Insights for Serious Authors and Publishers
Honest analysis of the decisions that shape your book — printing quality, publishing paths, and the trade-offs nobody talks about.
Publishing Decisions
- When NOT to Self-Publish a Book — A field guide to the specific situations where self-publishing fails.
- Self-Publishing vs Independent Publishing — The Credibility Gap — What the label on your spine actually signals to readers, reviewers, and bookstores.
Printing Quality
- The Hidden Failure Modes of Book Printing — The quiet print failures that ship undetected — paper mismatches, spine errors, color drift, and binding creep.
- How Much Quality Actually Costs in Book Printing — Real cost breakdowns for the production decisions that separate professional books from amateur ones.
- The Quality Triangle — What Readers Forgive and What They Don’t — Where to invest and where to economize when your budget has limits.
Print-on-Demand Reality
- Why Print-on-Demand Is the Wrong Choice for Many Serious Books — When POD economics and quality ceilings work against your goals.
- Why Reviewers Spot Print-on-Demand Books Instantly — The physical tells that signal POD to experienced reviewers and buyers.
Bookstore & Distribution
- Why Bookstores Remember Bad Books — How independent bookstore buyers evaluate physical books in under thirty seconds.