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Venice, Fl, USA
New “Print-on-Demand Printers Directory 2008” released by 21st Century Research
Writing and publishing your memoirs or experiences as well as fiction is good for your health. Until recently it was also expensive and difficult to interest a publisher in your manuscript. It took months and years before an agent or publisher cared to look at your material.
Now times have changed. Digital printing makes it possible for authors to self-publish their books quickly with inexpensive print-on-demand (POD) technology. The Internet provides numerous ways to promote, market and distribute such books and realize much higher royalties than traditional publishers will ever offer.
The book publishing industry is changing in a big way and many authors should grasp the opportunity this presents to them. They need a directory to evaluate and select the most suitable POD Printer for their bestsellers.
As digital presses get better and cheaper during the next few years most neighborhood printing shops may become de facto book publishers on demand. The attraction is that POD technology allows rapid book production of even a single copy at a reasonable cost.
Traditional publishers reject up to 98% of all the manuscripts submitted to them. Considering the fact that about 81% of Americans believe they have "a book in them" that suggests millions of frustrated writers looking in vain for a publisher. But now there is no need to wait for years until an agent or publisher decides to consider their manuscript. Veterans and retirees who want to publish their memoirs, diaries, life stories or even fiction based on their unusual experiences, can now avail themselves of POD services to get their books into print within weeks. The latest generations of computer savvy writers who are growing up with the benefits of the Internet are certainly taking advantage of these technologies.
With a POD service the authors do not sign an exclusive contract. They can compare and select a POD service best suited to their needs in several countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany, USA and the UK. Authors also keep all TV, film and audio rights, and can negotiate royalty and book price levels.
If a POD service does not perform to their satisfaction authors can take their business to a competitor. Those who care to find out how to handle book-formatting software can deal directly with POD printers over the Internet and produce copies only when a sale is made. Here again the younger authors are learning those skills at school and present a very competitive community.
Any author who does not take advantage of the self-publishing opportunities clearly works at a disadvantage, which will only increase as time progresses."The POD Printers Directory 2008" is designed to help unpublished authors to select a POD service best suited to their needs and ability.
The Internet also provides numerous avenues of promotion for self-published authors. There are web sites for advertising, publicity, book reviews, distributors, wholesalers, thousands of independent bookstores, and a myriad of interest groups, associations, book clubs, churches, libraries, and colleges to choose from.
Authors can set up their own promotions by developing specialized lists of producers of TV and radio shows, as well as book review editors at newspapers and magazines. They can design their own web sites, blogs and podcasts while joining numerous groups to discuss their books. At all times authors can promote their books as often as they want and are in control of what, when, and where will be done. 21st Century Research also provides the tools for book promotion in form of specialized E-mail lists of editors in various print media. Check our blog: ://book-publicity.blogspot.com
Our directories are available at a price of $ 10.00 each ($13.00 outside USA)with free handling and shipping by first class airmail. Use your credit card with PayPal . Checks or money orders should be made payable to:
21st Century Research
POD Document 71120
462 Lake of the Woods Drive
Venice, Florida, 34293-4144, USA
ABOUT 21st Century Research
This is a research firm established in 1974, which evaluates high technology markets within various industries on an international basis. Bohdan O. Szuprowicz, President, is a published author of several books and hundreds of articles in over 20 countries of the world. He is also an active member of Sarasota Fiction Writers Club, Sarasota Authors Connection and Sarasota Writers Forum as well as a member of the Schiehallion Club of Kinloch Rannoch.
Contact: Bohdan Szuprowicz, 941-496-7782, E-mail: maska5@comcast.net
21st Century Research
462 Lake of the Woods Drive,
Venice, FL 34293, USA
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