Comments on: Choosing A Cheap Self Publishing Solution

By: Tomas Stone

Tomas Stone — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:09:18 +0000

Ukunpublished.com is great, cheap and efficient, they have published two of my books. and are now working on the third.

By: Quesionable

Quesionable — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:38:06 +0000

I published with Xlibris. Seems they had a hard time correcting their own mistakes. I sent a error proof manuscript. Then the layout contained no paragraphs. Then rumor had it they and Blondell, Author House were getting my royaltes or money etc. and maybe from other sources as well. They say I sold no books, and niow want around $700.00 to do marketing which I already did on my own.

By: Madeleine-Joy

Madeleine-Joy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:51:36 +0000

^^^^^ whoopsy…correction, when I said 200-2050 pages, I ment 200-250 pages

By: Madeleine-Joy

Madeleine-Joy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:50:20 +0000

Hey there,

I just stumbled across your website and read your article, very very helpful. I have been having some trouble myself about self publishing my book. I am expecting it to be in the ball park area of 200-2050 pages or so…I just want like 100 copies of it with a plane yellow soft cover with the title and my name on it, nothing to fancy. On every website I go to, it ends up costing around $500-$1000+. Is there a website that could offer a better fee but also make it uber easy considering this is my very first novel that can ship to Canada without costing me a fortune. Thanks!

By: nell

nell — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:12:27 +0000

i want to get published for like cheap. but i think my book is too long and each place cost like $1000….

By: Bryce Beattie

Bryce Beattie — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:23:32 +0000

For the projects I’ve done on Lulu, I’ve used the freely available OpenOffice.org, and the spacing has been fine.

By: Claudia M.

Claudia M. — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:17:03 +0000

Did anybody buy publishing software to upload their book on Lulu. I’ve heard Word is terrible at spacing between words but I am wondering if getting the software is mandatory. Claudia.

By: suresh

suresh — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:37:28 +0000

I’m trying to self-publish a 200-page book and 5 audio CDs and am looking for publishing prices per unit for 10, 25, and 50 copies.I would like to publish both book and CDs and package them together as a single unit.If you could send me unit prices for each of the volume, that would be great. Thanks
Suresh.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:41:18 +0000

Just a quick thought regarding Vanessa’s comment on Jan. 9, 2008:

I’ve heard nightmare stories about PublishAmerica. You might want to do a web search for reviews on their products and their customer service. Sooooo many bad reviews!

By: Bryce Beattie

Bryce Beattie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:53:21 +0000

Jack – Yes, after you purchase a review copy of your book, it gets listed in Amazon. There are other ways to do this. You can join the Amazon advantage program for $27 a year and mail them copies of your book (of course, you’ll have to get the printing done somewhere). Or you can go through Lulu.com and drop the $100 bucks for the “global distribution” option. Getting your proof copy shipped to you shouldn’t cost more than $12-$15 total. Or you can get published by a regular publisher and have them do it all.

Also, It’s fairly simple to set up your document in OpenOffice. A while ago, I found a template for Lulu that would work just as well. Just Google for Lulu OpenOffice.org template.