| All creative writers find that the huge problem | | | | have to figure out a way to sell them. |
| with going the Print on demand also known as the | | | | If Amazon is selling it for $17.99 CreateSpace |
| POD route is that it costs more to produce single | | | | royalties are about 35% of the list price and if |
| copies of your book than it does to have them | | | | you become an Amazon Affiliate you can earn |
| print a thousand copies of your book. You can | | | | 7% more. These are pretty decent royalty rates |
| buy your book, from CreateSpace for $5.70. | | | | in the self-publishing world. Some of the other |
| Now, if you had your book printed up directly | | | | self-publishers may have a little more flexibility |
| through a POD printer and you ordered a 3 | | | | with price setting then on Amazon, but they do |
| thousand of them you will be able to cut the | | | | not have the power and reach that Amazon does |
| cost nearly in half. But you will have to pay an | | | | so you are likely to sell more copies. |
| upfront fee to buy books and then you would | | | | |