There are drawbacks to print on demand (POD) publishing. One of which I wasn't even aware of until last week. It seems that other larger retailers, who shall remain nameless, can go ahead and print copies of a title with a printer of their choice. This I did-not-know. They, of course, cannot do this without permission from the original publisher, due to copyright law. This issue doesn't necessarily mean that POD is a bad thing, especially compared to the warehouse and handling costs involved in storing books that are mass printed. It does make more sense economically and I do believe that POD is one of the reasons traditional publishers are facing so many challenges. The more they must compete with smaller publishers, the more books they need to sell, just to break even. This is a definite concern for them as POD gains traction, due to many new authors producing very good reading material at an overhead cost that is much, much lower.
Until next time,
Kirk Toncray
http://KirkToncray.com
No comments:
Post a Comment