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Choosing the Right Book Publisher
| Guest post by: Don Harold |
Article Overview: BookWhirl.com shares its insights on how self-published authors can choose the right publishers to work with.
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Choosing the Right Book Publisher
It is every writer’s
dream to publish a book. It takes a lot of imagination, sleepless nights,
queries, discussions, criticisms, and encouragements, to make that dream of
becoming a published author come to reality.
But after you have come to
put your book into one perfect piece comes a dilemma of choosing a publisher and
sometimes, this is not even a matter of financial capability. When choosing a
publisher, it all boils down to trust. You would not want to end up loosing
both of what makes up your writing career: dreams and financial investments.
So, when you’re finally
done with your book, it is best to do a comprehensive research on self-publishing
companies. For one, you can check on credible websites that have reviews on
publishing companies that you are eyeing to work with. You can check out the
Better Business Bureau’s to verify a
certain company’s credibility.
Another way of reviewing
your potential publisher is to participate on author forum discussions. It is
through these online forums that authors meet fellow authors who have published
books and gained full experience on the publishing industry. Be clever enough
to choose whom to believe though. There’s a thick line that between critics who
makes sense and the ones that are plain tormentors giving filthy-biased feedbacks.
Below is a list of self-publishing
companies that feature out of the box specials apart from the basic publishing
services:
Trafford Publishing
Offers a program called
InspireABook for authors who need help organizing their book for publication.
Infinity Publishing
Offers The Author’s
Gazette, a free monthly newsletter covering topics on promotion and marketing
for self-published authors.
Outskirts Press
Offers a recycled paper
option and a free e-book entitled “Self-publishing Simplified”.
BookSurge
Acquired by Amazon.com in
2005, BookSurge enables authors to access the world’s largest online network of
sales channels and use sophisticated tools to reach acquisition editors of
large publishing houses.
Instant Publisher
Manuscripts are submitted
through the company’s unique online software that enables authors to proofread before
the book is sent out for printing.
Bookstand Publishing
Bookstand
does not charge extra for e-book services. What’s more is that they allow
unlimited number of photos; illustrations and charts for any book publishing
package.
Red Lead Press
This
company is does not offer editing or proofreading services. They basically
print and ship the books to its buyers within 48 hours.
Omega Publications
Each
book goes through 10 quality control checks to assure quality and superiority.
Morris Publishing
The
company has a separate division specializing in cookbooks.
48Hour Books
This
company features 48 hours of total production time. Authors are also given the
chance to convert their files to PDF by downloading their free software.
BookMasters
BookMasters
offers biodegradable inks and chemistry, Forest Stewardship Council certified
paper mills and, 10%, 30% and 100% post-consumer waste papers.
BookMobile
BookMobile
is 100% wind powered and offers a wide variety of post-consumer recycled
papers.
Wheatmark
Offers
a Great Expectations program where books with promising initial sales receive
the company's financial investment and resources for marketing.
Innovo Publishing
Innovo
is a Christian-based, family-owned publishing services provider.
Xulon Press
Xulon
is a Christian publisher and has a statement of faith. It does not accept books
dealing with the occult, New Age belief, pornography, homosexuality and other
subjects condemned by Scripture.
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My reading log
- Hi OmnivoreInk,
Before starting my business, I read the following books as research:
-"The Art of the Start" by Guy Kawasaki
-"The AdSense Code" by Joel Comm
-"Don't Think Pink" and "Mind Your X's and Y's" by Lisa Johnson
And since then I've continued my "research" by reading (in this order):
-"Technical Tennis" by Rod Cross
-"For One More Day" by Mitch Albom
-"The Twits" by Roald Dahl
-"Little Black Book of Connections" by Jeffrey Gitomer
-"The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne
-"The Profitable Retailer" by Doug Fleener
-"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
-"Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude" by Jeffrey Gitomer
-"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" by C.S. Lewis
-"Little Green Book of Getting Your Way" by Jeffrey Gitomer
-"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
And I'm currently reading and am in the process of finishing the following:
-"There's No Such Thing as Public Speaking" by Jeanette and Roy Henderson
-"The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
-"The Book of Tells" by Peter Collett
-"Little Red Book of Sales Answers" by Jeffrey Gitomer
-"Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing The Customer Experience" by Jonathan M. Tisch
-"The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity" by Julia Cameron
-"The Inner Game of Tennis" by Timothy Gallwey
My entry
- 1. The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Business Books You'll Never Have Time to Read
- this is a fascinating book about the history of Business theory, and I'd recommend it to anybody.
2. The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants, by Tom Gegax. Ditto.
3. PADI: The Business of Diving Book
Okay, so this book won't be of use to anyone who doesn't want to start a scuba store, but I did, and this book was of course invaluable to me in reaching that goal.
Re: What the Best CEOs Know by Jeffrey Krames
- [quote="ideasuniversity":w31gke82]Where can I get this book? Two of my mentors are in the book[/quote:w31gke82]
I would check where ever you normally buy books. I checked Amazon and they have new, used and Kindle editions. These are the book details -
# Paperback: 250 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 19, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 007146252X
# ISBN-13: 978-0071462525
Lots of great content and lots of useful info.
Shri
Re: 10 Reasons Who Startups Fail & Book Recommendations
- Great post,but please edit the headline. I presume it is "10 Reasons Why Startups Fail & Book Recommendation
great concept for promoting book!
- Nikki--
I love it! You really have a handle on viral book promotion! Look for my submission (and in the future for a ghostwriting project I'm working on).
And I can't wait for Book Promo 101!
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