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| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Publishing]], [[Book publishing]]
| industry = [[Publishing]], [[Book publishing]]
| fate = Merged into [[Kindle Direct Publishing]]
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| defunct = {{End date and age|2018|7}}
| predecessor = BookSurge Inc.; CustomFlix Labs Inc.
| predecessor = BookSurge Inc.; CustomFlix Labs Inc.
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| founded = {{Start date and age|2000|07|14}} in [[South Carolina]], [[US]]<ref>{{cite web |title=BOOKSURGE, LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_sc/36049 |publisher=[[OpenCorporates]]|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050404005269/en/Amazon.com-Acquires-BookSurge-LLC|title=Amazon.com Acquires BookSurge LLC|date=2005-04-04|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>
| founded = {{Start date and age|2000|07|14}} in [[South Carolina]], [[US]]<ref>{{cite web |title=BOOKSURGE, LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_sc/36049 |publisher=[[OpenCorporates]] |access-date=2019-09-30 |archive-date=2019-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719210608/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_sc/36049 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050404005269/en/Amazon.com-Acquires-BookSurge-LLC|title=Amazon.com Acquires BookSurge LLC|date=2005-04-04|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409154306/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050404005269/en/Amazon.com-Acquires-BookSurge-LLC|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| hq_location_city = [[Scotts Valley, California]]
| hq_location_city = [[Scotts Valley, California]]
| hq_location_country = US
| hq_location_country = US
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'''On-Demand Publishing, LLC''', [[doing business as]] '''CreateSpace''', is a [[self-publishing]] service owned by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ON-DEMAND PUBLISHING LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4331947 |publisher=OpenCorporates |access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CreateSpace to lay off 58 employees |url=https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/73927/|first=Liz|last=Segrist|date=2019-02-22|publisher=Charleston Business Journal|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref> The company was founded in 2000 in [[South Carolina]] as '''BookSurge''' and was acquired by Amazon in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Thad|title=Amazon to move book-making warehouse in North Charleston, cutting 149 jobs|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/-article_5324cf8c-b5b1-11e6-aae8-fb1a4182e1f2.html|date=28 November 2016|publisher=[[The Post and Courier]]|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>
'''On-Demand Publishing, LLC''', [[doing business as]] '''CreateSpace''', was a [[self-publishing]] service owned by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ON-DEMAND PUBLISHING LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4331947 |publisher=OpenCorporates |access-date=2019-09-30 |archive-date=2019-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082725/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4331947 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CreateSpace to lay off 58 employees|url=https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/73927/|first=Liz|last=Segrist|date=2019-02-22|publisher=Charleston Business Journal|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719210610/https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/73927/|url-status=live}}</ref> The company was founded in 2000 in [[South Carolina]] as '''BookSurge''' and was acquired by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Thad|title=Amazon to move book-making warehouse in North Charleston, cutting 149 jobs|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/-article_5324cf8c-b5b1-11e6-aae8-fb1a4182e1f2.html|date=28 November 2016|publisher=[[The Post and Courier]]|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082724/https://www.postandcourier.com/-article_5324cf8c-b5b1-11e6-aae8-fb1a4182e1f2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


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CreateSpace publishes books containing any content at all, other than just [[placeholder text]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Flood|first=Allison|title=Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sold-amazon-money-laundering|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 April 2018|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221114542/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sold-amazon-money-laundering|url-status=live}}</ref> It neither edits nor verifies. Books are printed [[Print on demand|on demand]], meaning each volume is produced in response to an actual purchase on Amazon.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roemeling|first=Alisha|title=Writing a Dog's Tale|url=https://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36634291-75/eugene-girl-pens-a-book-supporting-animal-adoption.html.csp|publisher=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=12 April 2018|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-07-19|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History==
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CreateSpace publishes books containing any content at all other than just [[placeholder text]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Flood|first=Allison|title=Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sold-amazon-money-laundering|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 April 2018|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref> It neither edits nor verifies. Books are printed [[Print on demand|on demand]], meaning each volume is produced in response to an actual purchase on Amazon.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roemeling|first=Alisha|title=Writing a Dog's Tale|url=https://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36634291-75/eugene-girl-pens-a-book-supporting-animal-adoption.html.csp|publisher=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=12 April 2018|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>


