Outskirts Press is the only
self publishing company receiving a five star ranking and their first place blue ribbon designation.
Not exact matches
Nowadays
self -
publishing authors and hybrid authors (those who
self -
publish some books and have traditionally
published others) have a plethora of options when it comes to hiring freelancers for their editing, cover and formatting needs, or working with up front
companies that handle design and distribution while the author retains all of their rights and
receives royalties.
And if the
self -
publishing company claims it can't calculate your royalties until your manuscript has been reviewed — or your non-refundable deposit has been
received — you should probably steer clear.
I
received notification today about Whirlwind Book Consultancy, a new
self -
publishing company in Hong Kong.
Interestingly, among the eight firms they review, which according to them are «the best
self publishing companies available today,» half of them
receive a star ranking of 3 stars or less.
Writers can become
self -
published authors through Firebrand
Publishing and receive the following services in one of the company's four unique publishing
Publishing and
receive the following services in one of the
company's four unique
publishingpublishing packages:
Better yet, I think I'd consider
publishing with Outskirts Press, where our books are reviewed more often and
receive statistically more 4 & 5 star reviews among all the major
self -
publishing companies.
The warning message will be removed as soon as Amazon
received an updated file from
self -
published authors or
publishing companies.
You
receive much lower royalty rates from a publisher than you do from
self publishing companies like Amazon.
Since our services fall in the realm where comparative research is important, I recently compared four sources to arrive at an average score for 20
self -
publishing companies, and those results are here, where Outskirts Press
received an average of 33.41 points out of a possible 40.
In the hugely well -
received speech, Tamblyn gave his account of how the
company responded to the furore over offensive
self -
published titles, which saw W H Smith's website taken down for nine days.
To date, the key benefits we could offer to authors of books
published through our
company were quality of design, access to distribution, access to retail and other sales channels and of course we take on the risk of
publishing costs and pay royalties to the author removing the dangers that
self published authors have of not
receiving payment for the books other sell on their behalf.
Fact: If you
receive a «royalty» from a «
self -
publishing»
company, you have not
self or indie
published.
I saw this lead question in a recent email I
received: What is a good
self -
publishing company?
The
company is also offering services like illustration and editing to help
self -
publishing authors, as well as other «a la carte services to
receive professional assistance.»
That Coker would say, «For most
self -
published authors, print is dead,» is likely no surprise, considering his
company is the world's largest distributor of indie e-books, in addition to providing authors the tools to market their eBooks and
receive sales reports.
A good
self -
publishing company will recognise that by supporting the author in this way will increase their chances of selling more books and
receiving more media coverage.