[acornlive] New online service for writers

Nessa (acornlive@dublinwriters.org)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:38:14 +0000 

Dear members,

We thought we'd let you know about this new service for writers. You 
might want to check it out.

However, it's still asking you to pay for having your work printed 
and, whatever the medium, that still smacks of vanity publishing - 
which none of you need to engage in. But see what you think, anyway.

Nessa

 From:          gmolaski@writersclub.com
 To:            <info@dublinwriters.org>
 Subject:       WritersClub.com
 Date:          Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:50:44 -0500
 Importance:    Normal

 I am President of www.WritersClub.com and we just launched a new
 on-line/on-demand book publishing service that may be of interest to
 your members. .  In this service, the author retains all rights, can
 terminate the contact at any time, and only pays cost when the book
 is printed.
 
 Books are set up on the Internet, can be browsed and searched by
 keyword and ordered on line.  Books ordered are printed on demand
 (by Xerox - Book In Time) and shipped to the customer within 48 hrs.
  Books are printed in trade paperback quality, 8.5" X 5.5",  perfect
 bound, with 4 color covers. Writers Club processes credit card
 charges electronically on the Internet or accepts orders by phone
 and though the mail.  By having Writers Club provide this service
 authors will have their material available world wide though the
 Internet, have no inventory costs and incur no fulfillment expense.
 Time and costs now applied to these actives would free authors to do
 what they do best -- WRITE.
 
 The cost for this service is a one-time fee ($350 members, $450 non
 members) per book to set it up for viewing and ordering on the
 Internet and to be printed on-demand.  After the first year there is
 a $50 per year to keep the book available..  The cost to the author
 to print a book would vary depending on the number of pages. The
 author sets the sales price and collects the difference between cost
 and the sales price.  Cost for a 200 page book is about $7.  The
 author sets the sales price, say $12.95, and then would collect
 $5.95 for each book sold. An author may order as many books as they
 want at cost.
 
 We believe that this new way of publishing books gives control back
 to the author and lets the market, not the publishers, determine
 what the reading public wants.
 
 Please visit www.writersclub.com for further details.
 
 Thanks,

George Molaski
 President
 Gmolaski@writersclub.com
 
 
 
 
Nessa O'Mahony
5 Walnut View, Brookwood, Scholarstown Road,
Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Tel: 01-4938433, 088-2780944

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