Print on demand
Technology: Print on Demand - article In the days of the dinosaurs before man stood upright there existed a publishing system that moaned and groaned with an inconsistency that not only hindered many would-be authors but hemorrhaged money with almost every project it produced. Before there was print on demand (POD) publishing there was traditional publishing. How it worked was that you wrote a book, made copies of chapters, got publishers’ addresses, and sent off copies with a cover letter. You crossed your fingers and waited. If you were lucky--No, wait.-- extremely lucky, you heard back from them for revisions and possibly an offer to publish. Maybe six months to a year went by and maybe your book was published and maybe it hit the shelves with some degree of marketing and you sold a few copies. That game has changed. With POD publishing the new print houses that have sprung up keep your book in a virtual inventory with machines that only print a copy of your manuscript once it’s ord...