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“I think POD publishing has a great future. I’d imagine that the industry will mature and undergo some consolidation as is common among new industries—in fact, you already see some of that with the major traditional publishing houses taking note of the phenomenon and setting up their own operations (ironically, however, with some of the same very slow-moving attributes of their parents). I think POD gives authors, especially new authors, a great avenue for getting their works out to the public.”
Chuck DeVore and Steven Mosher
China Attacks “The future of the POD publishing process is extremely good for first-time authors. If you are successful you can then attract agents. I believe the POD publishing industry will continue to improve its services, and particularly, alternative ways to help promote and market the books they publish.”
Phil Bullard
Republican Bastards “I’m constantly recommending that fellow authors publish this way. Most don’t want to stockpile books and don’t have the time to mail out books to fill orders. With Print-On-Demand, I’m able to maintain my full-time job while lining up workshops and book signings until I can afford to quit my ‘day job’ and go full-time as a writer and speaker. Maintaining the rights to your book is a great benefit. Being able to change or add to the book allows you to ‘keep the book current.’ The content of the book should be your choice as the author, not the publisher. My book is based on my workshop, which I have presented many times. The stories are based on true stories. A traditional publisher couldn’t begin to have the insights I have regarding my material, yet they would have had the right to change whatever they wanted. I believe more and more authors will recognize the advantage of publishing with POD and the risks involved with publishing with a traditional publisher. Once your book takes off, a traditional publisher may come forward and make an offer. Frankly, I’d rather retain control of my book!”
Carol M. Welsh
When You’re Seeing Red, STOP! “I see the future as POD publishing. How can anybody compete with it. I read recently where Random House or one of the big publishers would be going to publish on-demand in one of their out-houses. When I read it I thought, someone has seen the writing on the wall—and it ain’t graffiti.”
James M. Waddell
How Majestic And How Grand
Capone’s Vault “I see magazines, posters, videos, CDs in addition to books being released in Print-On-Demand systems in the future. Think of the trees saved and landfill waste eliminated. Also, what extreme creativity and choice this would allow us.”
Marie Anakee Miczak
Mehndi – Rediscovering Henna Body Art “I believe that POD publishing will overshadow the big guys in time for several reasons: 1) readers get tired of reading the same authors with the same story lines in different settings; 2) authors get tired of being bound by restrictions as to subject matter, writing style, and being ignored or rejected by the big publishers who seem reluctant to try anything new; 3) the general public is tiring of major publishers right along with the other monopolies who seek to control everything in their field.”
Anne Marie Jasper
Sandspurs “In the future I expect more and more publishing companies to go to POD publishing. The POD process will save them money and storage space. Most traditional publishing companies put only a few books on the market each year, and except for ‘timely’ books, they may take up to two years to publish a book after they have agreed to publish it. With POD they can easily add more titles to their list.”
Mona MacDonald Tippins
TOMORROW THE TRAIN “I believe this is definitely the wave of the future. Traditional book publishers have been a bottleneck for new authors and they only serve to throttle the availability of new reading material, especially from upcoming authors. I’m sure there are many good authors who either never tried to submit their work, or who never made it to print because of the screening and filtering process provided by these big publishing houses. If a publisher must invest millions of dollars to properly promote an author in order to generate huge book sales, they can’t afford to make many mistakes before they go out of business. POD publishing allows a talented author who’s limited on funds to enter the literary arena and compete with the large publishing houses. I believe the entire book publishing industry will be turned on its head and will look entirely different in the years to come. POD publishing provides a much more level playing field. The traditional book publisher will have to alter their current strategy, or suffer the inevitable consequences of their own demise.”
Chris Crawford
Happiness is Everything! “The POD publishing industry is absolutely a force to be reckoned with. It’s a young and vital industry that will be the dominant power in the book publishing world in the years to come. This is certainly the way of the future! With this process, books will never go out of print. I feel that the POD publishers that maintain a constant forward motion in their service to both Author and the Reading Public, will become a solid company.”
JD Richards
ONE MORE YESTERDAY (Time Line Trilogy) “The large publishing houses are consolidating and offering fewer and fewer opportunities for new writers. They look for ‘sure things’ and follow success trends until the market is saturated with too many versions of a single theme. The reading public is suffering for that. In the ever shrinking ‘real’ publishing world, readers have fewer and fewer opportunities to hear fresh voices that offer new ways of thinking. POD publishing and electronic books provide an outlet for non-mainstream creativity and a venue to readers hungry for new fare. If traditional publishing houses don’t stop taking the safe way with sure-bet authors—that sometimes aren’t such a sure-bet—they’ll dry up and disappear. The safe way doesn’t look so safe to me and the sure-bet authors just look stale. Maybe it’s time to say everything old is new again and wave goodbye to the publishing houses, maybe not. I only know they have some pretty hefty competition coming from POD authors and if they go under, they brought it on themselves.”
Melody Higdon
With Crystal Clarity
The Gale-Borne Child
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