As print books still play an important role for children's books, having
a publishing imprint name will allow you to set up with a company like Lightning Source for cheaper print books and wider distribution.
Beside being an important metadata element used when buying ISBNs, here are 4 other places your self -
publishing imprint name will appear before or soon after your book is released:
This post is just to let you know you can be your own small press very easily, make your own
publishing imprint name and logo, save a lot of money, and focus on the things that matter.
Yours could be your book's title, your own
publishing imprint name, or your name.
With our Private Label publishing option, many authors and publishers use our high - quality, full - service packages «behind the scenes» and publish their books under their own
publishing imprint name.
Not exact matches
Whether we
publish indie or traditionally, we may want to start a company at some point in our writing career, either for our pen
name or for a
publishing imprint or author services business.
There are many reasons to
publish under your own
imprint name:
The new
imprint, which will also use the Alloy Entertainment
name, will
publish young adult, new adult and commercial... [Read more...]
A writer or group of writers who have a real
publishing name and imprint and act like a business using a business imprint name such as Teddy Press or CAT P
publishing name and
imprint and act like a business using a business
imprint name such as Teddy Press or CAT
PublishingPublishing.
Their
name might be on it on the copyright page, but you still paid for the services under their
imprint, like WestBow — you weren't actually
published by the traditional publisher Thomas Nelson.
If this does not match the
name of your
publishing company or the
imprint that you're
publishing under, then you may need to request that Ingram add another option for you to select.
This ISBN and the associated barcode will be printed on the back cover of your book along with the
publishing company's
imprint /
name / logo (which will also appear on the copyright page and title page).
Amazon's
imprints have
names like Montlake Romance and Thomas & Mercer for mysteries and thrillers and they will will
publish books electronically for e-readers, and they can also be printed on demand.
A
publishing imprint is the
name of your
publishing company — the
name displayed to the public wherever you sell your book and... [Read more...]
The
names we see are the
names of their
imprints, particularly Grand Central
Publishing and Little, Brown and Company.
As readers become more savvy at identifying indie
published work (and perhaps avoiding it), an
imprint name can be a point of assurance that the author is a professional.
In addition to the
publishing imprints with the
name «Harper» in the title, HarperCollins also includes the publisers William Morrow and Avon.
Another crucial draw for authors are the supporting
names behind the competition, most notably CreateSpace, the
imprint of Amazon that is branded by On - Demand
Publishing, LLC.
So a self -
published novel would carry the author's original
imprint name on the spine, and an assisted self -
published novel would carry the publisher's
name on the spine.
Now you get to make some executive decisions concerning your new
publishing company, but before you do that, read through this Cliff's notes version of what is Bowker and who needs it, setting up your Bowker account, choosing a
name for your
publishing company, creating
imprints, purchasing ISBNs, what to do about barcodes, and choosing a logo for your new
publishing company.
Last week Penguin Random House announced the sale of beleaguered Author Solutions, the large (but seemingly getting smaller) vanity press that is known by several
imprint names in the
publishing industry including Xlibris, AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford and WestBow Press.
Unlike Lightning Source, Createspace allows authors to
publish without setting up an
imprint name (but there are caveats with this).
Independent
publishing ~ You, the author, handle all the details under your own
name / company — your
imprint.
If you have
published it through Createspace, you need to provide the existing ISBN and
imprint name you used.
Sisters Janet and Greta Podleski self -
published their first cookbook, LooneySpoons: Low - Fat Food Made Fun, under the
imprint name Granet
Publishing in 1996.
47North, whose
name is based on the latitude coordinates of Seattle, joins sister
imprints AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Powered by Amazon, Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer and the New York
imprint in the Amazon
Publishing family.
On Day Two you will learn about: - Incorporating (or «doing business as»)-
Naming your book business /
publishing imprint - Separating business from personal - Tracking income / expenses - Taxes - Accountant Businesses don't make money, people do.
The decision whether to form an
imprint or simply
publish under your own
name is not necessarily an easy one.
* «A Hologram for the King» by Dave Eggars,
published by his
imprint McSweeney's, was the first indie book reviewed in the Times (it was also recently
names by the Times as one of the «10 Best Books of 2012»).
Access to a nearly limitless catalog of books available overnight, a platform to enable undiscovered authors to
publish their work, even a traditional
imprint that lures some of the most exciting
names in
publishing, have all created a powerhouse that everyone seems to love or despise.
After you've picked a
name, you can use that rather than «createspace» or «lulu» as the
publishing imprint (you may need to pay a little extra to have this option; you should also try to get your ISBN listed with this information.)
«I think it's going to absolutely have a negative effect on, particularly, the mass market,» said Steven Zacharius, CEO of Kensington Books, a
publishing house whose
imprints boast a number of of New York Times best selling authors including Fern Michaels, one of the most recognizable
names in romance.
True self -
publishing is done through owning your own ISBN under your
name or your publisher's
imprint and uploading directly to bookseller websites such as Amazon and iTunes.
Don't
publish the book with your last
name as the
imprint.
Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA ®, and
published by both the Dell and Spectra
imprints of Bantam Random House, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair has become a
name synonymous for high - action, emotionally intense, character - driven novels.
A
publishing imprint is the
name of your
publishing company — the
name displayed to the public wherever you sell your book and in distribution channels.
You need to
publish under your own
publishing company
name (called an
imprint).
(However, they probably won't recognize the
imprint; using an
imprint certainly isn't the same as
publishing with a household
name.)
They are «excited to launch three new digital
imprints, alongside the existing digital
imprint LOVESWEPT, that will feed today's savvy readers by bringing the best, the boldest, and the newest voices directly to them... this digital - only program will seek out the best and brightest
names in the next generation of authors, enabling us to cultivate a team of writers in the
publishing world's most prolific and lively genres.
The latest one that seems to be springing up in the last few years is «celebrity
imprints»:
publishing and book
imprints that have been started up by a celebrity or famous
name and often work under the umbrella of a larger
publishing house like Random House, HarperCollins, and Flatiron Books.
Independent authors are often encouraged to create a business or
publishing house
name (your publisher
imprint), however, you can obtain an EIN in your own
name.
Also, they acquired the Doubleday Book Shops from the Bertelsmann Company (who had purchased them along with Doubleday, the
publishing imprint) and the rights to the Scribner's bookstore trade
name from the publisher Macmillan.
I can only think of a few
imprint names, without respect to who they might
publish... It's just not important to me.
Three Geisel Honor Books were
named: «Ball,» written and illustrated by Mary Sullivan and
published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an
imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company; «A Big Guy Took My Ball!»
An
imprint of a publisher is a trade
name under which it
publishes a work.
You can become a Publisher by setting up your own
imprint name, logo, ISBN block, and
Publishing Company.
When Amazon / CreateSpace asks for your «publisher
imprint,» it is the
name you have registered with us at myidentifiers.com (and appears as your
publishing company
name on Books in Print).
Four Printz Honor Books also were
named: «Eleanor & Park,» written by Rainbow Rowell and
published by St. Martin's Griffin (Macmillan); «Kingdom of Little Wounds,» written by Susann Cokal and
published by Candlewick Press; «Maggot Moon,» written by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch and
published by Candlewick Press; and «Navigating Early,» written by Clare Vanderpool and
published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, an
imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC, Penguin Random House Company.
Three Belpré Author Honor Books were
named: «The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist,» written by Margarita Engle and
published by Harcourt, an
imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company; «The Living,» written by Matt de la Peña and
published by Delacorte Press, an
imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company; and «Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale,» written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and
published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an
imprint of ABRAMS.
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