By Shannon Yarbrough on January 30, 2009
In yesterday’s post about an article in the Times I failed to mention the POD success story of Lisa Genova. Lisa tried desperately to find a traditional publisher for her book, Still Alice. After many failed attempts, she opted to self-publish the book with iUniverse and began selling copies out of the trunk of her car. Simon and Schuster ended up picking up the book last year on a half million dollar contract and Still Alice hit the NYT Bestseller list this month!
Posted in Opinions | Tagged cell phone fiction, daemon, daniel suarez, Getting Published, iUniverse, lisa genova, POD, pod success, print on demand, print on demand success, still alice, times |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 28, 2009
The New York Times published a very interesting and thorough article yesterday about the growth of the POD industry and how traditional markets are even suffering.
Posted in Opinions, Self-Publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged bob young, iUniverse, jim bendat, lulu.com, new york times, POD, print on demand, self published, self-publishers flourish |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 18, 2009
A post in the Lulu forum under Customer Service Announcements on the 15th states that Lulu was discontinuing online live chat support as of the 15th. I’ve never had much success with their chat techs anyway as you may remember from experiences I recorded in the POD Diary.
Posted in Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged author solutions, authorhouse, bob young, iUniverse, lulu book review, lulu gets rid of chat, lulu lay off, lulu.com, lulu.com chat support, wall street, xlibris |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 3, 2008
Although our “Search for America” ended last month, I’d like to revisit it for a moment to tell readers about another book. Although this blog is devoted strictly to books published through Lulu, this particular book was not. However, it is still a POD title, and its author runs another POD review site that has been in existence for over two years.
Posted in Educational, History, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon.com, america, american, Floyd M. Orr, History, iUniverse, Lulu, lulu book review, POD, podbram, pop culture, print on deman, timeline of america |
