Comments on: Book Review: Doing Business By The Book by Sophfronia Scott http://www.bloggernews.net/120606 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Simon Barrett http://www.bloggernews.net/120606#comment-1157755 Simon Barrett Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:02:55 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/120606#comment-1157755 Yes indeed Self Publishing and Print On Demand are two potentially different beasts, however today they do run into each other in a blur. I can see clear pros and cons to SP, POD, and more traditional routes. All can work, but all need the same attention to detail. SP and POD can avoid some very important steps. They may seem trivial at the time, but as sure as the sun will rise in the morning they will come back to bite you. Simon Yes indeed Self Publishing and Print On Demand are two potentially different beasts, however today they do run into each other in a blur.

I can see clear pros and cons to SP, POD, and more traditional routes. All can work, but all need the same attention to detail. SP and POD can avoid some very important steps. They may seem trivial at the time, but as sure as the sun will rise in the morning they will come back to bite you.

Simon

]]> By: Michael N. Marcus http://www.bloggernews.net/120606#comment-1157239 Michael N. Marcus Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:51:40 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/120606#comment-1157239 CORRECTION: Self-publishing is NOT print-on-demand. Self-publishing existed long before POD. Many self-publishers now use POD, but so do traditional publishers. POD is a type of printing, not a type of publishing. Printing is only one stage of publishing. CORRECTION:

Self-publishing is NOT print-on-demand.

Self-publishing existed long before POD. Many self-publishers now use POD, but so do traditional publishers.

POD is a type of printing, not a type of publishing.

Printing is only one stage of publishing.

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