Some Twenty Words of Intellect: amazon

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

... it's what it costs

My fact-finding venture has produced results. It seems that Amazon's createspace does produce print on demand books for a few dollars cheaper than Lulu.com does. The biggest boon however should be in the shipping costs, as I know from experience that Lulu gouges on international shipping, and Amazon is, well, Amazon. Here's the publishing versions of the COT-O cover and the book itself.

http://www.digital-nightfall.com/COT-O-cover.jpg
http://www.digital-nightfall.com/COT-original-publishing.pdf

I would like for the blog readers to check out the pdf file and offer any suggestions or comments about the formatting, as this is the prototype for how COT-R will be formatted.

The Great Big Enormous Neverending Wall

Arnie's favorite thing to do was to run around and see what he could find. But one day Arnie found something new, though it had been there all along. It was a great big, enormous, neverending wall. He wondered what could be behind it. He was sure it would be new places to run and explore. This children's book features a group of seven friends who confront a mysterious and (as the title suggests!) massive wall, and the adventure that results. The book is 8"x8" and 26 pages, with color illustration on every-other page. Recommended for ages three to ten, or grown-ups who are still kids at heart. 1st grade reading level. Order it from CreateSpace.

Seven Weeks In Japan - A Daily Journal

During the summer of 2007, a group of architecture grad students from the University of South Florida went on a seven week study abroad semester in Japan. One of them kept a journal...This book preserves the original journal entries with just minor corrections, along with additional annotation and over 400 images (black & white), included alongside the journal entries for the first time. Additionally, an address is provided to an online archive of the included photos (in color) plus 2,000 more. Order it from CreateSpace.