Lightning Source requires you to supply your own ISBNs, though, which is tremendously expensive. Ten ISBNs costs you $275: if you're only planning on publishing one book, that's a hefty fee to make back. If you're planning on publishing more than 10 books in your life, you can either choose to shell out $275 again or you can go to the next block they offer... which is a hundred. For $995.00.
I don't know about you, but as a small business-person, $1000 is a hefty out-lay for 100 ISBNs. I'm not sure I'll put out 100 books, even, so what do I do with the overage? I've seen people chip in together to buy a block of ISBNs, but that creates paperwork, overhead and negotiation issues.
Both Lulu and Createspace supply their own ISBNs. One less headache.
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Date: 2009-10-20 08:46 pm (UTC)I don't know about you, but as a small business-person, $1000 is a hefty out-lay for 100 ISBNs. I'm not sure I'll put out 100 books, even, so what do I do with the overage? I've seen people chip in together to buy a block of ISBNs, but that creates paperwork, overhead and negotiation issues.
Both Lulu and Createspace supply their own ISBNs. One less headache.