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Brokering Your Book At The Silver Level (Non-ISBN# Titles) These books can include everything from; Family stories and anthologies that you would like to provide to your children and their children in published form, all the way to commercial books that you intend to sell directly through organizations or associations. In each of these situations, you will not need to have an ISBN# and the related distribution and sales-related services that are included in the Premium Level. (Please note that books without ISBN#'s are not eligible for sale in bookstores, gift shops, via Amazon.com, Libraries or other commercial outlets.) Key Benefits at the Silver Level What Services Are Included In Your Flat Fee at the Silver Level? How Do I Get Started? When you are ready to publish your book, simply e-mail info@whitehallpublishing.com with the basic specs of your book (page count, trim size, number of copies you would like to print on your first print run - remember that for a limited time we are including the first 400 books FREE of CHARGE for those authors who are creating trade paperbacks with b&w interiors). We will send you a publishing contract that you can review, sign and fax back to us. For your security and peace of mind, we process all payments through our secure shopping cart and PayPal (who now accept all major credit cards whether you have an account with them or not!) Once we receive your signed contract and payment information, we will e-mail you asking for your manuscript to be sent as an attachment in an e-mail to us (in .doc or .txt format). We will also send you the marketing questionnaire and six popular marketing reports so you can get started right away. Once your manuscript arrives, we will begin in earnest, the publication of your book per our contract. Pricing Information Books can be published in a variety of trim sizes. We work on a flat fee basis on all elements of your project and if your book qualifies for the special 400 free books, our flat fee is your total cost unless you would like to order additional books during your first print run. Otherwise, if your book does not qualify for our 400 free copies, your total price will be our flat fee + your print costs which we will provide to you before any contracts are signed. Again, we don't like surprises anymore than you do! Flat fees on the Silver Level are: $2000.00 for books under 50 pages + print costs, (this would include children's full color story books and hard cover books). $3750.00 for books from 51 to 200 pages in length, (includes trade paperbacks with B&W interiors which qualify for our Special 400 free copies of your book - the free books do not apply for color interiors or hard cover books as they require offset printers to produce the highest quality and they will require a 1000 book minimum). For color interiors or hard cover books, your cost for a 51 - 200 page book will be $3750.00 + print costs. $4250.00 for books that exceed 200 pages in length, (includes trade paperbacks with B&W interiors which qualify for our Special 400 free copies of your book - the free books do not apply for color interiors or hard cover books as they require offset printers to produce the highest quality and they will require a 1000 book minimum). For color interiors or hard cover books, your cost for a 51 - 200 page book will be $4250.00 + print costs. NOTE: We can not include print costs in the flat fee for color interior books and/or hard cover books because both require we send your book to an offset printer in order to ensure the highest quality output and they will require a minimum order of 1000 copies. However, we publish a lot of full color books and can get you the best print bids in the world for your full color or hardcover book because we work with offset printers around the globe and are given the best pricing possible which we will pass on to you. When it comes time to pay the printer, you will pay them directly so there is no question about marking up print bills. You will pay the same amount we would pay for the same job! Once we have all the specs from you, we will get you a firm printing bid before you sign any contracts with us because we do not like surprises anymore than you do! At all page count levels of the Silver Level, your book will be professionally: Edited, Receive a custom cover design, Professional typesetting/layout, And be professional printed We will also provide you with full e-mail support throughout the entire publishing process. We normally charge $160.00 per hour for e-mail consultations and the average first book will take 2 - 5 months to complete. If you only asked ONE HOUR'S worth of questions per day, that would be a savings to you of over $24,000.00 by the time your book was completed and your education in the publishing process would be college level! This entire process of prepping the book for print will take two to five months, depending on how ready your manuscript is when it arrives. The process will involve at least a dozen professionals working on your book to make it stand out! Print Options available through Whitehallpublishing.com We offer every print option on the market today: From state-of-the-art POD printers who will print as few as one book at a time for you, To offset printers who will print a minimum of 1000 books and in the process, save you some money on the per unit cost of your book. To full color printers in Hong Kong to ensure your children's or art books have the finest quality color work, on the highest quality paper. Once