Four Hundred Years of Agricultural Change in the Empire State is a 240-page book written over the course of a year by Robert W. Bitz. He wanted to self-publish the book with three goals in mind:
- The book needed to be available for purchase online through Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
- Shipping and fulfillment should be done by a third party in a cost-effective manner.
- The printed book should be of good quality, however it should not break the bank for customers and still generate a nice profit.
We were able to accomplish these goals using Lightning Source (LS) as a print-on-demand provider. The result is a quality book (physically and content-wise, of course!) available to all via two of the most popular online book retailers. Furthermore, we did not have to order a large printing run before we could sell them.
NOTE: Ward Bitz did not design the cover or typeset this book.
