I love your videos. Here is a tip for getting your book published via Print on demand and Offset printing. First you need to under stand that Print on demand is printed via xerox and printed in RGB. An offset printer uses Pantone colors which are more closely associate with CMYK. Using RGB with offset will give you muddy images as will using CMYK with print on demand. All Adobe products use CMYK. All Microsoft products use RGB. I do believe Publisher can choose between either one just as Adobe products can. And All offset printing is done in Pantone colors. So becareful to check your settings before uploading your book. I hope you find this helpful.
Julie great video, thank you. I thought my book would make a good course but your team convince me of that recently. I had never heard of it until you are brought it up. I love Book Launchers.
Julie I love this video it’s one of your best, thank you. I’ve always believe my book would make a great course and with the help of your team I see how that can happen. I never heard of thinkific until you all came along. W Love Book Launchers.
POD seems to be one of the hardest concepts for most "civilians" to comprehend. However, once they understand it, POD gets them excited (as it did for me seven years ago). Well explained, Julie!
I had to watch some RUclips videos to see it in access before I understood the differences between the different printing types. I love RUclips - I wouldn't have needed school if RUclips was around when I was a kid. :p
Very informative. After watching this video I am even more grateful for the POD option and not having to worry about stuffing my small room with boxes full of unsold books.
Right?! The print quality isn't perfect - I can find a flaw in every book, but readers rarely notice. I'll take a few flaws now and again over needing a storage locker!
Thank you Julie! I was wondering what offset printing was and why it was so expensive for small quantities. Thankfully, you taught me about the wonderful world of print on demand with Ingram Spark so I could get my book to the world without breaking the bank!
You're welcome and for commenting the day a video is released you'll be entered to win some great swag. We do the draws on our LIVE streams. The next one is happening on Tuesday, June 25th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST at Facebook.com/booklaunchers (replay gets posted here)
I didn't know Amazon would get the first copies out as quickly as they did. I ordered some from a faster printer and paid a little more, but now I have a stash to use when I make local appearances.
It is pretty wild how fast you can have copies in hand isn't it? The books aren't always perfect but the quality is pretty high especially given the speed.
Have you covered referencing in non-fiction books yet? I am making my way through my first draft and I mention how the dictionary defines a word as "[whatever the definition is]" and now I am curious if that is the correct way to do it or if there is a correct referencing process I need to follow. Also, I've heard various analogies/metaphors throughout my years of reading and various discussions, and now that I am applying some of what I heard, do I need to Google those to find where they originally came from to give reference to them in my non-fiction? Thank you for explaining the Thinkific hoodie and sharing the link...but I'm still partial to the Book Launchers one ;) lol Thanks for another insightful video Julie!
OMG I think I'd have to get one of my copy editors to do that video because that is definitely not my area of expertise (why I started a company where I can hire the best people who know the answer) ... but these are great questions. I'll shoot them over to our best copy editor and get her answers.
Thanks so much for your videos! I have learned a lot...and wish we had found them earlier. My colleague and I (both from Toronto) set up our own publishing company in the Dominican Republic...solely for the purpose of printing books for teaching English. We found that in our situation we had to print and store a large number of books in order for it to be profitable. But we are curious about how the same book could be produced and sold in Canada and the United States...as it is in a unique niche of the market.
Oh wow - I haven't heard of that before (setting up in DR). POD works great in Canada and the US. How do you typically sell your books? As a sidenote, I lived in Toronto for five years and did my MBA at Schulich School of Business at York. :)
9/10 times you want print on demand. maybe if you have a consignment sales deal lined up with local bookstores and a book tour with lots of arcs that offset might be better? or if you're doing a coffee table book? but most always pod -- to avoid remaindering.
@booklaunchers Let’s say you plan on doing both offset printing for your own collections and print on demands books. Which steps do you do FIRST? Do you submit book on print on demand sites then do offset printing? Which option is best? Is there any rules that must follow when it comes to that? Please and thank you
It doesn't really matter unless you're using the offset printing versions for your distribution. Offset takes longer so you will need more lead time on those copies.
