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Originally Posted by beadworkstudio
You could set your book up on Lulu and set the price so you get the same amount you would from an electronic purchase. The customer would pay more, but if they want that option then they should pay for it.
If you consider this option, make SURE that you are not giving away the publishing rights. Don't let them force to to buy or assign an ISBN. You only need an ISBN if you intend to sell to distributors, and if they assign one then they own your book. You're fully protected by international copyright laws without one.
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Another thing for writers of tutorials to keep in mind is that once they've published their tut, they have effectively used up their first North American rights. And that's what book publishers are typically buying when they agree to publish your book. And they are getting more and more picky about what constitutes usage and loss of those rights.
So if you ever hope to publish your techniques via the mainstream press, you may be shooting yourself in the foot. I've been asked literally hundreds of times to write a vessels tutorial. I can't, because of the first North American rights issue.