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Originally Posted by wannabee
So, when I heard that Lightning Source was to set up in Australia, I anticipated something similar.
BUGGER!
Reality sets in. Over $100 for a proof book and $10 per book to supply the backlist here. . . . . .
Oh! and pay us $12 per year to keep your title on our server. (We have many titles)
As Michael Caton said "Tell 'em their dreaming!"
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The great advantage of Lightning Source is their distribution into Amazon.
A 200 page paperback with Lightning Source costs AU$5.25. And you can have that available at Amazon for AU$9.99 and make AUS$2.74 on each copy sold and never have to see or ship the books. And you can also make it available in all the other Amazon stores around the world.
All for $75 setup fee and $12/year. And, if you need a rushed proof copy, $43 for the proof copy.
The Ingram Advance Trade Advertising
is a dead waste of money though.
But if you expect to sell fewer than 50 copies in the first year though, Lulu.com's probably the way to go.