A bit of advice

[A.L.]

So my second book should be ready soon and I am wondering about the paperback. Originally I was with Lulu for Book 1 but they take 8 weeks to get onto Amazon and due to the mark up were pretty expensive which is the main reason I changed.

Now one of the down sides of Createspace is for non-US authors you need to pay a ruddy fortune in shipping to get the book in less than a month for the author copy. Yes it is slightly chesper and obviously quicker on Amazon but I am really not sure. I had far more issues formatting it for Createspace and on playing about with the templates I don't think I can use the same cover template as my second one has a subtitle and it didn't fit. There is a PDF thingy that can be used but it looks a bit fiddly and I didn't realise when I chose it how awkward it would be for book 2.

I would probably have to put book 1 on Lulu as well, at least via the store and many the global reach which is Barnes and Noble and somewhere else. Which means a new ISBN, and reformatting it probably.

I am really not sure which way to go with it.

[Peter]

Simplest approach for largest audience. It takes forever anyway. Best wishes. Congrats on a new book!

[A.L.]

True.

No reason not to do both I guess. I could use CS for Amazon and lulu for the other platforms. If needs be I have a work around the silly times for the author proofs. Triple check it online, then let it go live. Order one from Amazon, which works out a bit cheaper and about 3 weeks quicker, then proof it when it arrives. I can stick it back into draft just after if needed.

[Peter]

You're much smarter than I am.

[Tim]

Have you thought about FeedARead?

[A.L.]

No don't know that one. Going to sort out the kindle first then contemplate it.