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Basic
Terms to be Familiar with
A
traditional publisher distributes books under its own
imprint. They purchase manuscripts from authors and handle the
complete cost of producing those manuscripts: Cover and text design,
typesetting, printing, marketing, distribution, etc. The author does
not pay any of these costs. The book is now owned by the publisher.
The finished books remain in the publisher’s possession until
sold; the author receives a portion of sales called royalties.
A
subsidy publisher also distributes books under its own
imprint. However, it does not purchase manuscripts; instead, it asks
authors to pay for the cost of publication. With the exception of
certain types of publishers such as university or scholarly presses,
any publisher that requests a fee from the author is a subsidy
publisher. As with traditional publishers, the books are owned by the
publisher and remain in the publisher’s possession; the author
receives royalties.
A
self-publisher is an author who pays for the cost of
designing, printing, and distributing his or her book. The author may
invent and registers a publishing “imprint.” Self-published
books are the property of the author and usually remain in the
author’s possession; all sales proceeds belong to the author.
The self-published author can register with RR Bowker (www.isbn.org)
as a Publisher and receive their own ISBN prefix and log.
A
printer is a firm that works with self-publishing authors to
produce books. To confuse the issue, some printers call themselves
“publishers” and some publishers have the word
“Press” in their title. Some printers offer a range of book
production services such as design, typesetting and printing, and may
also offer marketing, distribution, warehousing and fulfillment
services. (“Fulfillment” may include order processing, book
shipping and customer invoicing.)
Sunrise
Publishing has been working with those who want to selp-publish
their books since 1994. We work closely with authors who want to
maintain the rights to their works. We offer a complete package of
services, from disk to finished book including complete pre-press and post-press
options. We won’t just print and hang you out to dry. You
maintain complete control over every aspect of your project. This is,
after all, your project.
Disclaimer: Not
responsible for advice, ideas, suggestions and/or
programs. By
mentioning these programs or any other program, I’m in no way
endorsing these or any other programs for you and/or your project.
Any advice, ideas or suggestions and/or programs mentioned are
considered my opinion only and am considered not liable. Not
responsible for sales or lack of sales of your project.
Brian@SunriseBooks.com
SunrisePublishing@gmail.com |
