http://www.kreelanwarrior.com/2009/01/print-on-demand-options-part-3-createspace/ Tales and Musings Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:07:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.kreelanwarrior.com/2009/01/print-on-demand-options-part-3-createspace/#comment-243 Michael R. Hicks Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:33:34 +0000 http://www.kreelanwarrior.com/?p=144#comment-243 Mark - quite true! However, the biggest advantage (depending on one's individual needs and priorities) that LSI still retains is your ability to set the discount rate. While CS can now distribute books through Ingram, they've added yet another cost element to the pricing of the books using the EDC. So you either have to raise the price of your book to retain the same royalty, reduce your royalty amount, or both. With LSI, while it's more expensive up front, you can set the discount rate to whatever you want, down to 25%. Considering that very, very few brick and mortar stores will carry self-published titles - not least because it's difficult to offer a full (up to 55%) discount rate and still have a book's price be at all competitive - this can be a big consideration. Again, it just depends on what you need: LSI is certainly not for everyone! :-) Mark – quite true! However, the biggest advantage (depending on one’s individual needs and priorities) that LSI still retains is your ability to set the discount rate. While CS can now distribute books through Ingram, they’ve added yet another cost element to the pricing of the books using the EDC. So you either have to raise the price of your book to retain the same royalty, reduce your royalty amount, or both. With LSI, while it’s more expensive up front, you can set the discount rate to whatever you want, down to 25%. Considering that very, very few brick and mortar stores will carry self-published titles – not least because it’s difficult to offer a full (up to 55%) discount rate and still have a book’s price be at all competitive – this can be a big consideration. Again, it just depends on what you need: LSI is certainly not for everyone!

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