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IngramSpark Announces New Quality Standards for Its POD Service

25 February, 202025 February, 2020POD5 Comments

IngramSpark, the self-publishing division of the book distributor Ingram Content Group, sent out an email today informing users of a new policy intended to reduce misleading...

KDP Print Expands to Canada

22 October, 201922 October, 2019Kindle (platform), POD, Self-PubOne Comment

Amazon's POD service has expanded into the land of moose and snow. The retailer announced in the KDP support forums last week that KDP Print could...

POD Giveth, and POD Taketh Away (Piracy)

24 June, 201924 June, 2019Amazon, Piracy, POD4 Comments

About four years back I uncovered a massive textbook piracy operation running unchecked in Createspace. Enterprising scammers were stealing dozens of digital textbooks, then pirating them...

B&N Press Now Offers eBook Coupon Codes

30 March, 201930 March, 2019Barnes & Noble, POD, Self-Pub3 Comments

B&N Press continues to add features, lending credence to rumors about an impending sale of the Nook division. I just got an email from B&N, informing...

Amazon is Still Selling Pirated POD Textbooks

14 February, 201914 February, 2019Amazon, Piracy, POD4 Comments

Over the past three years I have reported no fewer than four times about Amazon's ongoing problem with counterfeit and pirated books in its POD service,...

Draft2Digital Adds POD (beta)

30 October, 201830 October, 2018POD, Self-PubLeave a comment

From the D2D blog: Right now we are beta testing our new print on demand (POD) service, finding and eliminating any bugs and technical challenges, and...

B&N Press Now Offers Print Pre-Orders, ARC Sales

11 October, 201811 October, 2018Barnes & Noble, POD, Self-PubOne Comment

Whatever subcontractor is now running B&N Press on behalf of Barnes & Noble sure is doing a bang up job. They just announced a bevy of new...

Are POD Publishers Pirating Your Book on Amazon?

18 September, 201819 September, 2018Piracy, POD4 Comments

While programs like Google Books are performing a great public service by scanning rare public domain books and making them available, sometimes in-copyright books are also...

Amazon is Merging Createspace Into KDP Print

27 August, 201827 August, 2018Kindle (platform), POD11 Comments

I called it. Amazon has just taken the step that I am sure many saw coming. A new notice has been posted to Createspace user dashboards,...

Createspace DVD/CD Production is Shutting Down, With Accounts Moving to Amazon Media on Demand

25 July, 201825 July, 2018Amazon, POD9 Comments

Amazon just hammered another nail into Createspace's coffin. The retailer sent out an email this morning to select Createspace users, informing them that Createspace's disc production...

KDP Print Expands Its Distribution Network to Include US Bookstores

10 July, 201827 August, 2018Amazon, POD6 Comments

Amazon just eliminated one of the few differences between its two POD platforms. Yesterday they announced that authors and publishers who use KDP Print can get...

Has Anyone Heard that Amazon is Merging Createspace into KDP Print (?)

21 June, 201821 June, 2018Amazon, POD16 Comments

Amazon is about to throw a wrench in authors' carefully made plans. Reports are coming in that some time in the next month, Amazon will be...

Book Printer File For Bankruptcy, Stiffs Customers on Outstanding Orders

8 June, 20188 June, 2018Paper, POD, PublishingOne Comment

When book printer Edwards Brothers Malloy announced last week that it was winding down its operations and would complete all outstanding jobs. It's with heavy hearts...

Hackers Now Targeting Author Accounts on Createspace

17 April, 201817 April, 2018Amazon, POD6 Comments

If you have an account on Createspace then you might want to change your password - and while you're at it, double check your payment details....

Amazon’s CreateSpace Provides a Safe Haven for Textbook Scams, Money Laundering, and Rampant Piracy

13 April, 201822 November, 2019Amazon, Piracy, POD13 Comments

Amazon is destroying the Kindle Store from the inside out by letting broken algorithms run the show, punishing innocents while letting major scammers off scot-free. Createspace,...

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