Well, first - wow! Thanks so much for the Amazon review! :)
POD: yes, absolutely. My suggestion is pretty simple, though. He should use Lightning Source. All other POD printers (Cafe Press, Lulu, and on and on) pale in comparison to what Lightning offers. Why? Because all of the others take a cut over and above the manufacturing cost of the book. Lightning doesn't. On top of it, Lightning (LSI) is owned by Ingram. And that means that they feed data directly to companies like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and on and on. Li'l Kids is printed through LSI and that's why you were able to purchase a copy on Amazon. Incredibly, incredibly efficient and cost-effective. My best suggestion would be to seek out a book called Aiming at Amazon by Aaron Shepard. It's on Amazon and it's the blue print I've been using (with some modifications on the art side) for getting Li'l Kids "out there." And I'll be doing the same thing with the road to god knows..., too. I need to do a proper blog post about this, but I'm still figuring out a few odds and ends myself. But I can certainly attest to how well it works.
Teri: that's so nice of you to say. I'm a little speechless on that front. Thanks for letting me know.
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Date: 2008-09-18 12:08 am (UTC)POD: yes, absolutely. My suggestion is pretty simple, though. He should use Lightning Source. All other POD printers (Cafe Press, Lulu, and on and on) pale in comparison to what Lightning offers. Why? Because all of the others take a cut over and above the manufacturing cost of the book. Lightning doesn't. On top of it, Lightning (LSI) is owned by Ingram. And that means that they feed data directly to companies like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and on and on. Li'l Kids is printed through LSI and that's why you were able to purchase a copy on Amazon. Incredibly, incredibly efficient and cost-effective. My best suggestion would be to seek out a book called Aiming at Amazon by Aaron Shepard. It's on Amazon and it's the blue print I've been using (with some modifications on the art side) for getting Li'l Kids "out there." And I'll be doing the same thing with the road to god knows..., too. I need to do a proper blog post about this, but I'm still figuring out a few odds and ends myself. But I can certainly attest to how well it works.
Teri: that's so nice of you to say. I'm a little speechless on that front. Thanks for letting me know.
Von