-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13/12/11 15:50, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> >>> OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something >>> like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, >>> specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to >>> South Africa (likely bulk order)? >>> >>> Any self-publishing houses in Europe which are recommendet? >> >> Rainer, >> >> Rick van der Laans lives in the Netherlands and published his >> SQLite book via lulu.com. I have a copy of that as well as his >> most excellent "Introduction to SQL, 4th Ed." published by a >> conventional publisher. >> >> At 50 pages your proposed book is quite small. You can probably >> find a local publisher or printer who could produce bound copies >> for you. >> >> Rich > > It depends what you want to do. If you want a book for sale that > will be distributed to Amazon etc, Lulu will do this. But note that > they are printers, not publishers -an important distinction.
As you can guess, I am new to this field - many new things to learn... > > I've produced five books via Lulu. I had pretty good experiences > when I started several years ago but I like them less now, although > I think they are the best in their category. At least you don't > have to pay anything in advance. That is definitely an advantage. > > On the other hand, they are not cheap when it comest to printing > and delivery. If you simply want a quantity of books for > distribution to a specified audience I agree with Rick: cheaper to > get the book printed yourself. This is what I've done myself for > two books which I use on courses I teach; they are printed by > Antony Rowe and this is considerably cheaper and also usually > quicker than Lulu. Plus I can reach them on the phone, which you > can't do with Lulu. But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. > > More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for > sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield > much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use > Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, > including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling > regularly. Profit is not an issue here (although I would not mind...). ebook only is also not an option, as the target user need to have something printed. Cheers, Rainer > > Anthony > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7oZucACgkQoYgNqgF2egqMYQCfQYJb4pCe8PT7SXLTB/HEZ1wa FEIAniNd5VgmOKD+JHlmRCmVMlkILR6G =wqz8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
