Book publishing guides for aspiring and established authors? Consider Your Book Cover Design Carefully: Your book cover design is an important tool for marketing your book to readers. With great print quality and a good cover design, no one will be able to tell your self-published book from one that’s published by a major traditional publisher. It’s good to educate yourself on what makes a good book cover design, but if you aren’t a designer by trade, it’s also best to hire a professional.
Find a distributor/wholesaler: Companies such as First Edition Design Publishing, will work with self-publishers in getting the word out about your book. They have national databases filled with titles that bookstores and libraries like to order from. However, there is a price in using their services. Most expect 55% of the retail price of the book. (15% for them/40% for the bookstore is the general rule.) Typically you will not use a distributor if you’re only printing a few hundred books, until the sales of your book begin to grow.
Keep going, even if you hit trouble. Barbara Freethy, author of more than 20 self-published contemporary romance books, advises writers not to give up when things get tough: I’ve been tempted to quit in the middle of writing a book, because the next story always seems easier and more exciting. But I’m usually pretty disciplined, and once I get into a story, I find a way to write through the tough times. Every novel has ups and downs, and every writer has to climb over obstacles whether it’s in the outlining or the actual writing. So if you have a story to tell, don’t give up.
first.edition.design is a licensed and approved Apple Application Developer. We were one of the first companies to obtain many of the Microsoft certifications to include being a Microsoft Solution Provider. Whatever your target audience consists of First Edition Design Publishing will guide you in obtaining the largest audience possible – Local, State, National or International. Currently accepting manuscripts in English, Spanish, French, etc. ( over 20 languages total ), First Edition Design Publishing currently maintains clients in 48 countries and accepts over 17 currencies. See more details at http://www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com/.
First Edition Design Publishing (aggregator) formats, converts and submits your book to over thousands of eBook and POD (PRINT) distribution points worldwide and to the top internet retailers including but not limited to – Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, Ciando, OverDrive, e-Sentral, EBSCO and more. We format and convert your book to the different requirements of each distribution partner, including custom ePub files. We will assign a custom ISBN for your eBook and or POD (PRINT) publication, as well as register and submit your title to the Library of Congress (LCCN). All academic publications receive a DOI. Also provided are bar codes and minor editing. (see FAQs for details) We also can provide QR codes upon request. We accept all manuscripts for review, that does not mean we accept all titles for publishing. We do not censor content, but do reserve the right to edit formatting and structure to meet the standards of our distribution partners. We do require a digital version of your manuscript, however we do offer print to digital services if needed and data entry typing if you have a hand written manuscript.. See our packages tab at the top of this page for details.