tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post4100228721685469431..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: Ingram Reduce The Cost of Colour PODMartyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-28253712194845203232012-08-13T21:29:41.009+00:002012-08-13T21:29:41.009+00:00I don't share you distaste for POD. For me, th...I don't share you distaste for POD. For me, the added printing cost (stable for 12 years despite inflation), is more than made up by avoiding the hassle of inventories and warehousing, particularly when worldwide sales matter. As a small publisher, how could I maintain an inventory of books in Europe and Australia. I just wished Ingram printed in nearby Oregon.<br /><br />Color at about twice the price of b&w is certainly interesting. For text books, there's not a lot of advantage. There's only a handful of colors dark enough to be easy reading. <br /><br />But for children's story books well into the early teens and for technical books that need color screenshots it should be great. <br /><br />It also gets Ingram/LSI one up on Amazon's CreateSpace. Like others, I don't really like seeing Amazon moving into the roles of printer and publisher as well as retailer. Michael W. Perryhttp://www.inklingbooks.com/noreply@blogger.com