Happy 5th Birthday to IngramSpark: Exclusive Interview with Robin Cutler
IngramSpark has since its inception been a valued Partner Member of ALLi, and a generous supporter and sponsor of our…
Book Distribution: The Benefits of Ingram’s iPage Service
How Ingram Contents ipage (R) service offers indie authors a great way to work more effectively with bricks-and-mortar bookstores to their mutua benefit.
Distribution: Getting Global Reach for your Self-published Books
While many first-time indie authors, and more seasoned ones who have been happy with their sales on Amazon, may opt…
How to Use Createspace (KDPPrint) and Ingram Spark Together
In a useful follow-up to Jim Giammatteo's invaluable Watchdog piece recommending that indie authors use both CreateSpace and Lightning Source…
Insider’s Guide To Self-Publishing With Lightning Source.
David Taylor, President of Lightning Source (LSI) UK, spoke to ALLi member, JJMarsh, recently about how LSI works with indie authors, the…
Ingram Spark Not Bright For Self-Publishers
Here’s some news straight from the buzzing stalls of Book Expo America. There are some big changes afoot at Ingram,…
Lightning Source Best for Self-Publishers?
Ben Galley
Today, in the third part of our ‘Which Distributor' series where Alliance members share the experiences they've enjoyed with distributors, author Ben Galley gives us his take on Print on Demand (POD) company Lightning Source:
If your book were a delicious pie, distributors would be the ones who put it in the hands of the supermarkets.
It's a very simple analogy, but it rings true. Distribution is the supply link between our printers and the bookstores, and without it, our books would simply never reach our readers' hands. That's a painful vision. And to me, so is keeping a veritable mountain of books in your garage, shipping one at a time, staring at the big hole in your bank account.
No, thank you, I want a different road.
With the advent of the digital revolution came Print on Demand, and with it came distribution relationships. Now, POD companies have forged relationships with the wholesaler distributors to allow us indies access to