Well, rats. I ran out of publishing entries to read.
I have one somewhat strange question to ask about POD.
I was thinking that it might be cool to use a POD house to produce the "reader draft" copies of my unedited novel. That is, instead of sending out printed manuscripts to be marked up and commented on by the people who've offered to proof it, I could send an actual book-like object. Which would be more expensive and less practical than a printed copy, but hey, it'd look cool and that's gotta be worth something. >:) (I may also be underestimating the cost. I think CafePress was on the order of $15-$30 per book with no minimum order, which didn't seem too excessive for a half-dozen gift copies).
However, I'm somewhat concerned that somehow, doing so would jeopardize my ability to sell "first publication" rights -- that somehow, having a POD house run off copies bound in book form would make that a "first publication" even though I was only distributing them to a handful of friends. Hrm.
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Date: 2004-08-05 11:22 am (UTC)I have one somewhat strange question to ask about POD.
I was thinking that it might be cool to use a POD house to produce the "reader draft" copies of my unedited novel. That is, instead of sending out printed manuscripts to be marked up and commented on by the people who've offered to proof it, I could send an actual book-like object. Which would be more expensive and less practical than a printed copy, but hey, it'd look cool and that's gotta be worth something. >:) (I may also be underestimating the cost. I think CafePress was on the order of $15-$30 per book with no minimum order, which didn't seem too excessive for a half-dozen gift copies).
However, I'm somewhat concerned that somehow, doing so would jeopardize my ability to sell "first publication" rights -- that somehow, having a POD house run off copies bound in book form would make that a "first publication" even though I was only distributing them to a handful of friends. Hrm.