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Hi,

Can anyone help me get my head round something ?

I have set myself up as a UK publisher so I can use Lightning Source and as such have bought myself 10 ISBN numbers via Nielsen.

Nielsen have announced my book via their network so my first ISBN for my first book is now in the public domain (even though I had not finaliased the printing !) - As such it is showing up on many on-line booksellers.

I have now though accepted the proof from Lightning Source and the book is "Live" and thus in print via their POD service.

They also have announced my book through their channels.

As a customer then I would have 2 ways to get the book without knowing that there was a difference.

1) Buy it from a store that got to find out about it from Nielsen - This would mean I would get an order and would have to service that order (I don't fancy that)

2) Buy it from a store that are part of Lightning Source's distribution (Which I like as I just get the commission)

The questions is:- What do I tell Nielsen to change on their records so that ALL shops point towards Lightning Sources distribution chain ?

Can anyone help ?

Thanks,

Justin

Mike Shatzkin has two interesting posts exploring the philosophies and economics of royalty percentage, as it applies to old-style publishing, print-on-demand publishing, and eBooks:

• The royalty math: print, wholesale model, agency model
• The other comparison: ebook royalties versus ebook self-publishing

Do you have anything to add?

Self-publishing continues to grow in popularity - tech news site CNET have just published this article with a list of advice on doing it right: "Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know". Executive Editor David Carnoy tells of his experience in self-publishing his novel Knife Music through Booksurge, offering words of wisdom for anyone else interested. Though he mentions Lightning Source as an option for the serious self-publisher, he concentrates on Booksurge/Createspace and Lulu because he was "less concerned about making money from this venture and more interested in putting together a well-packaged product that I wouldn't be embarrassed to sell." Four months down the track, his agent was able to sell the book to a mainstream publisher. What do you think of the article? What advice would you add to his list?

From the New York Times, no less: "The Rise of Self-Publishing.

Last year, according to the Bowker bibliographic company, 764,448 titles were produced by self-publishers and so-called microniche publishers... This is up an astonishing 181 percent from the previous year. Compare this enormous figure with the number of so-called traditional titles — books with the imprimatur of places like Random House — published that same year: a mere 288,355 (down from 289,729 the year before). Book publishing is simply becoming self-publishing.

The figures don't lie...