Hello Everyone:

As a former employee of a Print-On-Demand publisher (iUniverse), I started this group to provide a forum for those considering POD as a publishing option. Generally speaking, I consider POD to be an effective option for first-time authors with a variety of different goals. Certainly, there are those that disagree for a...more »

Hello Everyone:

As a former employee of a Print-On-Demand publisher (iUniverse), I started this group to provide a forum for those considering POD as a publishing option. Generally speaking, I consider POD to be an effective option for first-time authors with a variety of different goals. Certainly, there are those that disagree for a number of reasons.

It is important to go into the process with your eyes wide open. Once your book is published, there is still a ton of work to do from a marketing standpoint. As is the case with most forms of publishing, the marketing of the book falls largely to the author. Simply publishing the book and getting it on Amazon and other sites will not guarantee a single sale.

I'd love to hear about author success stories on this forum. How did you market your book? What worked for you and what didn't? While non-fiction books are the bread and butter of POD publishers (and most traditional publishers as well), marketing fiction is where the real challenge lies.

Some of my favorite POD books include The Death of Milly Mahoney by Susanne Severeid, Rated F by Todd Noker and Tut by Robin Martin Berard. I think they all have the potential to be picked up by traditional publishers. Some authors have already made the jump. Those include Jennifer Colt, Brian Wiprud and Laurie Notaro. « less