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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Oct 8, 2021 22:39:04 GMT
There are lots of YT vids of authors ordering their books in hardcover from KDP. I haven't watched any of them yet. Has anyone here ordered one for their books? What did you think of it?
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Post by robertlcollins on Oct 9, 2021 11:51:06 GMT
I've seen a handful of authors on the booktok part of TikTok placing orders for hardbacks from KDP. I think only one of them has had the hardback come in so far. It looked okay as I recall. No dust jacket, I think.
I'm not sure I'll do it for any of my books just yet. I'd like to know there would be demand for one of my titles as a hardback. I would like to see more of them in wild. Do they look good to readers? How do they hold up? What's the price point for one? How many pages does a submitted book have to be?
It's another option. I'm going to be patient before I jump in.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Oct 10, 2021 21:18:26 GMT
I've seen a handful of authors on the booktok part of TikTok placing orders for hardbacks from KDP. I think only one of them has had the hardback come in so far. It looked okay as I recall. No dust jacket, I think. I'm not sure I'll do it for any of my books just yet. I'd like to know there would be demand for one of my titles as a hardback. I would like to see more of them in wild. Do they look good to readers? How do they hold up? What's the price point for one? How many pages does a submitted book have to be? It's another option. I'm going to be patient before I jump in. Nothing wrong with allowing the early adopters to show us the way. I've heard that they're okay. Not as good as Ingram Spark, but not terrible.
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Post by writeway on Oct 11, 2021 3:49:44 GMT
I don't even get my print down from KDP anymore. I use Draft2Digital. I don't care about hardcover so not trying it. Hardcover is just to give out on special occasions but the general public isn't reading hardcover these days. From what I see, authors are just getting them done for themselves as collective items.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Oct 14, 2021 7:05:34 GMT
Thanks for the insight writeway! I haven't purchased a paper book in so long I have no idea what's popular anymore. But with the added expense I can see hardcovers only being for special editions. (nods hat)
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