CreateSpace explained
On-Demand Publishing, LLC, doing business as CreateSpace, was a self-publishing service owned by Amazon.[3] [4] The company was founded in 2000 in South Carolina as BookSurge and was acquired by Amazon in 2005.[5]
CreateSpace published books containing any content at all, other than just placeholder text.[6] It neither edited nor verified. Books were printed on demand, meaning each volume was produced in response to an actual purchase on Amazon.[7]
CreateSpace continued its publishing services for 8 years until its transfer to Amazon's Media on Demand. By 2018, it had published 1,416,384 books for over 15,000 authors.[8]
In July 2018, CreateSpace announced it would be transferring media to Amazon's Media on Demand services in the following months.[9] CreateSpace merged with Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) service later that year.[10] [11]
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- Web site: BOOKSURGE, LLC . . September 30, 2019 . July 19, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719210608/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_sc/36049 . live .
- Web site: Amazon.com Acquires BookSurge LLC. April 4, 2005. Business Wire. September 30, 2019. April 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190409154306/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050404005269/en/Amazon.com-Acquires-BookSurge-LLC. live.
- Web site: ON-DEMAND PUBLISHING LLC . OpenCorporates . September 30, 2019 . September 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082725/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4331947 . live .
- News: CreateSpace to lay off 58 employees. Liz. Segrist. February 22, 2019. Charleston Business Journal. September 30, 2019. July 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719210610/https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/73927/. live.
- News: Moore. Thad. Amazon to move book-making warehouse in North Charleston, cutting 149 jobs. November 28, 2016. The Post and Courier. September 30, 2019. September 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082724/https://www.postandcourier.com/-article_5324cf8c-b5b1-11e6-aae8-fb1a4182e1f2.html. live.
- News: Flood. Allison. Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering. The Guardian. April 27, 2018. September 30, 2019. December 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221114542/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sold-amazon-money-laundering. live.
- News: Roemeling. Alisha. Writing a Dog's Tale. Eugene Register-Guard. April 12, 2018. September 30, 2019. July 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719212122/https://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36634291-75/eugene-girl-pens-a-book-supporting-animal-adoption.html.csp. live.
- Web site: Number of books self-published via CreateSpace in the United States from 2010 to 2018. June 7, 2020. June 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200607154552/https://www.statista.com/statistics/605000/createspace-number-books-published/. live.
- Web site: Amazon Media on Demand: Moving from CreateSpace to Amazon Media on Demand. manufacturing.amazon.com. July 30, 2018. October 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181026121448/https://manufacturing.amazon.com/help?pageID=GMJB8EJ8GC26UYX2. live.
- Web site: CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing: What You Should Do Next. August 2018. September 30, 2019. September 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082728/https://www.1106design.com/2018/08/createspace-and-kindle-direct-publishing/. live.
- Web site: CreateSpace Member Agreement. kdp.amazon.com. November 5, 2019. November 5, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191105095807/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GH366UR2DJ7X69KS. live.
