
Remember what I wrote about print-on-demand (or POD) publishing?
It doesn’t take a genius to realize why ebooks became so popular (and how Amazon built an empire, based on authors’ years of rejections getting screwed by publishers and others frustrations with matters like distribution and marketing) among authors who decided to bypass the traditional publishing route. It’s relatively cheap (depending on your tolerance for bad covers and poor editing) and it’s easy as can be.
But when it comes to print books, you need to know a few things.