tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post3194466941725542403..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: Is Amazon Poised to Steal Print On Demand?Martyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-40104076277940375262014-09-08T23:18:48.802+00:002014-09-08T23:18:48.802+00:00Very good rundown of the issues.
My pie in the s...Very good rundown of the issues. <br /><br />My pie in the sky vision of the Espresso machine is an indie storefront in a hipster neighborhood with kiosks showing displays of indie published books available on the espresso and not necessarily by one-day turnaround from Amazon drones. <br /><br />But the store has to market itself and identify books and content, and make the purchasing experience part of the value, like a cafe, videos, author interviews online, puzzles while you wait, etc. <br /><br />Partnerships between these booksellers and publishers can generate heat. <br /><br />Kiosk displays can be crafted to focus readers' interest areas and guide them to interesting and relevant purchases.<br /><br />These bookstores should be designed around the Espresso machine and not just use it as an adjunct to their primary business.<br /><br />Unfortunately, most indie booksellers I've come across are still way too attached to traditional industry dynamics (and returns privileges) to take the plunge. And the up-front money investment and maintenance of the machines are also obstructions. Plus the machines themselves are quite hideous, looking like Frankenstein robots. <br /><br />I'm sure the technology and costs are capable of improving, but I'd love to see more of a synergy between the booksellers who use Espresso and the publishers who have books that are ideally suited to them.PLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382892141328159335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-77280523518295865752014-09-05T12:35:34.113+00:002014-09-05T12:35:34.113+00:00Subsidized trails, or trials?Subsidized trails, or trials?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-85131507380721648062014-09-04T22:48:06.887+00:002014-09-04T22:48:06.887+00:00One of Amazon's many sins was to threaten univ...One of Amazon's many sins was to threaten university presses like the one I directed to de-list our titles unless we agreed to use BookSurge exclusively as our POD vendor. Such tactics have given Amazon a bad reputation among many publishers.Sandy Thatchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-75819066817585267532014-09-04T00:35:05.428+00:002014-09-04T00:35:05.428+00:00I'm not sure where the article's heading, ...I'm not sure where the article's heading, because Amazon already prints books for publishers (my small press uses both Amazon and Lighting Source for high quality trade paperbacks on demand.) Rather than give Amazon even more control over the marketplace, I'd like to see booksellers have a chance to sell my company's titles via a local POD supplier. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-27516103676421912642014-09-03T22:57:45.205+00:002014-09-03T22:57:45.205+00:00POD also lets people like me publish a book. I wro...POD also lets people like me publish a book. I wrote a very specialized book that will probably only sell 500 copies and few publishers would take that - CreateSpace is, however, giving me good returns.Fr Matthew Schneiderhttp://www.twitter.com/FrMatthewLCnoreply@blogger.com