On Saturday 15 August 2009 04:33:43 pm Craig wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > My old nemesis LSI is still insisting on the above PDF format; > > otherwise they will run the cover file through a process that > > rasterizes the file. When it comes to access to Amazon it is > > their bat and their ball and you have to play the game their > > way. > > > > I remember that some time back this standard was in the summer > > of code or something like that. It is not in 1.3.5.1 however. > > > > If there was another way to get economical access to Amazon I > > would surely use it, but there isn't AFAICT. > > Erm.. what about our CreateSpace Self-Publishing service? > http://www.createspace.com/ > > Craig > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
Worth considering but there are two problems. First the quality of printing and binding with Booksurge/CreateSpace has been often criticized over the years. Second those who print with LSI and seek Amazon sales can offer discounts to Amazon of as little as 20%. Using CreateSpace one must offer 40% or twice as much. And that gets you on Amazon but nowhere else. I wouldn't say never, but I am looking for ways to get excellent quality combined with a low discount from list. LSI can offer that combination, but at a cost of considerable hassle on the cover creation side. It seems that LSI comes up with a new requirement every month or two, from X/1a:2001 to 240% max ink coverage (hard to control in photos) to you must use their template or get rasterized to tagging of YA books to---well you get the picture. I am considering FBA (fulfillment by Amazon) but don't know enough about it yet. Can you explain it to me? I am of course open to persuasion about Createspace , but since this is a vendor/potential customer conversation it might be better if you offered counter arguments off list. Or not. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
