[Buddha-l] Fair Use behind Closed Classroom Doors

[Margaret Gouin]

It appears that all these services give you the option of purchasing an ISBN
number (for a very reasonable price) which gets the book listed on
Amazon.com (free publicity, of a kind).

I know a book designer who has had a number of professional projects
published through Lulu.com and is very satisfied with the results.

However there's also the issue of street cred. for a starting academic like
me--having a book published through a recognised academic publisher looks
good on the CV. Just need to find one that's proactive and has a good
distribution network.

Margaret

2009/3/4 Christopher Fynn <cfynn at gmx.net>

> If one is prepared to do the editing, layout and proof-reading - and
> then to produce final PDF files, then the cost of becoming a publisher
> using one of the numerous print-on-demand services is minimal. They will
> handle all the orders from Amazon and other distributors - print and
> ship copies as ordered ~ you receive the selling price minus their cost.
>
> In fact most academic presses now use print on demand services
> themselves  - that is why many books published in recent years never go
> out of print.
>
> The prices these publishers sell books for bears no relation to what the
> print on demand services charge them - their printing, binding  and
> shipping costs per book are in fact pretty low.
>
> - Chris
>
> Kdorje at aol.com wrote:
> > Has anyone explored self-publishing rather than using university or other
> > academic presses?
> >
> > What about sponsors? Say, Buddhist organizations?
> >
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