The LL Book Review » jim bendat http://llbookreview.com Self-publishing book review Wed, 23 May 2012 19:20:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab http://llbookreview.com/2009/01/self-publishers-flourish-as-writers-pay-the-tab/ http://llbookreview.com/2009/01/self-publishers-flourish-as-writers-pay-the-tab/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:04:25 +0000 Shannon Yarbrough http://lulubookreview.com/?p=739 a very interesting and thorough article yesterday about the growth of the POD industry and how traditional markets are even suffering.]]> 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.

It begins…

The point may soon come when there are more people who want to write books than there are people who want to read them.

It also includes a nice success story about Jim Bendat’s self-published book about presidential inaugurations.

“I wanted the satisfaction of holding the book in my hands,” Mr. Bendat said.

“O.K., it’s not a best seller,” Mr. Bendat said, “but I’m happy for what’s happening.”

Don’t miss this quote from Lulu’s own Bob Young…

Indeed, said Robert Young, chief executive of Lulu Enterprises, based in Raleigh, N.C., a majority of the company’s titles are of little interest to anybody other than the authors and their families. “We have easily published the largest collection of bad poetry in the history of mankind,” Mr. Young said.

Overall, I found it to be a very nice and enlightening article and definitely worth the read for anyone who has already self-published or might be considering it.

Read the full article here.

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