WAG Publishing Independent Publishing (POD)

Publishing Models Traditional, Self &Independent Publishers Making a Decision for a POD Publisher Our Publishing Process Q&A

Literary agents submit your manuscript Very difficult for new authors to be accepted Literary agents negotiate your royalties(7% to 12%) Publishing companies decide what gets published Publishers buy the rights and offer authors advances Publishing house markets and prints your book Publishing house distributes your book for sale Traditional Publishing

Self Publishing  Authors are responsible for the entire process (GC)  Who will design your book covers?  Who will perform file conversions?  Who will print and market your books?  Who will edit your manuscript?  If you hire a POD company, what services are needed?  Package 1($), Package 2($$), Package 3($$$)

Independent Publishers (POD) Print On Demand Technology New authors have greater access to publishing Books are available for sale on the Internet Authors are involved in the publishing process Independent Publishing Companies do all the work for you Authors own the rights to their work Independent Publisher can offer authors higher royalties (75%+)

Traditional Publishing Self Publishing Contract with an Independent Publisher Understand the challenges: High rejection rate from Traditional Publishers High degree of knowledge needed for self publishers Many choices for Independent Publishers Making a Decision?

Our Publishing Process Review and Acceptance Process Contractual Agreement Needs & cost assessment (editing,illustrations) We do all the legal and technical work! We pay higher royalties (75% after costs) We use social media as free marketing Your book is made available online (Amazon.com, Barnes &Noble)

Q&A Session WAG Publishing: m m Wayne & Robin Gulley