http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north511.html
Reflecting on 35 Years of Marriage
by Gary North
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My first book, Marx’s Religion of Revolution, had been published by a tiny publishing house, Craig Press, in 1968. It sold for $2.75 in paperback. In today’s money, that was about $16. Today, I typeset my own books on a $25 software program. I can post them on my website in about 90 seconds. I can sell them or give them away. I can also have them printed, one copy at a time: print on demand. A digital system takes the order on-line, prints the book, collates it, binds it, wraps it, inserts it into a mailer, addresses it, and puts it in a pile for UPS to pick up. What is the total cost for a paperback the size of “Marx’s Religion”? Maybe $10, plus postage. I will get a royalty payment sent to me every few months. If I ordered 3,000 copies, I would probably pay $2 each. I don’t need a book publisher to publish a book. Neither do you.
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It’s interesting to see my finding, (you CAN do a “book” cheaply and easily), also realized by a more experienced “real writer”.
It’s as revolutionary as the Gutenberg Bible. The publishing world’s business model just exploded.
imho.
Kinda exciting!
Reinke Faces Life 