News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice? by trvd1707 on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @11:08AM (#6052374)
I published 4 books. First I used chapbooks.com, which no longer exists. After that I tried lulu.com and the problem was the distribution. They don't have a good deal to distribution worldwide and part of my audience was in other countries other than US. I then switched to using createspace from Amazon. The process was a lot easier and smoother with Amazon and the distribution is better there too. I started with the print on demand version and it was very easy to make the ebook version. The books are available on Amazon site and can be sold worldwide.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice? by michael_nielsen on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @11:40AM (#6052580)
Do you happen to know if createspace have good distribution through Ingram (who own Barnes and Noble)? Or through independent booksellers? Or are they mainly through Amazon?
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice? by 3am on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @01:42PM (#6053398)
Could you elaborate on the problems with distribution at Lulu?
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice? by ivan_ah on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:46AM (#6058335)
Lulu printing is very affordable and the shipping for a medium sized book is 5$ in US, 6$ in Canada. Outside of North America they charge for 10+ shipping if I am not mistaken...