I hadn't heard about the way Amazon was slowing down the Lightning Source books. Sure enough, Venkatesh Rao's book (http://www.amazon.com/Tempo-tactics-strategy-narrative-driven-decision-making/dp/0982703007/) has the dreaded "Usually ships within 2 to 3 weeks." It didn't stop me from buying it, but I can't say my book buying habits are typical.
For what it's worth, I have ordered two books made by Lulu, and one made by Lightning Source, and I liked the Lightning Source one better. I thought it had higher quality. The text was crisper, and it smelled like a normal book, whereas the Lulu ones smelled more strongly of ink and glue and paper, and the spine wasn't constructed as well. But I realize that some of these things are subjective, and I have a small sample size.
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Date: 2011-10-11 12:51 am (UTC)For what it's worth, I have ordered two books made by Lulu, and one made by Lightning Source, and I liked the Lightning Source one better. I thought it had higher quality. The text was crisper, and it smelled like a normal book, whereas the Lulu ones smelled more strongly of ink and glue and paper, and the spine wasn't constructed as well. But I realize that some of these things are subjective, and I have a small sample size.