tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745462528690567203.post7094586872542702744..comments2023-06-24T07:40:03.050-07:00Comments on The Self-Publisher's Notebook: Lightning Source versus CreateSpace for POD (Print-on-Demand) Service Reviewed Yet AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745462528690567203.post-23446612153405216532013-08-12T12:00:19.406-07:002013-08-12T12:00:19.406-07:00LSI is a great company but as a one man shop, CS i...<i>LSI is a great company but as a one man shop, CS is too easy to use and the difference in discount, which means more money in my pocket, would come at the price of valuable time and energy dealing with getting the titles set up with LSI. I view the money lost to the discount demanded by CS as a business cost - my time.</i><br /><br />Yes, this is pretty much what I was thinking. I'm on my first book, but I have several more in the works at various stages. But I'd rather spend my limited free time getting the next ones ready to go than fighting with the LSI learning curve.<br /><br />Also, I tend to be a tinkerer. Even though I tell myself that once I upload the file, I will quit thinking about that book, I know better. I will always find little things I want to add or change....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745462528690567203.post-63888992805389166132013-08-11T20:25:33.374-07:002013-08-11T20:25:33.374-07:00If this is your first POD book, I would use Create...If this is your first POD book, I would use CreateSpace. The entire process of getting your book ready to print is so much easier with CS than Lightning.<br /><br />If you followed Aaron's Plan B, you used CreateSpace for all sales through Amazon and DID NOT use the expanded distribution for sales elsewhere (i.e, Barnes and Noble). LSI is used to service the sales that would otherwise have been serviced by CS.<br /><br />Like I said, confused?<br /><br />If you read Aaron's Plan C, which is linked to in the post, the method Amazon used for discounting books has changed making Plan B obsolete.<br /><br />While I have some titles with LSI, I long ago made the decision to use CS for everything. When I revisit that decision, as mentioned in the post, I still stick to it. LSI is a great company but as a one man shop, CS is too easy to use and the difference in discount, which means more money in my pocket, would come at the price of valuable time and energy dealing with getting the titles set up with LSI. <br /><br />I view the money lost to the discount demanded by CS as a business cost - my time.<br /><br />Hope this makes sense.<br /><br />If not, let me know and I'll try again to clarify the part of my statement that seems confusing. I am sure you're not the only individual confused.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437542213632656366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745462528690567203.post-87066661597318136392013-08-11T16:00:58.990-07:002013-08-11T16:00:58.990-07:00So are you using CreateSpace's Extended Distri...So are you using CreateSpace's Extended Distribution, or just selling through Amazon? I am working toward a POD version of my ebook, and I'm trying to figure out whether LSI is worth the effort. <br /><br />Aaron's advice is confusing to me, because he says to start with CS and then add in LSI if the sales warrant it. But you can't add LSI if you've been in Extended Distribution, can you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com