Several years ago, when Law
Bulletin Publishing Company named Gene Murphy to its annual «40 Under 40» list of 40 outstanding young Illinois lawyers, they quoted from one nomination that said: «His skills as both a civil and criminal trial lawyer are extraordinary, and are those of a litigator well beyond his age.»
Or you can do what I tried to do, which is set up my corporation (or
my publishing company name) under the Amazon Advantage program at this LINK.
And, it's recommended that your own them outright in
your publishing company name.
The main reason for taking this step at all — to have
a publishing company name even if that «company» goes no further than you and your own email inbox or phone number — is to provide a consistent and professional point of contact for orders, returns, and other business communication that surrounds the sales and distribution of your titles.
Remember, though, that as long as you're focused on building your own author brand and body of work, the author name you publish under should take precedence over
the publishing company name.
Pick
a publishing company name, get a logo designed and trust me when I say, it's simple from there (unless you prefer it to be complicated in which case I can tell you how to make a mess of it too!).
It's possible to use
a publishing company name as a DBA («doing business as») without creating a formal business entity (such as an S corporation or an LLC).
CreateSpace even allows self - publishers to use their own ISBNs and
publishing company names.
Be creative enough with
your publishing company name that it's not obvious that you're the publisher.
A publishing company name coming across as professional and not screaming «self - published» really only matters if someone is interested in getting reviews from sources that normally don't review self - published books.
These are the same comments and arguments we have seen from the heads of
the publishing companies named in the suit.
In the email, provide
your publishing company name and your publisher ISBN prefix.
When you try to register, you'll be asked for
your publishing company name.
It was also barred from signing agreement with
the publishing companies named in the case for the next two to four years.