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Post by jptanabe on Jun 17, 2020 15:58:20 GMT
Like everyone I am worried about the future of Lulu. And I am reluctant to go with KDP and limit my sales to Amazon. Has anyone tried Blurb, or have any feedback about it? I know it used to be focused on photo books, but it looks like they do Trade Books too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2020 16:28:12 GMT
Like everyone I am worried about the future of Lulu. And I am reluctant to go with KDP and limit my sales to Amazon. Has anyone tried Blurb, or have any feedback about it? I know it used to be focused on photo books, but it looks like they do Trade Books too. Yes. Cumbersome, high cost, overall annoying. Ingram Spark, free six months a year, top of the food chain. |
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Post by Rob on Jun 17, 2020 16:36:14 GMT
I`d be interested in feedback on Blurb as well, they look very interesting, looks very user friendly at first glance.
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Post by Rob on Jun 17, 2020 16:41:17 GMT
Like everyone I am worried about the future of Lulu. And I am reluctant to go with KDP and limit my sales to Amazon. Has anyone tried Blurb, or have any feedback about it? I know it used to be focused on photo books, but it looks like they do Trade Books too. Yes. Cumbersome, high cost, overall annoying. Ingram Spark, free six months a year, top of the food chain. Thats a shame, the costs for a book looked comparable to Lulu, where does the high cost come in ? And can you expand on the annoyance and cumbersome aspects ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2020 18:39:07 GMT
Yes. Cumbersome, high cost, overall annoying. Ingram Spark, free six months a year, top of the food chain. Thats a shame, the costs for a book looked comparable to Lulu, where does the high cost come in ? And can you expand on the annoyance and cumbersome aspects ? It was ten years ago. Unfortunately I can only remember generalities. But you have nothing to lose to try one book there. |
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Post by Rob on Jun 18, 2020 8:04:21 GMT
Thanks Maggie  |
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Post by benziger on Jun 18, 2020 13:35:48 GMT
I took Blurb into the closer selection, but then published the last three books with Maggie's coupon code* at IngramSpark for free. What for?
Blurb
- costs extra to remove the Blurb logo
- the price page does not show it to me (only white)
- They distribute with Ingram, so I can go directly to Ingram.
IngramSpark
- free ISBN (I do not need it)
- was super easy - similar to Lulu
- no setup costs with coupon code (so I publish my books when the next code is available)
- very broad distribution network
- simple cover design (at the end you can download a template for your project; opened in Gimp; cover created in a new layer above; saved and uploaded)
*INGRAMSPARK2020 (until end of June, new coupon in autumn)
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