What they get right:
Page Size: Proper Size of a Comic Book: 6.63" x 10.25". oddly enough Amazon distributes books of this size proportion, yet doesn't PRINT and PUBLISH them in create space. This NEEDS TO be changed and amended, so say I!
Print Binding Format: Key Element: Saddle Stich Binding. Lulu makes sure authors have the option to "saddle stitch" their books, which is how books from all the pros (like Dark Horse, Marvel, DC, Image, Oni, SLG) are printed
What it gets wrong:
Unlike they're book books. The auto formatting at LULU, makes all the interior pages of the book as glossy as the exterior cover pages. A HUGE UGLY MISTAKE! It even does this to black and white pen and ink artwork. BAD!!!! GOD I HATE THOSE KINDS OF PAGES!!!!
Amazon (CreateSpace):
What they get right:
Page Texture. The interior pages are rough and newspapery, as a traditionally published book or comics pages SHOULD BE.
What they get wrong:
Interior page formatting. Sizing mistakes with interior artwork (they make your artwork way too big and crop it)
Print sizing: Unlike Lulu, which actually has an option for REAL comic book sizes (6.63" x 10.25"), I was forced to use a size of page that was 7" x 10" which is not industry standard, much as I hate to say it.
One would think comic book self publishers could get their formatting issues right. But THESE above mentioned things are the main mistakes made.
Here's the problem: Amazon and Lulu aren't LEARNING FROM each other. They're ignoring each other's flaws, weaknesses, and strengths, and not learning from them in order to make their services better and making their services more suitable for authors/customers
to put it ANOTHER way. It almost seems like, in terms of formatting errors,
What Amazon gets right, Lulu gets wrong,
Or...
What Lulu gets right, Amazon gets wrong!
FIX THIS, NOW!
(Goddamit.)
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