3 Ways To Get Published!
There are three ways to get published, basically. For newbies.By Toney La TrippOwner and Operator of Page Turners Publishing House
There are three ways to get published. Traditional publishing through a major pub house, going through a small press, or indie (independent) publishing on your own. There are pros and cons with each. Some with more cons than pros.
Self-pubbing means you keep all the profits. If there are any sales. It means Amazon pays you directly. It means book stores, libraries, etc pay you directly. It also means you pay up front for any expenses out of your own pocket. It means you either do your own cover work, editing, book formatting, and marketing, or pay someone else to do that for you. It means that every step of the way is your own responsibility.
Good small presses will handle the cover work, the formatting, and some marketing. They may cover editing or you may need a freelance editor. They may help you find leads for sales, help set up book signings, and lead you in the direction to maximize book sales. They take care of uploading your ebooks and setting up your print books. They take care of dealing with Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and some independent bookstores. For all of this, they take a small percentage of the book's profits.
Major pub houses MAY (and it's a BIG "may") give you a small advance. This advance, usually 5-10k, will be broken up into 3 or 4 payments. One payment when you sign, one you deliver the complete MS, one about a year later after some sales, hopefully. These installments tend to be $500-$1000 each, if that. Can you live on $1,000 for one year? No. This is after the agent takes their share. Major pub houses most likely will not have your book out to the public for at least one year after accepting it Usually 2 or more years later. One advantage is, they can more easily get a book available TO major chains such as Barnes and Noble. The reality about that is, each book store has the option of what to stock their own shelves with. What they believe will sell in their area. Which means, each title will not be stocked at all stores. Each store will stock the best sellers, simply because they are best sellers.
Another difference between a major house and a small press, when dealing with major chains such as B & N: The books B & N buys from the major house aren't paid for up front. The books B & N buys from a small chain, especially if POD, are bought up front. When this is the case, B & N doesn't like to pay up front, so they opt out of that as a whole usually, whereas they may give that title shelf space for a month or two max to see if it sells, if they don't have to pay up front.
This is the nutshell version.
I'll use this space to give the nutshell of what my company provides. I have a small press. It's called Page Turners Publishing, LLC. Yes, we are incorporated.
We offer authors signed with us worldwide distribution. We have printing facilities in the USA, the UK, and Australia. We publish both ebooks and print versions. Our ebooks are published on various platforms, such as Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords, among others. Our print books are almost immediately available through Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles's website, bn.com. This also allows Barnes and Noble to stock our books in their stores, if they choose to. Our print books are also available internationally and can be searched through Waterstone's database and W H Smith's. That means those stores can also stock them, in the UK.
We do not offer advances for authors since we are so small. However, we do try to work with an editing team and have the authors work with editors, or editing software, to help them polish their work. We work with covers as well. We also pass along as many tips as we can regarding marketing, to help the author reach out and find new readers. The author is expected to do as much marketing as they can, on their own, just as a big press would expect the author to do.
Unlike major presses, we can offer turn around time for a book of anywhere from 3-12 months usually. Depending on how committed the author is, how well they work with editing, and the general log of the company. That is time from being accepted and signed to time that the book is available to the public to buy.
We price our books as affordably as possible to remain competitive. Yes, this means it cuts into the bottom line, hence less profit per copy. However, we do not have the view of getting rich off of a few sales. Rather, we look for mass sales. We look for long term potential.
As an example, Page Turners Publishing, LLC has been making one nickel of profit per copy of each Kindle book sold.
There are three ways to get published. Traditional publishing through a major pub house, going through a small press, or indie (independent) publishing on your own. There are pros and cons with each. Some with more cons than pros.Self-pubbing means you keep all the profits. If there are any sales. It means Amazon pays you directly. It means book stores, libraries, etc pay you directly. It also means you pay up front for any expenses out of your own pocket. It means you either do your own cover work, editing, book formatting, and marketing, or pay someone else to do that for you. It means that every step of the way is your own responsibility.
Good small presses will handle the cover work, the formatting, and some marketing. They may cover editing or you may need a freelance editor. They may help you find leads for sales, help set up book signings, and lead you in the direction to maximize book sales. They take care of uploading your ebooks and setting up your print books. They take care of dealing with Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and some independent bookstores. For all of this, they take a small percentage of the book's profits.
Major pub houses MAY (and it's a BIG "may") give you a small advance. This advance, usually 5-10k, will be broken up into 3 or 4 payments. One payment when you sign, one you deliver the complete MS, one about a year later after some sales, hopefully. These installments tend to be $500-$1000 each, if that. Can you live on $1,000 for one year? No. This is after the agent takes their share. Major pub houses most likely will not have your book out to the public for at least one year after accepting it Usually 2 or more years later. One advantage is, they can more easily get a book available TO major chains such as Barnes and Noble. The reality about that is, each book store has the option of what to stock their own shelves with. What they believe will sell in their area. Which means, each title will not be stocked at all stores. Each store will stock the best sellers, simply because they are best sellers.
Another difference between a major house and a small press, when dealing with major chains such as B & N: The books B & N buys from the major house aren't paid for up front. The books B & N buys from a small chain, especially if POD, are bought up front. When this is the case, B & N doesn't like to pay up front, so they opt out of that as a whole usually, whereas they may give that title shelf space for a month or two max to see if it sells, if they don't have to pay up front.
This is the nutshell version.
I'll use this space to give the nutshell of what my company provides. I have a small press. It's called Page Turners Publishing, LLC. Yes, we are incorporated.
We offer authors signed with us worldwide distribution. We have printing facilities in the USA, the UK, and Australia. We publish both ebooks and print versions. Our ebooks are published on various platforms, such as Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords, among others. Our print books are almost immediately available through Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles's website, bn.com. This also allows Barnes and Noble to stock our books in their stores, if they choose to. Our print books are also available internationally and can be searched through Waterstone's database and W H Smith's. That means those stores can also stock them, in the UK.
We do not offer advances for authors since we are so small. However, we do try to work with an editing team and have the authors work with editors, or editing software, to help them polish their work. We work with covers as well. We also pass along as many tips as we can regarding marketing, to help the author reach out and find new readers. The author is expected to do as much marketing as they can, on their own, just as a big press would expect the author to do.
Unlike major presses, we can offer turn around time for a book of anywhere from 3-12 months usually. Depending on how committed the author is, how well they work with editing, and the general log of the company. That is time from being accepted and signed to time that the book is available to the public to buy.
We price our books as affordably as possible to remain competitive. Yes, this means it cuts into the bottom line, hence less profit per copy. However, we do not have the view of getting rich off of a few sales. Rather, we look for mass sales. We look for long term potential.
As an example, Page Turners Publishing, LLC has been making one nickel of profit per copy of each Kindle book sold.
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