"I used CreateSpace. A friend of mine had been recommending Lulu, like you had used, and I might easily have gone in that direction. But CreateSpace had a special offer for people who completed National Novel Writing Month last year, and it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. I've been happy so far, although I have nothing to compare it to . You do have to design everything yourself (Amazon also owns a different POD company, BookSurge, which offers design and marketing services).
On a lark, I also set up the book for Amazon Kindle and uploaded it that way, which was surprisingly easy.
I haven't really started publicizing the book yet beyond my circle of friends, but I'll probably do something in the Times-Gazette soon. The people who read the newspaper have always been very receptive to my first-person stories about my mission trips, and I'm hoping that will translate to this fictional spin on the experience.
It was such a trip to actually see the book listed on Amazon!" - John I. Carney
