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createspace.com - worthwhile?

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  • 26-07-2015 11:18am
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    Coburger
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    Does anyone know anyone who has tried their hand at createspace.com? Is it worthwhile? I'm not too sure how one can get publicity from this. Cheers, Coburg


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    EileenG
    Registered Users Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    You can't. Creataspace is a way to do print-on-demand, so that you can offer a book for sale without having to go to the expense of printing out a few hundred copies first.

    It means that you can tell people about your book, and if they want to buy it, they can get a print copy sent to them.

    The publicity you'll have to do yourself, and it's hard work.

    Lulu does a similar thing for self-published authors. The CEO of Lulu is on record as saying that the average print sales for one of their books is 50. In other words, friends and family.

    To be honest, if you have a good self-pub, I could concentrate on e-book sales. Put it up on Amazon, iTunes, Smashwords (they distribute to the smaller e-sellers) and promote like mad there.


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    Watch Ryder
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    Coburger wrote: »
    Does anyone know anyone who has tried their hand at createspace.com? Is it worthwhile? I'm not too sure how one can get publicity from this. Cheers, Coburg

    Well I got two books on there, but it's like tumbleweed most days. You need to get a good book cover too which is more difficult than a Kindle cover.


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    Watch Ryder
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    EileenG wrote: »
    You can't. Creataspace is a way to do print-on-demand, so that you can offer a book for sale without having to go to the expense of printing out a few hundred copies first.

    It means that you can tell people about your book, and if they want to buy it, they can get a print copy sent to them.

    The publicity you'll have to do yourself, and it's hard work.

    Lulu does a similar thing for self-published authors. The CEO of Lulu is on record as saying that the average print sales for one of their books is 50. In other words, friends and family.

    To be honest, if you have a good self-pub, I could concentrate on e-book sales. Put it up on Amazon, iTunes, Smashwords (they distribute to the smaller e-sellers) and promote like mad there.

    Itunes? That's for music only AFAIK.


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    maccored
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    books as well - https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/books/id38?mt=11 (part of ibooks I'd assume)


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    Runner Mojo
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    you can get iTunes etc. using Draft2Digital.com

    As for Createspace - I have 2 books on it and am coming close to the $100 threshold for payment (after almost a year (!))

    BUT - I don't use Createspace with the expectation of making money from it. It's an easy enough process to upload a book to it - and if you charge a few dollars more than your Kindle, people don't view you so much as an Indie and are more likely to impulsively go for the cheaper (Kindle) option.


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    EileenG
    Registered Users Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    iTunes is handy in that it's easy to put something up, and because it's a relatively small market for books, it's not that difficult to get to the best-seller list, so you can legitimately call the book a best-seller.


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