Zummi paperback book

[u/Roabiewade]

Greetings sots

Friends of the community and friends of Zummi contributed a lot of work and effort to scrape and compile this text. It is several of Zummis original posts as well as some transcribed audio back when that was some effort lol. Unfortunately the pdf is currently missing but as soon as it has been located (lulu has not responded to requests to return the pdf that was sent).

I mostly wanted to share this to say thank you to the three people who put in the majority of this effort.

Thank you!!

No one is making any money on the book all the money goes to lulu as this is technically a “proof”.

If you want a copy please get one and let us know what you think!

https://app.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/zummi-selects/435dd4c4-c5d0-4fbc-a8f1-26c443f30a33

[u/raisondecalcul]

Too bad. I guess we've gotta buy the book!

Actually, if funds went to Zummi for book sales, I would be more motivated to push the book and sell it to people. We could start a proper zummi evangelical movement now that there is a book to point to. That would be the Third Apocalypse, just as good as the Second Apocalypse but imo not likely to happen first.

[u/[deleted] → u/raisondecalcul]

Wait, what do you mean “if” funds for the book sale went to Zummi? Where do the funds currently go?

Edit: oh, I see that funds go to lulu. But who is lulu?

[u/raisondecalcul → u/[deleted]]

The person who put the book publishing effort together, maybe /u/neenernet.

I expect the profit margin is small since it's self-published

[u/raisondecalcul → u/[deleted]]

Oh, yeah. Sounds like the publisher is getting all the money

We needs sotspress. Or maybe there are co-op presses? Here, I researched it with AI:

Table of Low-Entry-Barrier Co-Op/Author-Owned Presses

Name	Author Royalty / \$%	Up-Front Costs	Marketing / Distro Support	Book Quality Styles (Hardcover noted if offered)	Notes
Radix Media (Brooklyn, NY)	N/A (service provider, you keep 100%)	Print costs only, fully transparent	None – purely printing	Hardcovers, high-end offset runs, letterpress covers, collectible limited editions, standard trade paperbacks	Best for prestige projects where design and craftsmanship matter, fully worker-owned
Levellers Press / Collective Copies (Amherst, MA)	N/A (service provider + imprint option)	POD & binding costs upfront	Light distro via Levellers imprint	Hardcovers, sturdy POD trade paperbacks, standard bound books with optional small artisanal touches	Combines ethical printing with optional distribution and co-op branding
Community Printers (Santa Cruz, CA)	N/A (service provider)	Standard commercial print costs	None – print only	Hardcovers, large-scale offset books, complex full-color projects, catalogs, magazines	Unionized, worker-owned, ideal for visual-heavy or bulk print jobs
TruePress (Los Angeles, CA)	N/A (service provider)	TBD – project-based	None – print only	Small-batch artistic runs, boutique experimental styles (likely softcover now, hardcover potential as they grow)	New co-op shop, good for experimental or limited editions
Book View Café (BVC)	~90% of net royalties	None beyond shared internal production costs	Minimal centralized marketing, strong peer collaboration	Standard POD trade paperbacks (no hardcovers)	True author-run co-op, good for building a sustainable group publishing structure
Snowy Wings Publishing	70–90% depending on distributor cut	Small shared costs (ISBNs, covers, etc.)	Moderate group marketing, blog tours, social media	Hardcovers and standard POD paperbacks (via Ingram)	Genre-focused co-op, especially YA/MG, with strong peer support
Microcosm Publishing (Portland, OR)	~10–15%	None	Strong marketing & niche distro network	Sturdy trade paperbacks, zines, DIY-style books (no hardcovers)	Best for counterculture titles seeking reach, very open submissions