POD publishing house is printing a good book, right?<< Not really. The word usually gets around--good or bad. Hopefully, the word about us...

I agree that there is disparity in unit costing between POD and traditionally published works. PODs are more expensive to produce and, using standard calculations, come out to have pricier list prices. Hoever, what some POD publishers fail to take into account is the major difference in the...

>a stigma attached to vanity and POD publishing?< Yup, and it's quite this image that POD publishing must overcome. By stating that they will publish anything presented to them a POD publisher sends a message that any book purchased from them is going to be unreviewed and possibly...

Quite so! Thanks for pointing this out. While it is the practice that POD publishers require payment, it is not necessary to the process. Indeed, we publish a limited nunber of titles each year that are free from cost to the author (see "free ms. reading" on our website). While I say...

I recently addressed a meeting of the Institute of Management Consultants in NYC. I was asked to present on the comparison between traditional publishing and the emerging practice of self-publishing and print-on-demand. The complete text appears at...

Copyeditors do a number of things at the same time as they go through a manuscript. They not only do the obvious like correct grammar and check spelling, but they mark head levels in nonfiction--Big head in bold most important, so label it #1. Nextmost in importance is #2 and so on. Often...

No question about e-books being a concept that exudes the potential for convenience. My opinion is that it doesn't fulfill that potential. Certainly not for recreational reading; that which I think most people think of first as the vehicle for e-books. I've never used an e-book reader (except...

Sorry Prolixic, let me sidetrack for a moment to discharge the electricity I seem to be attracting from Dawn. >>didn't think you were being dumped on. . .a healthy discussion. . . is encouraged here<< If you'd like to talk about that please invite me to join you in another thread and we...

Having tried this once before and having had ample time now to heal, careful this time to don Don Quixote's armor, I will try again. (For those intersted in seeing a forum discussion shot down to flames I commend you to an earlier discussion in this section similarly named.) I'm Otto Barz...

a servile self-seeking flatterer The above is the definition of sycophant[ic]. I'm not clear who you're describing, but you're right, it's definitely an attack--whether on yourself or me, three stirkes and you're out!

Hi Ell, Love your tag line! Being new to the forum, what does a moderator do? Okay, on to your points--difficult, so multipronged, as they are to respond to. >>Therefore, you are asking the author to do his own advertising and promotion with the increased royalties. However, in order...

It's my turn, but this conversation seemingly has no end. It's turn and turn again. You've identified, and I've addressed, some of our differences and some of your concerns. I respect your having differences, and, certainly, concerns need to be addressed. However, you begin your latest...