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Originally Posted by DaringNovelist
POD, though, is not just "print when you demand it" but a specific technology that is very expensive per piece. While it's getting better at doing mass runs, generally you use more conventional technology when you get up into the thousands.
I realized later that's what moejoe was questioning. (However, as I said, the techonology has revolutionized in the last couple of years. It's also converging, where the high-volume solutions are getting more and more like the by-piece solutions.)
Camille
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lol. NP. To me, POD is both a form of printing, and a form of publishing. I sometimes cross the two and don't distinguish which I'm referring to. Sorry about that. ^_^;;
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Originally Posted by NickSpalding
Good grief...
All I was trying to do was point out that writers are more likely to be successful if they have an agent and a publisher behind them - and that self-publishing in nowhere near mature enough yet to be a convincing alternative to authors who want to professionally write for a living.
I've never defended DRM and never would. It's bloody stupid.
I didn't mean to get anyone's backs up. This is obviously a sensitive matter for a lot of people, so I'll stay away from it.
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Hey, NP. DRM is a touchy subject. It's sorta like politics for writers.
I also tend to be a little instinctively jumpy about DRM because it goes against every grain of good business sense I was taught years go. And it goes against my pro-consumer mentality as well, so I tend to be a little itchy on the trigger when it's discussed.
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Originally Posted by ficbot
Just for those who think the path to fame and fortune is through an agent and publisher, my dad (who has both) told me that he sold 500 copies of his book in the first year or so, and both his agent and publisher were thrilled with this result...
Granted, this is non-fiction, but still. He told me the real path to fame and fortune is gaining recognition as an expert in the field so he can do public speaking. He is connected with a major media company and actively pursuing this path. He does not anticipate major profits from the book itself, nor, does it seem, do his agent and publisher  |
It's interesting that you should mention that. If they're getting happy that he sold 500 copies, it sounds like a very niche market and not mass market press. Most of the agents I've talked with only want sci-fi books they are certain will sell at least 150,000 copies, which just personally blows my mind. Of course, that doesn't stop me from selling at least that many on my own through my current publisher, without a big house behind me, or an agent. Not that I'd never sign with one, but I haven't really found a reason yet to justify doing so.