What is a print on demand book?
I’m really excited about this new process. Trees are saved because only the books that are bought are printed; “left-overs” are not shredded (as they usually are) because there are none. There’s no waste in distribution energy or warehousing space either. Because in my mind, it’s all done with smoke and mirrors, I’ll explain it the simplistic way that I understand it. Books are scanned into a very special, gigantic computer. When someone places an order for the book, buttons are pushed and the book is printed within minutes, bound in a cover – just like any book you buy – and immediately shipped off to you. Flower of the Pacific and Fionna’s Will are both being distributed by iuniverse.com through an agreement with the Author’s Guild backinprint.com program. They are made available to all book retailers, whether e-tail or bricks and mortar, through the same distributing channels and data base as other books.
