Print On Demand Publishing - Costs, Sales and Profit for Lightning Source POD Book

Print On Demand Publishing - Costs, Sales and Profit for Lightning Source POD Book: "People who have worked in the publishing industry in any capacity are often dubious of the claims made for the print-on-demand publishing model, because it violates the 'rules' of publishing as they know them. Our best answer to the critics is to start off with a case study of a year in the life of an actual POD book, published by the author through Lightning Source, including the actual sales, profits, and trends. It's important to get an overview of the whole process and costs at the outset. If you have trouble following the discussion the first time through, just keep an eye on the dollars."

Morris Rosenthal has an interesting breakdown of using Lightning Source's POD service versus a traditional publishing contract.