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.
Enlace | CreateSpace | Dog Ear Publishing | iUniverse | Lulu | Outskirts Press | Smashwords | StreetLib |
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| Me gusta | Le gusta 0 | Le gusta 0 | Le gusta 0 | Le gusta 0 | Le gusta 0 | Le gusta 0 | Le gusta 1 |
| Sitio web | createspace.com | dogearpublishing.net | iuniverse.com | lulu.com | outskirtspress.com | smashwords.com | StreetLib.com |
| Precio | $199 - $1099 | ||||||
| Actualizado | 2012-07-30 00:29:37 | 2012-07-30 00:29:37 | 2012-07-30 00:29:37 | 2015-07-11 16:56:16 | 2012-08-03 22:55:16 | 2015-07-11 16:56:16 | 2015-07-24 12:30:32 |
| Printing Services | |||||||
| Copyediting | Sí | Sí Service Timeline: 2-3 weeks Cost: $0.02/word | No | No | Sí http://outskirtspress.com/p/editing | - professional partners | |
| Custom cover | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí 45€ for 2 proposals timeline:2-3 weeks | |
| Interior layout | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | |
| Back cover | No | No | Sí | No | Sí | Sí | |
| Ebook | No | Sí ebook conversion: $399 | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí free ebook conversion platform for user. or professional sevices 0.6/1€ per page | |
| Kindle, eReader ready | No | No | No | No | Sí http://outskirtspress.com/p/kindle | Sí Checked by ePubCheck | |
| Author services | |||||||
| Email support | No | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | |
| Phone support | No | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | |
| Complementary copies | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Access to design teams | No | No | No | No | Sí | No | |
| Sales services | |||||||
| ISBN designation | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí Free | |
| Library of congress filing | Sí | Sí | No | No | Sí | - coming soon | |
| Third party reviews | No | No | No | No | Sí Kirkus Indie, Blue Ink, ForeWord Clarion | - coming soon | |
| Amazon listings | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | |
| Online book search | No | Sí | No | No | Sí | Sí | |
| See inside | No | No | Sí | No | Sí | Sí | |
| Retail distribution | Sí | Sí Barnes & Noble.com Amazon.com Booksamillion.com... | No | Sí | Sí | Sí almost a hundred local and worldwide online stores | |
| Worlwide distribution | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | |
| Marketing services | |||||||
| Author website creation | No | Sí from $395 to $695 | No | No | Sí | No | |
| Marketing consultation | No | No | No | No | Sí | Sí | |
| Email marketing | No | Sí email marketing campaign for $195 | No | No | No | No | |
| Press release campaign | Sí | Sí | 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 | Sí bookmarks, posters, business cards, postcards... | Sí | No | ||||
| Search engine marketing | Sí PPC Marketing Campaign: $595 | No | |||||
| Book video trailer | Sí Cost: $799 | Sí http://outskirtspress.com/p/videotrailer | No | ||||
| Audio book | Sí | No | |||||
| Returns policy service | Sí $200 | Sí |
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