Comments on: On Demand http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/08/12/on-demand/ The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: walt crawford http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/08/12/on-demand/comment-page-1/#comment-10658 walt crawford Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:09:10 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/08/12/on-demand/#comment-10658 The new service is more-or-less a direct competitor to parts of Lulu--and since neither one requires exclusivity, it's possible to use both. I plan to try that out. Clear up front: CreateSpace's books won't be quite as attractive to traditional book-lovers (bright white rather than cream-book paper), and CreateSpace's pricing is a little less favorable. Also clear up front: the free ISBN and entry into Amazon's system are distinct advantages. I'll blog about it after I get a book up in both systems. (Oh: "parts of"=CreateSpace doesn't do hardbound and only does very short full-color, max. 60 pages. Also, CreateSpace doesn't do calendars, for what that's worth.) The new service is more-or-less a direct competitor to parts of Lulu–and since neither one requires exclusivity, it’s possible to use both. I plan to try that out.

Clear up front: CreateSpace’s books won’t be quite as attractive to traditional book-lovers (bright white rather than cream-book paper), and CreateSpace’s pricing is a little less favorable.

Also clear up front: the free ISBN and entry into Amazon’s system are distinct advantages. I’ll blog about it after I get a book up in both systems. (Oh: “parts of”=CreateSpace doesn’t do hardbound and only does very short full-color, max. 60 pages. Also, CreateSpace doesn’t do calendars, for what that’s worth.)

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