Recently when I did my taxes I was a bit surprised that I'd sold any Nook ebooks at all, and that the sales were as large as they were. Still pitifully small, nevertheless they were almost a third of what I got from selling my Amz ebooks.
I even sold some CreateSpace print-on-demand books, which also surprised me. I've only once in several years bought a POD book, from a favorite author whose book I wanted to read and re-read.
When I copied the Excel spreadsheet from B&N for 2016 I also discovered the fact that we can now create POD books there. And B&N's books can have not only paperback covers but hardback covers, including hardbacks with slip covers. Which got me to thinking that maybe I should put out my books as B&N POD books. I see two issues (at least), however.
One is the legality of having two separate publishers of the same book. Does Amazon allow that? Does B&N? They allow it for ebooks, but "pbooks"?
The other is the likelihood of getting printed books on B&N physical shelves. B&N says it can be done. I think that's technically true, but morally a lie. I'd guess that B&N's conditions for such placement make it a million-to-one possibility.
Anyone have opinions on these issues, and others I've not thought of?
I even sold some CreateSpace print-on-demand books, which also surprised me. I've only once in several years bought a POD book, from a favorite author whose book I wanted to read and re-read.
When I copied the Excel spreadsheet from B&N for 2016 I also discovered the fact that we can now create POD books there. And B&N's books can have not only paperback covers but hardback covers, including hardbacks with slip covers. Which got me to thinking that maybe I should put out my books as B&N POD books. I see two issues (at least), however.
One is the legality of having two separate publishers of the same book. Does Amazon allow that? Does B&N? They allow it for ebooks, but "pbooks"?
The other is the likelihood of getting printed books on B&N physical shelves. B&N says it can be done. I think that's technically true, but morally a lie. I'd guess that B&N's conditions for such placement make it a million-to-one possibility.
Anyone have opinions on these issues, and others I've not thought of?