| If you are a writer by heart, communicating your | | | | and formatting). The book is then released to the |
| thoughts through your book is pure joy. But | | | | printer and binder system. Your book will be |
| getting your book published remains to be a | | | | ready in 5-10 minutes for delivery to the |
| struggle for many authors. Getting your | | | | customer. |
| masterpiece ready for your readers' consumption | | | | Step 5: Packaging and delivery |
| remains to be the hardest part of the whole | | | | Your book will then be packaged and addressed |
| process. The book industry is a hard world for | | | | to the customer (this is another benefit with the |
| newbies and seasoned writers alike. But | | | | POD method; you do not break a sweat for |
| fortunately in the advent of the information age, | | | | delivery). |
| there are many options to take in publishing your | | | | The entire process takes at least 10 working |
| book. The Print on Demand (POD) option is | | | | days or up to 10 weeks if numerous revisions are |
| thriving, slowly gaining ground and making | | | | made by the author. |
| independent publishing possible and practical. | | | | How about if we decide to do our Publishing on |
| So what is Print on Demand? This simply refers | | | | Demand (POD) in Amazon? For that, We will be |
| to printing a book at the time of purchase. This | | | | linking up with BookSurge. is part of the Amazon |
| innovative way of self publishing saves you time, | | | | group of companies that offers complete |
| effort and considerable resources. The issue of | | | | publishing, inventory-free fulfillment and on-line |
| rejection is not a given here. In POD, it doesn't | | | | distribution services for independent publishers. |
| matter if you are a newbie. | | | | Let us have an in depth look of BookSurge's |
| In a more general look on POD, let us look at the | | | | process. Focus on these simple steps: |
| following steps: | | | | Step 1: Set an appointment with the Publishing |
| Step 1: Submission of materials | | | | Consultant |
| Submit a copy of your final draft to any POD | | | | Speak to Amazon's Publishing Consultant to |
| service provider. At this point, make sure you | | | | determine your book's individual needs for Editing, |
| already formatted your material in a way that it | | | | Design and Promotional Services. |
| should look when it will be printed. This in itself will | | | | Step 2: Choose Options |
| already provide you the first benefit of POD: your | | | | Choose the publishing option best suited for your |
| book has the unique edge over other books | | | | project: Express PDF Publishing, Manuscript |
| coursed through more conventional methods. | | | | Formatting or Fully Customized Interior and |
| Step 2: Wait | | | | Exterior Book Design. Match your publishing |
| There will be some waiting time for your material | | | | program with one of our popular packages |
| to be up and running to the site's database. | | | | developed by successful authors to fit any book |
| Step 3: Reception of order | | | | genre. |
| Using your book's assigned ISBN, people will start | | | | Step 3: Promotional Tools |
| to take orders of your book (provided you are | | | | Choose additional promotional avenues to |
| very active in doing promotion for it). The POD | | | | maximize visibility for your book. This will be |
| service provider can also have their own virtual | | | | important in generating sales for your |
| bookstore for your book to be displayed. This is | | | | masterpiece. |
| considered a major add-on service from them | | | | Step 4: Continuous Learning |
| (most do not have upfront fee for this). | | | | Practice continuing education using our author |
| Step 4: Printing your book | | | | resources to help you publish and market your |
| An operator will be there to access your material | | | | book, along with advice and solutions from our |
| and make sure that every detail is correct (editing | | | | publishing experts. |