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| Trafford | |||
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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 | Unknown | ||
| Combo publishing | Unknown | ||
| Color publishing | $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: | Royalties are 20% of payments received by the publisher. | ||
| Author's discount: | Unknown | ||
| Break-even point: | Unknows seeing how their basic retail price is something of a mystery (probably some 300 copies based on other publishers' retail price). | ||
| Basic retail price: | Unknown. | ||
| Layout: | You must supply your own (?). | ||
| Graphics: | As many as you want seeing how you must provide your own layout (?). | ||
| Cover options: | You must submit your own (?). | ||
| Trim size: | You have a number of trim sizes to choose from. | ||
| Additional options: | They have a number of more expensive packages with setup fees going all the was up to $11,999.00. | ||
| Pros*: | *Good distribution. | ||
| Cons*: | *Low royalties on direct sales. *Unknown discount. *You can't opt-out of their eBook publishing. *There are too many unanswered question in their site. *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 AuthorHouse, iUniverse and Xlibris). | ||
| The Bottom Line*: | Even though their set-up fee seems reasonable enough, the number of unknown factors combined with low royalties, 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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