I really think it is ... but every once in awhile I run into people who make a great case for the large print run ... but usually they have a built in market that is going to buy 1000's.
Thank God for POD. It got rid of ripoffs like Vantage Press who I almost went with in 2004 but something didn't smell right.: Vantage Press was a self-publishing company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1949 and ceased operations in late 2012. Vantage was the largest vanity press in the United States. In 1990, the State Supreme Court in New York ordered Vantage to pay $3.5 million in damages to 2,200 authors it had defrauded. According to the plaintiffs, Vantage charged money upfront, but never promoted the books as the authors had expected.
Wow!!! There are STILL ripoff companies out there .... and companies that still charge dollars on every copy of your own book that you buy which doesn't seem fair to me.
@@BookLaunchers Amazon does that on your proof copy. I think its 50% off for only 4 author copies. I wanted to take copies of Frankenstina to the Miami book fair. I asked Amazon for a discount on 25 copies. They said no discount on books. So I opened up an Amazon business account. Same thing. No discount. Therefore on a $12 book you're going to have to sell for $25 to see a profit.
I want to print with ingramspark but try don’t provide a icc profile, my book has RGB content so I need a icc profile and they don’t want to provide, what do you recommend?
Hi, I would be very grateful for some advice please. I'm in the process of publish my first cookbook, and I have obtained printed proof copies of my book from 5 different professional book printing companies, including Amazon KDP. The problem is, whilst the text comes out great, the photos don't look anywhere near as good as they do on my computer screen i.e., the pictures on my computer screen are very sharp and vivid, but the printed pictures in the books are shockingly poor as they're flat, dull, low definition, and nowhere near as sharp, and this is with all 5 printed copies from 5 different professional book printing companies. The pictures were taken with a quality DSLR camera, and as I said, the pictures are of very high clarity and definition, but the printed pictures don't look good - can you advise why that might be? Thanks.
Hi! I think this video could hold some of the answers: ruclips.net/video/o_EiytBImwE/видео.html I'm not experienced with cookbooks specifically but I think the color issue discussed in this video could be the reason.
You might have answered this before, but I can't seem to find the answer--If I publish with IngramSpark, will my book automatically be available on Amazon? Or do I also need a KDP account?
Your book will get published on Amazon - in fact we use Ingram Spark for pre-sales on Amazon and then on launch day we turn on KDP. The reason we do that is because you can't do the print pre-sale with KDP Print but you are likely going to sell the majority of books through Amazon and if you do that via Ingram you make less money per copy sold than if you sell it via Ingram. But ... to only answer your question ... YES it will be on Amazon using Ingram.
am looking to self publish a picture book to a small market, using POD to save upfront costs, in soft cover with good quality paper - how much should I be expecting to pay for 125 pages? went to Blurb and they want $73 per book as the base cost before any markup... seems expensive to me, am I wrong? went to KDP and could not find a calculator that would quote a similar book! thanks
So IngramSpark and KDP will just print and allow you to order books and not go through the whole sales and distribution thing? Will the the cost increase for the author since the POD won’t be getting any money from sales?
Print on demand is trash. And no one does offset printing anymore. lol Are there ANY real book printers today? I have looked in literally every nation in the world!
I love your videos. Here is a tip for getting your book published via Print on demand and Offset printing. First you need to under stand that Print on demand is printed via xerox and printed in RGB. An offset printer uses Pantone colors which are more closely associate with CMYK. Using RGB with offset will give you muddy images as will using CMYK with print on demand. All Adobe products use CMYK. All Microsoft products use RGB. I do believe Publisher can choose between either one just as Adobe products can. And All offset printing is done in Pantone colors. So becareful to check your settings before uploading your book. I hope you find this helpful.
Wow! You know your printing. Thank you for sharing.
