Book Formatting
A Book Formatting Service
The book formatting service is conducted either entirely over the internet or in combination with telephone contact. This helps to keep costs to a minimum and the investment required to format a print on demand and/or ebook will be detailed at the outset. You will be surprised how modest that sum is.
This is not a vanity publishing business – it is a business that exists to help authors overcome the technical hurdles they meet when trying to self publish. Authors retain all rights to their books and receive their associated royalties personally. Charges for the formatting and publishing of the books are on a one off basis i.e. you receive a quote for the work package and if you are happy with the price, that is all you will ever pay.
Believe nobody who offers you publishing packages that suggest that the more money you throw into their pot the higher your sales will be. Successful authors cannot be manufactured and sold like washing powder. In the book market, get the book right, pull the right levers, and once readers like you and recommend you to others, the sales can roll in.
The best publishing route for all their writers is to submit their manuscripts to traditional print publishers, provided the subject-matter has commercial merit. This is clearly the way to go if the option is available. Sadly, as many authors already know, it is rarely available and the vast majority of authors are left wondering how to get their book published when they have been rejected by traditional publishers.
How it works
The recommended route for authors who cannot find a traditional publisher is to self publish on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. It is now possible to publish a print on demand version of your book and an eBook version.
Any formatting of the book needs to be done in line with KDP’s guidelines and there are reviews in place to ensure that these guidelines have been met. There are also a number of forms that have to be completed detailing all aspects of the book that include, descriptions, categories, keywords, book content, publishing rights and so on. This can be quite daunting for someone that has never done it.
To make the process easier, you can register an account with KDP and share the sign on and password with me. I will format the book and complete all the detailed information in line with your requirements. When you are ready the book will be published and any sales royalties will be paid into your account directly via KDP. Be aware that you will need to enter in all your personal details for payment, make a tax declaration for the US and provide an address for where you are resident. That is not a part of the process that can be done for you.
Additional Services
Covers and images are an important part of any book publishing process and assistance is available to ensure that you get a professional cover for your book. This is the first thing a potential buyer sees and is what attracts them to take a closer look. So the importance of a professionally design cover should not be underestimated.
A cover for a print on demand book also has to be produced to fairly strict guidelines to ensure that everything works during the printing process. The cost of doing this is generally included in the work package. But if you also need assistance with the cover design and the message it sends, that is also available.
Other eBook distributors
Alternative eBook distributors are also available beyond Amazon. Companies like Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo etc. One of the easiest ways to publish across all those sites is to get a premium rating with Smashwords an established eBook publisher and distributor.
Once again assistance is available if you would like to take up this option.
Published authors
Please see below a list of some of the authors that have been published using this service.
You can visit their Amazon author pages to see the books they published or occasionly the link will take you directly to their published book on Amazon.
Some of these authors have seen significant success as self publishers and have received many positive reviews from the people that have bought their books.
Latest release by author Tom Reiss
This is a book about financial success at a level most people only dream of. Then there is a crash into the abyss of unimagined loss, alcoholism, drug addiction, homelessness and more. Gradually, against all the odds, there is a slow climb back and reinstatement of previous levels of success. But it doesn’t end there, a final kick in the teeth, just when all seemed well in the author’s world. You have to read it to believe it! So go and find out what it is all about: