Posted by: Valerie Connelly in myblog on Oct 30, 2009
All right, pay-to-publish is a touchy subject, and we all know it.
Many authors think there is something inherently bad about paying to publish a book. Publishers who are looking to pay advances for new talent are non-existent. over 500,000 books are published every year in the USA. So, when an unknown author tries the old query-and-hope-for-the-best technique of submitting books for consideration, the rejection notices pile up like the recent blizzard in Denver, Colorado, two feet deep and cold as ice.
Most authors do not know professional editors. Most do not know layout and design specialists, printers, distributors, shippers, marketing experts and web gurus. And most authors lack these skills as well. So, what is an author to do?
Look for the publisher who:
1) involves you in the process of creating your book from beginning to end
2) pays you 100% royalties until you earn all your costs back and 50-70% royalties thereafter
3) educates you to the business of marketing your book, and who stands with you throughout that process and afterward
4) whose books win awards and
5) whose authors come back again and again to publish second, third, fourth and fifth titles
Oh, did I mention these are the qualities we believe in at Nightengale Press, and we are the only publisher in the industry who meets all these standards? Oh, that's right, we developed these standards and we live up to them every day. We are publishing our 90th title by the end of 2009. We limit our production to 15 to 20 titles per year to make sure every author gets the one-on-one support we value so highly.
Go to www.nightengalepublishing.com for all the service details.