tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post3832766979794888907..comments2023-09-25T02:24:22.087-07:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Blog: WORD COUNT GUIDELINES UPDATED FOR THE NEW DECADEAnne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-73144097604218349442010-01-05T05:26:09.048-08:002010-01-05T05:26:09.048-08:00Word count reminds me of that scene in Amadeus wit...Word count reminds me of that scene in Amadeus with the Emperor sniffing at Mozart, "Too many notes!" Interesting posting. POD sure sounds promising. Trick is how you'd "advertise" such a book, i.e. no piles of books in a bookstore for people to thumb through. Just a name and photo on Amazon? Or do you pay to print a certain number of books to put about then hope for POD orders?Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-49392742895461753712010-01-04T16:04:53.994-08:002010-01-04T16:04:53.994-08:00Genie--
POD is short for Print On Demand. It's...Genie--<br />POD is short for Print On Demand. It's the technolgy used by self-publishing outfits and many small presses as well. It allows the publisher to print one book at a time--as ordered--"on demand"--in a kind of high-tech Xerox machine--and not have the expense of printing, warehousing and shipping unsold books-which then are often returned at more expense.<br /><br />But the technology has not taken off with mainstream publishers as many had hoped. Most paper books are still published the inefficient old fashioned way. <br /><br />The new technology that now has the public's interest is the e-book, now that Kindles and their cousins are the hot new item. E-books are "on demand" too, and no paper, shipping or returns are involved. <br /><br />So POD technology has been sidelined for the moment. But I don't think anybody knows exactly what road publishing will take from here.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-50429076335965790052010-01-04T14:21:14.530-08:002010-01-04T14:21:14.530-08:00Just curious--Susan, what's POD? I'm ignor...Just curious--Susan, what's POD? I'm ignorant of that acronym.<br /><br />Anne, THANK YOU for another bit of clear, very useful advice!Jean Michelle Miernikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971882597502010124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-35206555522584500512010-01-04T13:36:17.695-08:002010-01-04T13:36:17.695-08:00Seems to me if traditional publishers would jump o...Seems to me if traditional publishers would jump on the POD bandwagon for production, they'd not only save a few thousand trees, they could also stop dictating to the muse and clipping writers' wings 'cause their costs would drop dramatically. <br /><br />As a reader, I do not like "short" books, because they don't give me enough time with the characters - the story is started and over in a flash. Not satisfying. Give me Elizabeth George and her 800 - 1,000 page tomes any day. When a story is well-written, readers don't notice the length, they simply live in the writer's world with grateful hearts. <br /><br />Too bad the "powers that be" over-rely on email and texting; they're losing the ability to enter and dwell for days in alternate realities. Thank God that with with POD publishers, small press publishers who still recognize good literature whatever the length, and e-book technology, we don't have to become the "cookie cutter" writers the "experts" proclaim we must. <br /><br />This is not to say that if I ever do write one within the word-length guidelines I won't send it to as many agents and traditional publishers I can find. I'll take any opportunity to get out there! LOLSusan Tuttle, author Tangled Webshttp://www.susant-writer.comnoreply@blogger.com