@@BookLaunchers you can do both with Canva
Julie great video, thank you. I thought my book would make a good course but your team convince me of that recently. I had never heard of it until you are brought it up. I love Book Launchers.
Julie I love this video it’s one of your best, thank you. I’ve always believe my book would make a great course and with the help of your team I see how that can happen. I never heard of thinkific until you all came along. W Love Book Launchers.
POD seems to be one of the hardest concepts for most "civilians" to comprehend. However, once they understand it, POD gets them excited (as it did for me seven years ago). Well explained, Julie!
I had to watch some RUclips videos to see it in access before I understood the differences between the different printing types. I love RUclips - I wouldn't have needed school if RUclips was around when I was a kid. :p
Thanks for the information Julie.
Thanks for this - I knew nothing about the difference! Until now, that is.
Very informative. After watching this video I am even more grateful for the POD option and not having to worry about stuffing my small room with boxes full of unsold books.
Right?! The print quality isn't perfect - I can find a flaw in every book, but readers rarely notice. I'll take a few flaws now and again over needing a storage locker!
Excellent Julie. Thank you 💓
Your endscreens are the best. Check mark! ✔️
POD for the win! I love not having to have a garage full of books.
Right?! If you're fortunate enough to have a garage (I live in an apartment in LA)
I remember the apartment days, that’s for the birds!!!
Thank you Julie! I was wondering what offset printing was and why it was so expensive for small quantities. Thankfully, you taught me about the wonderful world of print on demand with Ingram Spark so I could get my book to the world without breaking the bank!
You're welcome and for commenting the day a video is released you'll be entered to win some great swag. We do the draws on our LIVE streams. The next one is happening on Tuesday, June 25th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST at Facebook.com/booklaunchers (replay gets posted here)
I didn't know Amazon would get the first copies out as quickly as they did. I ordered some from a faster printer and paid a little more, but now I have a stash to use when I make local appearances.
It is pretty wild how fast you can have copies in hand isn't it? The books aren't always perfect but the quality is pretty high especially given the speed.
Have you covered referencing in non-fiction books yet? I am making my way through my first draft and I mention how the dictionary defines a word as "[whatever the definition is]" and now I am curious if that is the correct way to do it or if there is a correct referencing process I need to follow. Also, I've heard various analogies/metaphors throughout my years of reading and various discussions, and now that I am applying some of what I heard, do I need to Google those to find where they originally came from to give reference to them in my non-fiction?
Thank you for explaining the Thinkific hoodie and sharing the link...but I'm still partial to the Book Launchers one ;) lol
Thanks for another insightful video Julie!
OMG I think I'd have to get one of my copy editors to do that video because that is definitely not my area of expertise (why I started a company where I can hire the best people who know the answer) ... but these are great questions. I'll shoot them over to our best copy editor and get her answers.
Thanks so much for your videos! I have learned a lot...and wish we had found them earlier. My colleague and I (both from Toronto) set up our own publishing company in the Dominican Republic...solely for the purpose of printing books for teaching English. We found that in our situation we had to print and store a large number of books in order for it to be profitable. But we are curious about how the same book could be produced and sold in Canada and the United States...as it is in a unique niche of the market.
Oh wow - I haven't heard of that before (setting up in DR). POD works great in Canada and the US. How do you typically sell your books?
As a sidenote, I lived in Toronto for five years and did my MBA at Schulich School of Business at York. :)
9/10 times you want print on demand.
maybe if you have a consignment sales deal lined up with local bookstores and a book tour with lots of arcs that offset might be better? or if you're doing a coffee table book? but most always pod -- to avoid remaindering.
POD for me! I'd have to move back to the US any other way.
@booklaunchers Let’s say you plan on doing both offset printing for your own collections and print on demands books. Which steps do you do FIRST? Do you submit book on print on demand sites then do offset printing? Which option is best? Is there any rules that must follow when it comes to that? Please and thank you
It doesn't really matter unless you're using the offset printing versions for your distribution. Offset takes longer so you will need more lead time on those copies.