The Contracts Are Signed, Then What? How Am I Billed? For your security, all payments are made through our secure shopping cart using PayPal who now accepts all major credit cards whether you have a PayPal account or not. When contracts are signed, you will include payment for only 50% of the book brokering fee at that time. Click here to process your first payment, depending on your page count. When the book is through the editing, cover design, layout and two editing reviews and is ready to ship to the printers, you will pay the second installment of 40% of the remaining balance due on the book brokering fee. Click Here to process your second payment. If your book is being printed by a POD printer and qualifies, your first 400 copies are included in your fee. However, if you wanted to order extra copies at that time, you would only be paying for those and that payment would be made at this time as well. POD printers ask for full payment at the time your print orders are placed. If your book is being printed by an offset printer, they require only 50% of the total print bill be paid to them via wire transfer at this time and the balance when you approve the proofs they will send directly to you approximately 2 weeks after the final files are uploaded to them. We will provide you with all the information you need to execute your payments. Our final payment is to be made (final 10% of the book brokering fee) at the time the books arrive to your address in satisfactory condition, at which time, our work is done. Click Here to make your final payment. To get started today, e-mail us the basic specs of your book (trim size, interior page count and whether or not you want color interior or B&W, soft cover or hard cover) to info@whitehallpublishing.com. Once we review your information, we will send you a contract and where needed, a printer bid for your book so you know exactly what your costs will be - NO Surprises! When you sign your contract, you can fax it to us at 888-871-5856, visit our shopping cart to make your initial payment and e-mail your manuscript to us at info@whitehallpublishing.com to get things started! |
Remember that for a limited time we are including the first 400 books FREE of CHARGE for those authors who are creating trade paperbacks with b&w interiors. You maintain complete creative and financial control over your book, You own the copyrights to your book, which means that all profits from all sales are yours and yours alone, You end up with a professionally published book. The fundamental difference between the Silver and Premium Levels is the ISBN# and distribution. The Silver Level is designed for non-commercial books and as a result, no ISBN#, barcode or distribution is established for these titles. If you are interested in selling your book in bookstores, libraries, via the Internet or in any other commercial outlets, check out our Premium Level. |
At Whitehallpublishing.com, remember that for a limited time we are including the first 400 books FREE of CHARGE for those authors who are creating trade paperbacks with b&w interiors. Complete professional editing of your book, Complete professional custom book cover design for your book, Complete professional typesetting/layout for your book, We will provide you with a complete marketing plan questionnaire that you can use to plan your marketing strategy for your title and rely on this information as your marketing road map, if you decide to market your book directly to customers, associations or other organizations, and We will be your liasion between all professionals invovled in the production and printing of your book to ensure YOU don't have to worry about the details. Instead, you can focus on writing and promoting your new book! |
After contracts are signed and you complete the writing of your book, we will have it professionally edited for you, We will have the book cover professionally designed and created for you, incorporating your ideas and desires, Once the editing and custom cover work is done, we will e-mail everything back to you for your review. At this time, we will ask you to carefully re-read the entire manuscript to ensure that you are satisfied with the editing work that has been done to this point. In the flat fee, we provide authors two complete editing passes through the book to make any changes you would like to make. This means that you can tweak the manuscript, editing, artwork or anything else that you would like to change. Once you have finished your first pass, we will execute your requested changes and do the layout of the book for the printer and when that is completed, we will send you a pdf file of the final book for your second review. This is your second editing pass through the book. The focus of this pass is esthetic in nature. You will be reviewing the layout of the interior of the book. Once we receive your single e-mail with all requested tweaks in it from that second pass, we will execute those final changes and prep the book for publication. If, after the second complete pass through the book, you still want to make more changes, we are happy to accommodate your needs at a rate of $50.00 per hour for that service. When the book is ready to go to print, we will hand walk your finished book through the entire print process, acting as your liasion with printers and shippers, During all phases of the publishing process, you have the final word on all decisions made concerning your book. Finally, the finished books will be delivered to the address of your choice and our job is complete. |