Comments on: Richard Grayson discovers POD

By: Will Entrekin

Will Entrekin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:49:42 +0000

@Richard: hello! Sorry about that; no, I hadn’t been completely clear on the timeline, but by people, I’d meant the other parties involved. Powell’s, for example (not stocking them) and Kirkus Discoveries (because Heaven forbid regular Kirkus) review them. It seems like the publishing industry is just several steps behind POD technology.

But you’re right: “discovers” was the wrong word.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:10:45 +0000

Oops, I meant “June 2000,” not “June 200.” I’m not that much of an early adopter!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:05:49 +0000

In addition to publishing With Hitler in New York in June 200 with iUniverse, I also published my first Lulu book, Diary of a Congressional Candidate in Florida’s Fourth Congressional District, in October. 2005. Lulu had just begun to get noticed the year before. Sorry if I didn’t make the timeline clear in the article, but I didn’t mean to give the impression that I just “discovered” POD.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:49:12 +0000

Hi Will. Not sure what you mean by “discovers” or “behind the times.” In the article I state that I published my first POD book in 2000, eight years ago, with iUniverse’s Backinprint.com program.