Ingram spark1/19/2024 I did find that one of my covers for CreateSpace did not pass through the IngramSpark review process. It was very similar to the CreateSpace process, if you’re familiar with it. The process of uploading my files and creating an account was simple. Here’s a link to the costs of working with them. I write the expense off on my taxes.īesides ISBN costs (if you don’t already have them), there are separate costs to working with IngramSpark. I wish they’d make the things much, much cheaper, but there it is. Bowker does run sales…I like to buy the ISBNs on sale. I want my name as the publisher on record, not CreateSpace or Smashwords, etc. I’ve always just bought my own ISBNs, in bulk, directly from Bowker. I know this may be a sticking point for many writers. IngramSpark does require authors to have ISBNs. This also means that we need to have an ISBN, obviously, of our own for the print format. This means that we’ll likely want to discontinue expanded distribution with CreateSpace (which we have to pay for) and that we’ll want to make sure that we use the same ISBN for both the CreateSpace print version and the IngramSpark print version (or else Amazon will “see” the title as a separate book). My first question was-can I be on both IngramSpark and CreateSpace? Yes, we can. Journalist Porter Anderson wrote an article, “ Ron Martinez on Aer.io’s acquisition by Ingram: ‘We’re very lucky’” for The Bookseller that gives an overview of what this acquisition might mean for authors. This acquisition may mean some cool opportunities to sell on our own sites and allow Ingram to do order fulfillment. This ensures that shipping costs are kept to a minimum and that readers receive our titles quickly.Īlso interesting is that IngramSpark purchased Aer.io. They not only ship internationally, they print internationally. Additionally, Ingram makes international order fulfilment possible. The point is that some retailers might rather not stock books or order through a competitor…Amazon. I tend to have a dim outlook on the future of large, Barnes&Noble-esque booksellers, but the truth is that print isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and B&N isn’t the only game in (many) towns. The statements are, however, less than transparent, but I’m still going to assume that those print sales are also at non-Amazon retailers. I do, according to my Penguin-Random House royalty statements, still sell a lot of print books. I tend to pooh-pooh bookstore distribution. It seemed as if my relationship with Amazon was filling the print book need.Īt the NINC conference in October, it finally fell into place: bookstore distribution. My books were on CreateSpace and selling well through Amazon. Craig, been hearing a lot about IngramSpark, but I hadn’t ever figured out why I might need them as a print book manufacturer/distributor.
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