You actually have 4 ways to go...NOW
Self Publishing IS a full-time Job:
Self-publishing, years ago, was called vanity publishing. This was because
it was very expensive and people usually did this when they couldn’t find a
publisher after sending hundreds of manuscripts out for their writing. In other words, no publisher thought the book
would be good enough to sell. Most often, that was true.
Today, however, many people are looking at self-publishing as a first
choice. It costs far less than it used to, bringing self-publishing into
most people’s price range. It has two great advantages. First, you have
total control of the way the book will appear. Second, you will earn more
money per book sold. But Remember, you bear the print costs and the
shipping of your books. And all of the work is UP TO YOU. Easily it
can cost you $3,000 for all print costs, ISBNS, UPC Codes, Artist Costs for
covers and for an approximate 200 page paperback book to SELF PUBLISH and
have some stock on hand! It's not unheard of that an average 200 page
book worked on part time can take on the average 4 years from start to
finish. Can you Wait 4 years?
However, in my opinion, there are still a lot of disadvantages
for self publishing for the newby writer/author. Although
you will have more control, most people don’t know about things such as
editing, design, pagination and layouts. Many self-published books look absolutely horrible and
unprofessional. Correct layout and pagination is imperative. Some people still look down on self-published books.
Further, when you self-publish you are also the advertiser, publicist,
distributor, promoter, etc. You literally have to do several jobs with many
hats on 24/7.
Remember with a self published book, YOU have to really
obtain popularity and YOU must literally work on publicizing your own book every day with blogs, interviews, websites, etc. Self-publishing is
full-time job and a lot of work. Are you ready for that?
Wouldn't you like to lighten your work load? We are here for each and
every step of the way.
You want your book to be sold on
Barnes and Noble and Amazon
and Books A Million Don't You? All
Booksellers and all
readers! You want to be able to share it
on Facebook and Twitter right? You want to be
able to share it with the world!
Blue Feather Web and Publishing
WE handle all of the above headaches and each
every step of the way. We only charge for the work performed. We
are a publisher that wants you to obtain your dream of being published and
then some. Money should not matter and that is why we will work with
you at each stage of publishing. We handle the actual publishing of
your book, place it for sale on Barnes and Noble and with Amazon.
We help in promotion efforts on Facebook and on this site and for each
author this is continual. We have trusted partners to help you in
every aspect of your book and marketing and promotion. Sales
depend on content, packaging and promotion. We have you covered.
Before going on to the necessary steps below,
download our FREE How to Write a Query Letter to Your Publisher here.
It will help quicken the process of your submittal.
Query Letter Set up.
Here are the Necessary Steps to Becoming Published
this is YOUR Checklist.
We have been asked in the past about what our
publishing protocols are and we must say, we have handled all types of book
genre. We do not accept any type of immoral/sexual natured books. WE make
that distinction at the time of your submittal to us.
We can do this for your book, quite quickly.
Inspired by Bob Lep...
By Sandra Marie Hall
Did you know that the book you are about to publish is a TRADE BOOK?
TRADE PUBLISHING
Maybe you've never wondered what people in the publishing
industry call the books that you find in a bookstore or local library, but
there is a term. They are called trade books and they are designed for the
general consumer. Trade publishers sell their books through the channels
that have been specifically established for books, they are bookstores,
libraries, and wholesalers. Trade books are published for children,
teenagers, and adults. They can be works of fiction or nonfiction, hardcover
or paperback. Generally, trade publishing is the most high profile type of
publishing as it is the most commercially focused. Blue Feather Web
and Publishing is a Trade Publisher.
Traditional Publishers
Ok, not to blow our own horns or anything, but
traditional publishing or trying to find a traditional publisher is getting
increasingly harder and harder in this economy. You have to mail your
manuscript to 82,000 firms and make sure that your book is the TYPE of book that
they are seeking. You have to know what each publisher is looking for to
target your book to them. Your book is like a glorified resume'. 200,000 titles are printed each year. You are a
small fish in a big sea of books. And it gets even more difficult trying
to find a publicist or a literary agent. Let us put you in touch with our
trusted book partners for every step of the way to have a successful book launch
and wonderful sales.
Some Publishing Terms
To Publish means to prepare and issue material for
public distribution or sale or "to place in front of the public's eye".
Submitting Your Query Letters! This is Step One!
A Publisher:
A Traditional Publisher is the one who puts up money and the one
who takes the risk. That is why many traditional publishers do NOT
accept many books and manuscripts throughout the year.
The New Publisher:
The New Publisher wears many hats indeed, they
handle all of the traditional publishing tasks i.e. editing, covers, design,
ISBN and UPC procurement, printing, marketing with the biggies, selling, and in addition, digitizing for I-Pad, Nook, Kindle, and
all forms of digital publishing. Web site maintenance for your author
site. Blogs, Facebook, Video and other marketing. The new publisher is leaps and
bounds above the traditional publisher as they are more flexible in the
stages of publishing and less
rigid than traditional publishers.
Straight to E-Book Publishing
Get Started Publishing your book as an e-book RIGHT NOW to be sold
as a Kindle Book as soon as
you are done! Kindle Direct Publishing is the way to go.
YOUR BOOKS' GENRE'
- Novel Publishing
- Business Publishing
- Fiction Publishing
- Poetry Publishing
- Children's Book
- Self Publishing
- Non Fiction Publishing
- Publish a Short Story
- Biography Publishing
- History Publishing
- Cooking Book
- Online Publishing
- Memoir Publishing
- Mystery Publishing
- Christian Book Publishing
CHAPTERS FOR REVIEW
After contacting us about your book, send it to us in ANY stage
of development and in any format and we will
review it. We will then send you information needed in order
to GET published. While sending your chapters for review, be thinking
about your covers and be as
specific as possible. Will you need our help? What do you envision? Do you want paperback or
hardcover? How many pages is your final book? You must sign a
contract with Blue Feather Web and Publishing to
proceed for you.
YOUR ISBN NUMBERS & UPC Codes For Sales
After the editing process is done and your book has been formatted for print,
or digital, we will
procure your ISBN numbers for you and get your book started for the printing
process. Two separate ISBN numbers are needed for print and for digital.
UPC Codes must be generated for the Sales of your books in bookstores or any
store. Let Blue Feather Web Help you in the pricing of your book and the
UPC code generation to be placed on your back cover.
YOUR COVERS
We have award winning graphic artists to handle the creation of your
covers. Send us your thoughts and ideas on what you want your covers to
look like and we will have them created for you! Or you may send us covers
that you have already had created.
PRINTING
You are allowed one proof and one editing of the proof. When we have your
accepted book printed you can order any quantity you wish
for yourself. We ship them to you as soon as your order goes through.
You will receive one proof of your book and if all is ok with no revisions, and
your acceptance, we
can ship any quantity to you or to any place you designate!
BOOKSELLERS
We do all the work for you in getting your book sold to major
booksellers like Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon.com to start! Your book
can be sold in print format or digital format or both at these sellers.
E-BOOKS
We can convert almost anything--print, text, Word, pdf's, Open
Office Writer and WordPerfect files--into .mobi (Kindle) and .epub (iPad,
iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony eReader, Kobo and most smartphone reading
applications).
Contact us for a quote on your project.
MARKETING YOUR BOOK
We help you with a marketing plan for your books. Additional
charges for marketing and book promotion apply!
CONTACT
US TODAY! for publishing questions you may have.