CreateSpace continued its publishing services for 8 years until its transfer to Amazon's Media on Demand. By 2018 it has published 1,416,384 books for over 15,000 authors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Number of books self-published via CreateSpace in the United States from 2010 to 2018|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/605000/createspace-number-books-published/}}</ref>
CreateSpace continued its publishing services for 8 years until its transfer to Amazon's Media on Demand. By 2018, it has published 1,416,384 books for over 15,000 authors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Number of books self-published via CreateSpace in the United States from 2010 to 2018|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/605000/createspace-number-books-published/|access-date=2020-06-07|archive-date=2020-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607154552/https://www.statista.com/statistics/605000/createspace-number-books-published/|url-status=live}}</ref>


In July 2018, CreateSpace announced it would be transferring media to Amazon's Media on Demand services in the following months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://manufacturing.amazon.com/help?pageID=GMJB8EJ8GC26UYX2|title=Amazon Media on Demand: Moving from CreateSpace to Amazon Media on Demand|website=manufacturing.amazon.com}}</ref> CreateSpace merged with [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]'s [[Kindle Direct Publishing]] (KDP) service later that year.<ref>{{cite web
In July 2018, CreateSpace announced it would be transferring media to Amazon's Media on Demand services in the following months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://manufacturing.amazon.com/help?pageID=GMJB8EJ8GC26UYX2|title=Amazon Media on Demand: Moving from CreateSpace to Amazon Media on Demand|website=manufacturing.amazon.com|access-date=2018-07-30|archive-date=2018-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026121448/https://manufacturing.amazon.com/help?pageID=GMJB8EJ8GC26UYX2|url-status=live}}</ref> CreateSpace merged with [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]'s [[Kindle Direct Publishing]] (KDP) service later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.1106design.com/2018/08/createspace-and-kindle-direct-publishing/|title=CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing: What You Should Do Next|date=August 2018|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082728/https://www.1106design.com/2018/08/createspace-and-kindle-direct-publishing/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GH366UR2DJ7X69KS|title=CreateSpace Member Agreement|website=kdp.amazon.com|access-date=2019-11-05|archive-date=2019-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105095807/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GH366UR2DJ7X69KS|url-status=live}}</ref>
| url=https://www.1106design.com/2018/08/createspace-and-kindle-direct-publishing/|title=CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing: What You Should Do Next|date=August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GH366UR2DJ7X69KS|title=CreateSpace Member Agreement|website=kdp.amazon.com|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Audiobook Creation Exchange]] (ACX)
*[[Audiobook Creation Exchange]] (ACX)
*[[|Category:CreateSpace books|List of books published by CreateSpace]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{Official website}} (Redirects to KDP)


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[[Category:American companies disestablished in 2018]]




Revision as of 17:01, 27 November 2023

On-Demand Publishing, LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPublishing, Book publishing
PredecessorBookSurge Inc.; CustomFlix Labs Inc.
FoundedJuly 14, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-07-14) in South Carolina, US[1][2]
DefunctJuly 2018; 5 years ago (2018-07)
FateMerged into Kindle Direct Publishing
Headquarters
Scotts Valley, California
,
US
Area served
Worldwide
ParentAmazon.com
Websitewww.createspace.com Edit this at Wikidata

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 publishes books containing any content at all, other than just placeholder text.[6] It neither edits nor verifies. Books are printed on demand, meaning each volume is 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 has 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BOOKSURGE, LLC". OpenCorporates. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  2. ^ "Amazon.com Acquires BookSurge LLC". Business Wire. 2005-04-04. Archived from the original on 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. ^ "ON-DEMAND PUBLISHING LLC". OpenCorporates. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. ^ Segrist, Liz (2019-02-22). "CreateSpace to lay off 58 employees". Charleston Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  5. ^ Moore, Thad (28 November 2016). "Amazon to move book-making warehouse in North Charleston, cutting 149 jobs". The Post and Courier. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  6. ^ Flood, Allison (27 April 2018). "Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  7. ^ Roemeling, Alisha (12 April 2018). "Writing a Dog's Tale". Eugene Register-Guard. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  8. ^ "Number of books self-published via CreateSpace in the United States from 2010 to 2018". Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. ^ "Amazon Media on Demand: Moving from CreateSpace to Amazon Media on Demand". manufacturing.amazon.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  10. ^ "CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing: What You Should Do Next". August 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  11. ^ "CreateSpace Member Agreement". kdp.amazon.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-11-05.

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