# CreateSpace

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{{short description|Self-publishing service}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox company
| name = On-Demand Publishing, LLC
| logo = Createsplogo.png
| type = [Subsidiary](/source/Subsidiary)
| industry = [Publishing](/source/Publishing), [Book publishing](/source/Book_publishing)
| fate = Merged into [Kindle Direct Publishing](/source/Kindle_Direct_Publishing)
| defunct       = {{End date and age|2018|7}}
| predecessor = BookSurge Inc.; CustomFlix Labs Inc.
| successor = <!-- or: | successors = -->
| founded = {{Start date and age|2000|07|14}} in [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina), [US](/source/US)<ref>{{cite web |title=BOOKSURGE, LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_sc/36049 |publisher=[OpenCorporates](/source/OpenCorporates) |access-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |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=April 4, 2005|publisher=[Business Wire](/source/Business_Wire)|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=April 9, 2019|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>
| founder = <!-- or: | founders = -->
| hq_location_city = [Scotts Valley, California](/source/Scotts_Valley%2C_California)
| hq_location_country = US
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = 
| products = 
| owner = 
| num_employees = 
| num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) -->
| parent = [Amazon.com](/source/Amazon.com)
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''On-Demand Publishing, LLC''', [doing business as](/source/doing_business_as) '''CreateSpace''', was a [self-publishing](/source/self-publishing) service owned by [Amazon](/source/Amazon_(company)).<ref>{{cite web |title=ON-DEMAND PUBLISHING LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4331947 |publisher=OpenCorporates |access-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |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=February 22, 2019|publisher=Charleston Business Journal|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2019|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](/source/South_Carolina) as '''BookSurge''' and acquired by [Amazon](/source/Amazon_(company)) 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=November 28, 2016|publisher=[The Post and Courier](/source/The_Post_and_Courier)|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930082724/https://www.postandcourier.com/-article_5324cf8c-b5b1-11e6-aae8-fb1a4182e1f2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
CreateSpace published books containing any content at all, other than just [placeholder text](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian)|date=April 27, 2018|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2019|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 edited nor verified. Books were printed [on demand](/source/Print_on_demand), meaning each volume was 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](/source/Eugene_Register-Guard)|date=April 12, 2018|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2019|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>

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.<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=June 7, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|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|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026121448/https://manufacturing.amazon.com/help?pageID=GMJB8EJ8GC26UYX2|url-status=live}}</ref> CreateSpace merged with [Amazon](/source/Amazon_(company))'s [Kindle Direct Publishing](/source/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=September 30, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2019|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=November 5, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105095807/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GH366UR2DJ7X69KS|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Audiobook Creation Exchange](/source/Audiobook_Creation_Exchange) (ACX)

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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Category:Self-publishing companies
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Category:Companies based in Santa Cruz County, California
Category:2005 mergers and acquisitions
Category:2018 mergers and acquisitions
Category:American companies disestablished in 2018

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