In
my blog posting, Changes Afoot in the Publishing Industry, I
discussed amazon.com’s new requirement that publishers use BookSurge, an
amazon.com-owned subsidiary, for the printing of all print-on-demand books offered
directly through amazon.com.
Print-on-Demand printing, or POD for short, is a method of printing by which you print one book at a time. See Part Two of the blog series on the The Ins and Outs of Self-Publishing for more information on the business aspects of POD printing.
Many publishers are upset about amazon.com’s action.