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    MyClipboardIsMyViolin replied to the topic Traditional vs Self Publishing in the forum Writing Level & Journey Plans Discussions 7 years, 7 months ago

    Finally, if you want to have your book in libraries and book stores nationwide as an indie author, I believe PoD through Ingram Spark is the only way to do it. Don’t quote me on this, but I have been told that there’s a catalog you can be in as an Ingram Spark publisher that brick and mortar places draw from.

    That would only be if you are doing PoD printing. I got some more (current) information on this:

    [url=https://blog.reedsy.com/print-on-demand-versus-offset/]POD vs. Offset Printing[/url]

    [url=https://blog.reedsy.com/print-on-demand-books/]Print-on-Demand Publishing Companies[/url]

    [url=https://www.editage.com/book-editing-services/articles/top-10-self-publishing-companies-a-2018-guide-for-first-time-authors.html]Another review[/url]

    And I think that really isn’t true, but if you go with a different POD service than IngramSpark you’ll have to pay Ingram to distribute it anyway, which some of the other companies do like Blurb and BookBaby. And then you’ll have to deal with bookstore returns. Ah, the joys of running a business.

    By contrast, if you offset print, you end up having to incorporate yourself as a small press and get to negotiate with the distributors and bookstores yourself (my outdated book attempted to school me on how to do this lol) but then you’re back to the 14K. 😛 (or the 9K, with @taylorclogston‘s revised expense report).

    I’ll throw this out here for free: for some types of books my gut tells me how to publish them. For example, for a Christian non-fiction book, I would traditionally publish that to get maximum editorial input/feedback there and it needs to get in Christian bookstores and CBD. For a poetry book, I would PoD that as the best marketing course is to sell it via poetry reading YouTube videos and by taking it to poetry readings. Paying for bookstore distribution for that is likely a waste of money, and you’re not likely to make a mint on those books anyway.

    But for a fiction book I’m not sure. It depends on the audience for your book (who are you selling it to?) the risk you’re willing to take, and the upfront capital you have on hand to spend on it when you start.

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