Amazon Changes the Rules of Print-On-Demand?
So many authors today use Print-on-Demand services (iUniverse, Book Surge, Author's House, etc.) and they count on being able to sell through the online booksellers (Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, etc.). Last week, Amazon made an announcement that sent the POD publishers reeling, and it changes the situation for authors.
Amazon made a decision that it would only post active links from its own POD service, which is Book Surge. They say it is for customer satisfaction, and to speed fulfillment of orders, also allowing "bundling of items" and saving gas.
The Author's Guild (of which I am a member in good standing) has a different view. Read the full article on the Guild website:http://www.authorsguild.org/news/amazon_squeezes_tail.htm
Also read a Publishers Weekly article about the independent Publishers Marketing Association view:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6547782.html?nid=2286&source=title&rid=
Next week, I continue my series on Getting a Literary Agent (and p.s. I'm doing my best to carve out time to make this a weekly newsletter, following the advice of the Ezine Queen).
Amazon made a decision that it would only post active links from its own POD service, which is Book Surge. They say it is for customer satisfaction, and to speed fulfillment of orders, also allowing "bundling of items" and saving gas.
The Author's Guild (of which I am a member in good standing) has a different view. Read the full article on the Guild website:http://www.authorsguild.org/news/amazon_squeezes_tail.htm
Also read a Publishers Weekly article about the independent Publishers Marketing Association view:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6547782.html?nid=2286&source=title&rid=
Next week, I continue my series on Getting a Literary Agent (and p.s. I'm doing my best to carve out time to make this a weekly newsletter, following the advice of the Ezine Queen).
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