How does print on demand publishing work?
You email your completed manuscript to a print-on-demand publisher. Within 90 days, the publisher will format your book, design the cover, provide ISBN numbers and bar codes, and list it on amazon.com and with Barnes & Noble and Borders. They will send you 10 free copies and you can order more at deep discounts, all for a one-time set-up fee of less than $500. When you do media appearances, you can say, ‘You can find my book on amazon.com!’ Your prospects then go to amazon…or visit their local bookseller… and order your book. Your print-on-demand publisher takes the order from amazon or the bookstore, credits your royalty account, then prints and ships the book to the customer. You don ‘t have to make an investment with a printer, or have the proverbial ‘garage full of books,’ and you don ‘t have to make repeated trips to the post office to send out copies. It all happens instantaneously…and without you having to do a thing. In addition, you retain all the rights to your book, so if yo
