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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
(Hey, look Ma! I have wireless access on vacation!)
You missed an equally-likely possibility:
3. You are crazy about the book, but you happen to be perfectly happy with e-book files to read. So, you keep the file without buying a print book... and since you read e-books, you probably know about the Darknet, so you search around and find ilicit copies of all the author's books, thereby collecting everything he's ever written, and not making the author a dime.
Hey, just trying to be thorough...
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Yes, true... Or not. I actually didn't miss it, it's irrelevant. In any and all cases, the person you're talking about will not buy the book. I think a lot of people have said it before: except if you put a cop behind everybody's shoulder, darknet will exist. The question is, do you use to your advantage, or do you fight a losing battle against it?
Again, do note I'm not talking from a moral standpoint. You don't want to go there (boy! You really don't. Life + 70 years!!?). My stance is mostly a practical one.
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Yes, I've thought about it, but so far, have not seen enough evidence that it would be cost-effective for me, or worth setting up an account with a POD printer. My market is still very small, and I haven't been getting requests for POD versions... I mean, none. Maybe in the future, though.
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As far as I understand, there's no cost except the time it takes to format the book. From then on, you indicate to the "editor" how much you want for each book, select how it will be (hardcover, color and so on) and that decides how much they'll sell it.
Oh well, just a thought.