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Originally Posted by dadioflex
"I know of one lady who sells cookbooks at craft shows all over the US. It has no ISBN, nor is it listed in Ingram or any major distributor. And yet she sells something like 10,000 copies a year."
No she doesn't.
Hey, we can ALL make statements without any facts to back them up. Wow.
***Oh, if she was selling 10000 copies a year and using a POD service then she was dumber than a rock. You can get legit print runs third-partied for a fraction of what that would cost, never mind if you were factoring in 3-5 years worth of stock. Heck, she has no ISBN, it's not like the IRS will sniff her out, so she could do it and drip feed the income as necessary. Assuming she feels the need.
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Actually I know a number of people who do that. They don't usually use POD services though. They use regular printers - crafters who are successful tend to be very savvy business people.
Fairs and craft shows are a whole different animal from the rest of publishing. If you have the right stuff to do it, go for it, but selling books that way is like being a crafter yourself. Long long long hours and a lot of expense, a lot of paperwork and book-keeping. You have to keep it up.
Camille