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The last couple of weeks have been significantly interesting as I worked to get my titles moved to both CreateSpace and LSI. For one thing, the file dimensions for the covers were vastly different from what I was working with before, and as I can only generate RGB image files it was touch and go whether I could use them for pdf files. Finally, LSI generously corrected the revisions for me as I told them what the problems were. In theory, most of my books should be up and ready to order through L… Continue

Well, it appears that the divorce from Lulu is final, for me at least. I just put all but one of my books up on Amazon's Kindle platform, and I sold about 20 copies (one or more of each) in 24 hours. This versus one book in three months. Kindle users were starving for new books, poor babies, and I was very surprised at the reaction. Meanwhile, I am working with Lightning Source directly and I found out that I did not have to set up the titles like a new user. I just have to pay for the revisions… Continue

Okay, if you want to keep your books in circulation, you have to pay close attention to the details. In order to expedite things, I had to report Lulu to the BBB. I'm not the only one, and I don't like to do something like this, but Lulu was intractible. Not only that, they finally admitted that they really had no control over the book distribution process. It's one thing to declare that you can set it up, but quite another when you want to take it down. Because of their lack of control, they to… Continue

I have been in communication with Lightning Source, Inc., the distributor Lulu has been using with its enormous printing resource. It will take a little more money to establish my account with them but that may pay off in the long term as it becomes a direct link between Ikthalion Press and booksellers. This is what I wanted to do in the first place but did not know how to do it at the time. The set-up charge is reasonable, and the printing cost per unit ordered is phenomenally lower than Lulu's… Continue

IKTHALION PRESS www.ikthalionpress.com Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IKTHALION PRESS MOVING TO CREATESPACE Sherman Oaks, California July 15, 2008 Due to circumstances stemming from content control issues between Ikthalion Press and LULU, we have moved our titles to CreateSpace for printing and retail sales through their E-Store and Amazon. In the next few days Ikthalion Press will negotiate a new distribution partnership with Lightning Source, Inc. for wholesale distribution to outside b… Continue