Nov 23 2008
POD (Print on Demand)
POD publishing means Print on Demand. It means what it says - like the old vanity press, POD publishers produce hard-copy books. The difference is that a POD press prints a book when someone demands (orders) one, and not before.
Before the advent of digital publishing, this approach was impossible - at least if you wanted something that looked like a book rather than a cheap photocopy! Nowadays, there is no reason why a POD book shouldn’t look as good as a mainstream book. So POD seems to offer an author the best of both worlds - but tomorrow we’ll consider whether it’s the win-win it seems.