Aww... thanks!
POD seems like a no brained anymore
I really think it is ... but every once in awhile I run into people who make a great case for the large print run ... but usually they have a built in market that is going to buy 1000's.
Thank God for POD. It got rid of ripoffs like Vantage Press who I almost went with in 2004 but something didn't smell right.:
Vantage Press was a self-publishing company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1949 and ceased operations in late 2012.
Vantage was the largest vanity press in the United States. In 1990, the State Supreme Court in New York ordered Vantage to pay $3.5 million in damages to 2,200 authors it had defrauded. According to the plaintiffs, Vantage charged money upfront, but never promoted the books as the authors had expected.
Wow!!! There are STILL ripoff companies out there .... and companies that still charge dollars on every copy of your own book that you buy which doesn't seem fair to me.
@@BookLaunchers Amazon does that on your proof copy. I think its 50% off for only 4 author copies. I wanted to take copies of Frankenstina to the Miami book fair. I asked Amazon for a discount on 25 copies. They said no discount on books. So I opened up an Amazon business account. Same thing. No discount. Therefore on a $12 book you're going to have to sell for $25 to see a profit.
I want to print with ingramspark but try don’t provide a icc profile, my book has RGB content so I need a icc profile and they don’t want to provide, what do you recommend?
Hi, I would be very grateful for some advice please.
I'm in the process of publish my first cookbook, and I have obtained printed proof copies of my book from 5 different professional book printing companies, including Amazon KDP.
The problem is, whilst the text comes out great, the photos don't look anywhere near as good as they do on my computer screen i.e., the pictures on my computer screen are very sharp and vivid, but the printed pictures in the books are shockingly poor as they're flat, dull, low definition, and nowhere near as sharp, and this is with all 5 printed copies from 5 different professional book printing companies.
The pictures were taken with a quality DSLR camera, and as I said, the pictures are of very high clarity and definition, but the printed pictures don't look good - can you advise why that might be?
Thanks.
Hi! I think this video could hold some of the answers: ruclips.net/video/o_EiytBImwE/видео.html
I'm not experienced with cookbooks specifically but I think the color issue discussed in this video could be the reason.
You might have answered this before, but I can't seem to find the answer--If I publish with IngramSpark, will my book automatically be available on Amazon? Or do I also need a KDP account?
Your book will get published on Amazon - in fact we use Ingram Spark for pre-sales on Amazon and then on launch day we turn on KDP. The reason we do that is because you can't do the print pre-sale with KDP Print but you are likely going to sell the majority of books through Amazon and if you do that via Ingram you make less money per copy sold than if you sell it via Ingram. But ... to only answer your question ... YES it will be on Amazon using Ingram.
Book Launchers, thanks. I didn’t know that. Sounds like I need to do some more research in understanding how all this works.
am looking to self publish a picture book to a small market, using POD to save upfront costs, in soft cover with good quality paper - how much should I be expecting to pay for 125 pages? went to Blurb and they want $73 per book as the base cost before any markup... seems expensive to me, am I wrong? went to KDP and could not find a calculator that would quote a similar book! thanks
Have you checked Lulu.com?
What about if you are willing to self sale is that ok
You can self sale - you just buy it direct from the POD company.
So IngramSpark and KDP will just print and allow you to order books and not go through the whole sales and distribution thing? Will the the cost increase for the author since the POD won’t be getting any money from sales?
How is print on demand printed is it laser?
Yes
@@BookLaunchers oh so the pages stick together if it sits around too long, I was hoping it was real ink fml.
I did stop to read the privacy policy of Thinkfific. Wow. I'm not going there.
Oh really? What was different about it than other platforms?
@@BookLaunchers They go to great lengths to collect your personal information. Way more that I want to give.
I'm printing an apostasy and I approve of this video!
Print on demand is trash. And no one does offset printing anymore. lol Are there ANY real book printers today? I have looked in literally every nation in the world!