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WHAT IS
iUNIVERSE?
AND HOW COME I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM?
iUniverse is a standard publishing company that conducts its business in a new and modern way. Rather than printing thou- sands of books and hoping they'll sell, they instead use computer technology in a wholly different manner. They make a digital master - an identical reproduction of the original book - and assign it a code (ISBN) number. From that digital master, which is as good or better than the original, it is then possible to print one copy or a million copies of the book at the push of a button.
Every time an order is placed the computer then whirrs into action. It prints the cover, it prints the book, it prints a label, and then automatically mails out the package - all in the space of about five minutes time. Rather than filling warehouses full of books that may never be sold, this process instead creates a brand new copy of the book each and every time one is wanted. No waste, no middlemen. Bookstores use this pro- cess to order the exact number of shelf copies they want, while indivi- duals can order books one at a time. Virtually all Authors Guild Backin-print editions are done this way, thus permitting hundreds of best sellers from the past to be put back on the market again. When you order from iUniverse, therefore, you not only get a classic book, you suddenly be- come a modern person too!
