What, or who, is a publisher?
It can be difficult to decide who is publishing a book and who is acting as
an agent. The publisher is generally the person or company which takes the
financial risk in making a book available. For example, if a book went on sale
and sold no copies, the publisher is usually the person or company which loses
all or most of the money. If you get paid anyway, you are likely to be a
designer, printer, author or consultant of some kind (although authors will only
get an advance payment and not earn royalties unless the book sells).
One of the great advantages of Print on Demand for Self-Publishing is that it
limits your risk to the set-up costs of your book. Individual copies are
only printed when ordered. By contrast, traditional batch printing might
well require you to finance an initial printing of, say, 2,000 copies, thus
substantially increasing your risk.
Vanity publishing
If you are unwilling or unable to become a self-publisher, you could opt for
vanity publishing. There are many companies which will 'publish' for you, but
you should be wary and make sure you know exactly what you will be getting for
your money. In particular, you may find this an expensive option and that the
sales are
disappointing. We are not in that business. WritersPrintshop provides a design, production
and distribution service using Print on Demand technology. We help you get your
book printed, so that you can focus on the demand, before and after publication.
Compared to vanity publishing, you will also find that self-publishing
through WritersPrintshop is a cost-effective way of getting your book
published. Our pricing guidelines are
transparent and show that the costs compare very favourably with the cost of vanity
publishing. You also have the crucial benefit of being able to retain control over
your book as the publisher.
Private Publishing
You may however, not be interested in Self-publishing because you do not see
a market to which you can sell your book. In this case we can offer an
adaptation of our Self-publishing service which we call Private
Publishing. If you want to give your book away, rather selling it,
this service may be perfect for you.
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