2. The First Book Publishing Company Exclusively for Teen Writers

3. How the Company Came About
Justin M. Anderson, authored Saving Stripes: A Kitty’s Story, and got a lot of attention for his book.

4. How the Company Came About
Appeared on KARE-TV and WCCO TV
Stories in the Star Tribune, Sun Sailor, Lakeshore Weekly, The Laker, Lake Minnetonka Magazine.

5. How the Company Came About
Didn’t think it was fair he was the only young writer he knew with his own book, so he wanted to help others.

6. How the Name Sigma’s Bookshelf Came About
Sigma is a character in Justin’s debut novel, “Nothing But Trouble.”
Sigma is the 18th letter in the Greek alphabet, and the character is the 18th test subject in a cancer cure project that goes terribly wrong.

7. How the Name Sigma’s Bookshelf Came About
Author’s goals with the book are to communicate the importance of being open to feedback and realizing your mistakes. He also wraps his love of science into the story.

8. Meet Sigma! Formerly human Lizard-like creature Incredibly handsome
Kind of skinny
Radiation-sensing ears
Wants revenge for what happened to him.

9. Sigma’s Bookshelf’s Goals
To promote the importance of goal setting.
To help young writers make their dream of being a published author come true.

10. Book Launch Event June 2017

11. Sigma’s Bookshelf Books

12. Why Authors Write To inform To inspire To share their experiences
To entertain

13. Traditional Publishing vs. Self Publishing
Traditional publishing typically requires authors to secure an agent, and once the manuscript is sold they lose control of the content in their books. $$

14. Traditional Publishing vs. Self Publishing
Vanity presses charge fees for taking authors through the publishing process.
With self-publishing, the author retains control and has greater potential for earning profits.

15. Traditional Publishing vs. Self Publishing
Sigma’s Bookshelf is a self-publisher passing on the privileges of self-publishing to teen authors.

16. Full Print Run vs. Print-On-Demand
With a full print run, a pre-determined number of copies are printed then put into distribution. The publisher or author must pay for all the books printed in advance.
With print-on- demand, author/publisher orders copies as needed. They are not printed until they are ordered.

17. How Sigma’s Bookshelf Works
Teen authors submit their manuscripts through the website:
Manuscript is reviewed.
Teen author is informed of Sigma’s Bookshelf’s decision regarding publication within 30 days.

18. Three Possibilities
1) Book is accepted, and the author sends over consent to move forward.

19. Three Possibilities
2) Book is accepted with conditions. Author must first make some suggested edits.
3) Book is turned down with an explanation of the reasons, and recommendations on changes that can be made to make it publishable in the future.

20. The Book Production Process
1) Manuscript is accepted.
2) Book is reviewed by an editor.
3) Edited manuscript is sent back to the author for final approval.
4) Once approved, book moves into the production phase.

21. The Book Production Process
5) Once finished, a proof is sent back to the author to review.

22. The Book Production Process
6) Once approved, work begins to finalize the cover. Authors must submit their own cover artwork.

23. The Book Production Process
7) Once cover and manuscript accepted, book is uploaded to print-on- demand service and made available for purchase.

24. How to Order Sigma’s Bookshelf Books
1) Directly through Sigma’s Bookshelf for those who wish to order in bulk at a discount.
2) Through 70 online retailers, including: and
3) Orders placed in bookstores.

25. Questions? ?