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| Manuscript screening: | No | ||
| Kind of contract: | Non-Exclusive | ||
| 2+2=5 | While they do describe their contract as non-exclusive, it is not available online. | ||
| Distribution: | Through their site and online retailers mostly | ||
| Basic fees: | Paperback publishing | Basic paperback fee is $599.00. | |
| Hardcover publishing | Not available | ||
| Combo publishing | Basic combo fee is $1,199.00 | ||
| Color publishing | Basic color publishing fee is $599.00. | ||
| eBook publishing | eBook publishing is bundled into their packages (this is probably not a good thing). Royalties are 50% of net receipts. |
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| Royalties: | You choose your royalties. These range between 5-20% on external sales and between 5-50% on direct sales. | ||
| Author's discount: | Unknown | ||
| Break-even point: | Between 300 and 400 copies sold through extrenal channels using a 10% royalty | ||
| Basic retail price: | Varies based on your choices when it comes to royalty payments (between $14.95 and $21.95 for an average length book) | ||
| Layout: | They will format your book for you (?). | ||
| Graphics: | May be available as an extra. | ||
| Cover options: | They will design one for you. | ||
| Trim size: | You have three trim sizes to choose from. | ||
| Additional options: | There are a number of more expensive packages with setup fees going up to $1,999.00. | ||
| Pros*: | *Good distribution. *You have some flexibility when it comes to royalties and retail price. |
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| Cons*: | *Fairly expensive to expensive setup fee (depending on what you choose as your royalties). *Their contract may or may not be a problem. *Their site is not particularly informative. *eBook publishing is bundled into their print packages. *eBook publishing deal is not particularly favorable (with a couple of exceptions this is true of all POD publishers). |
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| Comments*: | This is one of several large publishers that were bought by Author Solutions (the others being iUniverse, Trafford and Xlibris) This publisher used to be known as '1st Books Library'. |
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| The Bottom Line*: | Even though their set-up fee seems like a reasonable one, an expensive retail price combined with low royalties, an unknown discount, undisclosed terms and a bundled eBook publishing package that is far from favorable make this a company you may want to avoid. |
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| Last updated: 06-26-2011 | |||
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