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1. WRITE YOUR BOOK!First, write your book! Once you have, make sure you've finalized content. This means you've not only finished writing your book, but you've finalized edits, combed the manuscript for errors (layout, typography, spelling) and you're happy with the result. You're now ready to get started. If you need help with editing and design let us know. (See our Book Design Services) |
2. CREATE YOUR BOOK!Right now your book is most likely in a word doc format. Don't worry! We will work on layout and getting your manuscript into book form. But before we can do so, you'll have to tell us what sort of print or e-book you want. Will it be hardcover or softcover? Both? What about the interior? Do you need color prints or just B&W. Have a look at our wide-offering of book types and choose the book that's right for you. (Find out about our TrimTypes & Sizes) |
3. BUDGET FOR YOUR PUBLISHING!It's easy to dream of big profits. Whether it pours or trickles in, do a profit assessment on each sale and compare our offering to what competitors are doing. Finally, get a cost estimation on your project so that you can budget properly for it. (Try our Cost Calculator) |
4. LAUNCH YOUR BOOK!Your book is being created. It will be packed into boxes and ready to ship to customers the world over. E-book files are being groomed for upload and distribution into sales channels. Figure out if, where and how you want to sell / market your book. (Book Marketing) |
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Made all the right decisions? Ready to now make all the right moves?Get Started today.
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BOOK SALES & MARKETINGMARKET. MONETIZE. MONITOR. Marketing a book is a multi-faceted campaign. Let’s break it out: |
PRODUCT QUALITY & INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Not only must the book comply with physical quality standards (paper used, binding employed, etc) before a retailer or library will take it; but it must comply with industry standards in how it is presented, defined, marketed and sold. A simple example: if your book does not have a valid ISBN filing, then a bookstore, retailer or library will be unable to purchase it. If your book does not have a valid UPC barcode, then the large chains will be unable to sell it and the smaller retailers will be reluctant to stock it.
| PHYSICAL QUALITY STANDARDS Acid free paper Quality binding and construction Printing Resolution Proper layout and typesetting Etc. |
BOOK QUALITY STANDARDS Cover design and interior layouts Editing & Proofreading Summary, Author Bio, Copyright Page, Indices and Content Etc. |
MARKETING DATA QUALITY STANDARDS ISBN filing and registration ONIX data generation for distribution / ordering systems UPC and Barcode Author and Book Information Etc. |
BOOK DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING
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You’ve written your book. It’s time to give it your public! Effectively market your work to all the major distributors: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Baker & Taylor, Book Depository, Kobo, Kindle, NOOK and more! Whether it’s an e-book or a print book: we can put it into distribution and make sure it gets advertised on catalogs and sold on sites like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders and more! Your print book will also be available for ordering at bookstores in Canada, US, UK, and the EEC! See below for more information. |
MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
This is about having your book available at the chains, retailers and on-line stores so that if someone wanted to purchase your book, they’d be able to do so easily. Imagine doing all that publicity and marketing to acquire a ready and willing readership, only to have your public unable to find the book to buy it! If you opt for our distribution services, your book will be available for ordering via all the major book retailers and distributors in North America, UK (optional) and Europe (optional). Here are some of our distribution partners:
Here are some of our Distribution Partners:
| Ingram Amazon.com Baker & Taylor Barnes & Noble Kobo NACSCORP |
Kindle NOOK Espresso Book Machine Adlibris.com Amazon.co.uk Bertram Blackwell Book Depository |
Coutts Gardners Mallory International Paperback Shop Eden Interactive Ltd. Aphrohead I.B.S - STL U.K |
SALES & ROYALTIES
SELLING YOUR BOOKSelling your book with us is easy. You can opt for channels and also use us directly as your distributor. Also, we won't lock you in to any exclusive contract, so you're free to sell your book elsewhere as well. You may even opt to print with us and sell privately. It's up to you! HOW IT WORKSReceive on direct sales not just royalties! While most channels only give you a 30% or less royalty, we take only 15% which means you keep 85% of the profits! You determine the sale price and we take a 15% service charge. You get the rest. There’s no exclusive distribution agreement with us so that you may sell your books elsewhere as well. If you opt for marketing services, then you will see your title appear for sale through major retailers. Retailers will advertise and carry your book in stock. If a customer orders your book, the sale is registered and the inventory counts replenished. At the end of each quarter, you receive a royalty check along with a report on your sales. |
BOOK & AUTHOR SUPPORT SERVICES
Authors often require help promoting their books. Here’s where we come in. We can help authors not only promote those titles they have printed or distributed through us, but we can also help promote their personalities, and their entire portfolio of works. Some of the services we can provide include: press releases, author websites, social media (facebook, twitter, blogger) links, submissions to book reviewers and critics, video and ad campaign development... and more!
PROMOTION
You want to create ‘hype’ and ‘buzz’ about your book. You want to let people know what’s special about your book. Those who opt for our promotion services get a personalized, catered service. Each book is unique and so it’s marketing and promotional strategy will also be unique.
