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I have a guidebook that I am going to self-pub because it's very timely and I have a built-in audience and platform. Originally I was planning it just as an ebook but since it's a guide, I'm thinking people might want to bring it with them. Thus I have looked at both Lulu and Smashwords and am feeling pretty overwhelmed. Any advice on the following is appreciated:
-Which is a better ebook medium, Lulu or Smashwords? SM seems to be in more "stores" but not Amazon yet, while Lulu is at Amazon but seemed limited overall.
-Can I do the print book at Lulu and the ebook at SM if they are better? It looks like I can and like they need separate ISBNs, but I'm not 100 percent sure I'm interpreting that correctly.
-I cannot do frequent updates, correct? That would be the ideal since things at this destination change, but it looks like that would affect the ISBN so I would need to do a totally new edition.
-Which is a better ebook medium, Lulu or Smashwords? SM seems to be in more "stores" but not Amazon yet, while Lulu is at Amazon but seemed limited overall.
-Can I do the print book at Lulu and the ebook at SM if they are better? It looks like I can and like they need separate ISBNs, but I'm not 100 percent sure I'm interpreting that correctly.
-I cannot do frequent updates, correct? That would be the ideal since things at this destination change, but it looks like that would affect the ISBN so I would need to do a totally new edition.