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Originally Posted by HarryT
POD definitely has a part to play with old or obscure books. I'm doing a part-time degree in Egyptology, and a number of the books I've bought for the course have been POD facsimile editions of very old books which it simply wouldn't be otherwise economic to keep in print. It's ideal for such things, but not for popular bestsellers.
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Oh, no way.
Those are a dime a dozen all over. POD is no substitute for cheap chinese presses. Even indie authors can afford those for their frontlist.
The way it is used is to replace the racks and racks of spine-out dusty backlist titles that might sell three copies in a year and don't generate and net profit.