Publishing and printing a book is now easy and affordable for almost everyone. The cheapest solution is usually to sell ebook version via online distribution.
Here is a comparison chart of self-publishing services to print and sale your own book.
Link | CreateSpace | Dog Ear Publishing | iUniverse | Lulu | Outskirts Press | Smashwords | StreetLib |
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| Website | createspace.com | dogearpublishing.net | iuniverse.com | lulu.com | outskirtspress.com | smashwords.com | StreetLib.com |
| Price | $199 - $1099 | ||||||
| Last update | Jul. 30th 2012 12:29:37 AM | Jul. 30th 2012 12:29:37 AM | Jul. 30th 2012 12:29:37 AM | Jul. 11th 2015 4:56:16 PM | Aug. 3rd 2012 10:55:16 PM | Jul. 11th 2015 4:56:16 PM | Jul. 24th 2015 12:30:32 PM |
| Printing Services | |||||||
| Copyediting | Yes | Yes Service Timeline: 2-3 weeks Cost: $0.02/word | No | No | Yes http://outskirtspress.com/p/editing | - professional partners | |
| Custom cover | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 45€ for 2 proposals timeline:2-3 weeks | |
| Interior layout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Back cover | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Ebook | No | Yes ebook conversion: $399 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes free ebook conversion platform for user. or professional sevices 0.6/1€ per page | |
| Kindle, eReader ready | No | No | No | No | Yes http://outskirtspress.com/p/kindle | Yes Checked by ePubCheck | |
| Author services | |||||||
| Email support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Phone support | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Complementary copies | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Access to design teams | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Sales services | |||||||
| ISBN designation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Free | |
| Library of congress filing | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | - coming soon | |
| Third party reviews | No | No | No | No | Yes Kirkus Indie, Blue Ink, ForeWord Clarion | - coming soon | |
| Amazon listings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Online book search | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| See inside | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Retail distribution | Yes | Yes Barnes & Noble.com Amazon.com Booksamillion.com... | No | Yes | Yes | Yes almost a hundred local and worldwide online stores | |
| Worlwide distribution | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Marketing services | |||||||
| Author website creation | No | Yes from $395 to $695 | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Marketing consultation | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Email marketing | No | Yes email marketing campaign for $195 | No | No | No | No | |
| Press release campaign | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Press releases packages |
| The Book Blast package (outskirtspress.com/... includes a Custom Press Release and distribution and the PR Publicist campaign along with three other popular book marketing services. | |||||
| Promotional materials | Yes bookmarks, posters, business cards, postcards... | Yes | No | ||||
| Search engine marketing | Yes PPC Marketing Campaign: $595 | No | |||||
| Book video trailer | Yes Cost: $799 | Yes http://outskirtspress.com/p/videotrailer | No | ||||
| Audio book | Yes | No | |||||
| Returns policy service | Yes $200 | Yes |
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