Here’s how we can help:
| - Press Releases - Author websites, - Book websites, - Blog creation and maintenance - Social account link ups (Facebook, Twitter, et al), |
- Media generation and broadcasting. - Video and audio presentations and editing - Video adverts - Online advertisements - … and more. Just ask us! |
COPYRIGHT & ISBN MANAGEMENT
Copyright, ISBN Filing and Management
ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
ISBN or International Standard Book Number is a unique identification number that is used by libraries and booksellers the world over to order your book or get distribution information on it.
If you intend to market it your book and have it distributed by retailers, then an ISBN along with a scanner-readable UPC code (for cash registering and inventory controls) will be absolutely necessary.
If you have signed up for marketing and distribution services with us, then we will assign and ISBN and file it with the appropriate authorities and government agencies. This is done FREE of cost and is part of the sales and marketing package of services. If you have opted out of our Marketing and Sales service, then we can still file an ISBN for you if you need it. Contact your account representative to learn more.
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An ISBN will only be necessary if you intend to distribute or market your book. If your book is for personal use only or to give out as gifts, then you won’t need to register the book with the relevant authorities or have us to do it for you.
COPYRIGHT
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Copyright is a legal filing or registration that attests the ownership of a creative work. As the author of your work, you are always owner of the copyright. By filing an ISBN and copyright certificates, you are legally affirming and protecting your rights if a second part were to contest them or attempt to profit from them. Here’s what you get:
Though a copyright page like an ISBN will only be necessary if you intend to distribute or market your book, it is still a good idea if you want to protect yourself later from copyright infringement. If your book is for personal use only or to give out as gifts, then you won’t need to register the book with the relevant authorities or have us do it for you. |
SAMPLE COPYRIGHT PAGE
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PERFECTING YOUR BOOKPREPARE. PREVIEW. PUBLISH. Professional book design is critical if you are looking to successfully market your book. You'll increase sales and readership by providing quality. For this very reason you should take advantage of our professional tools and services to design, edit and craft your work. Whether it’s a professionally designed cover or a manuscript copy edit for an e-book or a print book—if you are going public with your work, you want to make sure you get it right! |
BOOK DESIGN SERVICES
Book Cover Design
It is distressing to see how much time and effort authors put into their writing to then neglect its presentation to the world and spend little or no time or resources in its design.
Next to editing, the design of your book cover is next most critical aspect of your self-publishing project. We are told not to judge a book by its cover, but we can’t help it. In any case, the cover, is almost always the first thing your reader sees, and often the only thing they see. Whether your book is in a storefront window, or on the Amazon page, it is your book cover that draws the customer’s eye and makes them glance at the title and decide there and then whether to pick the book up or click the link. The old adage in the book sales business is that the “book cover does your talking for you”. A good design will sell the book it covers; a badly-designed book will have a lot of explaining to do for itself that sadly has no relevance to the content of your work. Finally, if your book is to be put on a shelf, then only the spine will be visible. A properly designed spine with a graphic artist’s foreknowledge of the thickness of the book is best to optimizing visibility of the book title and author name on the spine of a book.
SOME OF OUR RECENT DESIGNS:
Book Interior Design
Is your book fast-paced? Reflective? Detail-oriented? In stanza form? Loaded with footnotes and diagrams? How many hours will a reader’s eyes be tracing your pages line by line? Readers today demand a comfortable experience from reading their books. Proper font choice and sizing, letter and line spacing, margin and paragraph indents can make reading a book an enjoyable, aesthetic experience; or make it a fatiguing, headache-inducing struggle.
To make a book a pleasure to read and an enjoyable object to look at it for all those hours, let our designers meticulously dissect the:
| • text tracking, • line leading, • font size and choices, • paragraph styles and indentations, • chapter breaks and headings • margins (inside and out) and page sizes • title and author name headers and page number footers |
• Title and copyright information pages • index, • glossary, • footnotes, • biographical page • graphs, diagrams, and illustrations. • Full pre-flight and pre-press check. |
Step 1 - CHOOSE
Step 2 - CREATE
Step 3 - PUBLISH
The easy Self-Publish-Books Step-by-Step Guide
THE UPLOAD METHOD: Work Off-Line via our Templates
Before you begin:
- Read our website to learn about requirements and services.
- Make sure you've reviewed the Quick Step Guide, How To: Working with your Interior File and How To: Working with your cover template file.
- Refer to the Tutorials section or contact us for any questions you may have.
STEPS:
1 - Choose the sort of book you want (Hardcover / Softcover / Color Interior, etc.). For more information on our book offerings, please go here.
2 - Download the template package specific to your book choice. Your template package will contain templates for the cover and the interior of your book.
3 - Prepare your cover template and interior template until you are satisfied. Make sure you've followed the guidelines and that you are happy with the way you're book looks. (It's often helpful to print a couple of pages out and crop them to size to see how the pages would look in your book.) Check for spelling and grammar errors. Make sure all images used are 300 DPI.
4- Once you are absolutely sure you are done, you may upload your book cover and book interior files here, or email us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Optional:
1 - We market your book
2 - You receive royalties on sales