Thanks to lowebrow who directed me to this post on the future of print-on-demand publishing. It intrigued me because I’ve already received some self-published Newbery submissions, something a former member of the committee told me was quite rare her year. She surmised, and I think she had a point, that it is far easier today to self-publish and then get such books promoted, sold, and read more widely than before. Now I’m a big fan of the established publishers and love/admire/respect all they do, but I admit that I also think it would be kind of neat for a self-published/POD book to come out of nowhere and win the Newbery. (No promises, folks, no promises!!! Pure speculation on my part.)
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I’ve been very reluctant to undertake POD myself, but have been recently given some more thought to the idea, particularly because I’ve been asked a number of times for a ‘hard copy’ of my novel. The marketing aspect is very daunting, but whatever I ultimately decide to do, I think it’s wise to keep an eye on the POD technology with regard to future business models for publishing.
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Whoops – sorry for typo. Trigger finger! Of course I mean ‘have been recently giving more thought…’
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