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Have you got your heart set on self-publishing, Would you love to have a true professional edit, typeset, and design your book for you, completely realizing your creative vision? You've come to the right
place! Book Production Timeline—How Long It Takes... Authors get books published through three methods: 1) with a traditional royalty publisher, 2) self-publish, or 3) hire a professional book “shepherd,” who assists authors in self-publishing. Traditional Royalty Publishing Getting your book published through a regular royalty publisher is attractive to most authors, but VERY difficult. It typically takes three to ten years for a new author to get a first acceptance. Most publishers accept only agented projects. Authors may invest a great deal of time finding an agent and waiting—perhaps decades—for that first publishing contract. Publishers typically offer royalties of 7–10% of the cover price to authors. Of all of the entities involved in publishing a book—the author, publisher, printing press, bookstore, and shipping service—the author makes the least money on all his or her creative effort. Does this seem right? Self-Publishing There are two ways to self-publish: start your own independent press, or publish through an established publisher offering author services, that already has distribution channels wide open and international database registration set up. The first option entails learning an entire industry from the ground up, investing a GREAT deal of time learning your “new career” (a huge learning curve for the complete “do-it-yourselfer”), and of course, pumping lots of money into your company over about a two-year period before you break even. Unless you have something inside you that LOVES to build empires from mere creative sparks, then this option is probably not what you had in mind. If you’d really like to explore the publishing industry and the self-publishing option, I recommend two really great books: The Book Book: A Complete Guide to Creating a Book on Your Computer by Lily Splane, and The Self-Publishing Manual, by Dan Poynter. Book Shepherding (Author Services) A book shepherd can take your book all the way from manuscript format to a glorious stack of soft-cover books with full-color cover in just weeks. Hiring a book shepherd requires a modest financial investment (compared to starting a publishing company), allows you complete creative freedom, takes the least amount of time (weeks vs. months to years), takes the burden of getting your book to press off your shoulders, AND lets you keep ALL the profits from sales. In other words: All you do is write the book, and let the book shepherd do the rest! If this idea excites you, book shepherding is something you may want to explore. The book shepherd will also copyright your book for you, in your name. In addition, ISBN assignment with the all-important barcoding, and distribution with Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, and Borders.com are FREE with shepherding services. The profits from your books are 100% YOURS. You may order additional copies of your book from Anaphase II Publishing at any time, which will be shipped directly from the printing press in Tennessee (using paper from American cultivated trees, rather than ravaging virgin forests as many overseas printers do). No business to set up, no hassle, no studying, no paperwork...just sit back and relax while your dream takes life! Services Available:
Book Production Timeline—How Long It Takes... This entire package is available for a flat fee, based on the scope and complexity of your book. Scholarly and technical works, full-color projects, and heavily-illustrated projects (such as children's picture books) will cost more than general-reader works. Save thousands of dollars! Have your entire publishing and promotion project professionally created by one designer. Establish a visual identity by integrating your book and web-site appearance and content. Packages start at $500.
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| Manuscript editing |
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| Typesetting |
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| Layout |
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| Internal illustrations (10) |
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| Custom full-color cover design |
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| E-book generation |
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ISBN (International Standard Book Number) assigments (10 numbers) |
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| Barcoding |
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| Printing Press Title Setup |
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Copyright registration under your name |
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Registration into international book databases |
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Website design to promote your book—(5 pages with 2 graphics and 2 links each) |
...............................$300–$1500 |
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Domain registration (annual fee) |
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| Web hosting (annual fee) |
..........................................$96 |
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Website submission to major search engines and webrings (one-time fee) |
..................................$30–$480 |
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Placement of your book at Amazon.com, Borders.com, Barnes & Noble.com, and other online bookstores |
..................................$50–$100 |
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| Promotional flyer/brochure |
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Order any number of copies of
your book—on-demand, online—at author price |
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| Total Costs: |
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