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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
Generally isn't it cheaper per copy to print in a massive print run than to make PoD copies?
(For most indies the costs of warehousing those copies until they sell or just getting rid of them because they didn't make a massive print run unfeasable)
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If I understand it correctly, Amazon will print and bind a book on demand when someone orders a print book for such authors. Yes, it's a lot cheaper to do a print run, but my understanding is most indies rarely sell print books, it's just a service that Amazon offers.
From what I've observed, most indie authors who sell significant print books tend to have deals with small publishers for the print books. If you go to Michael J Sullivan's web site, he goes into a lot of detail of the business side of both being an indie and using a big publisher.