Book Publisher
Craft Book Publisher – Be Your Own and Rake in the Cash!
Author: Bob Beacham
The era of the traditional craft book publisher may not be dead, but you no longer need to go cap in hand to those people, hoping the numbers stack up. Today, any crafts person who wants to can publish their own craft book. And the news gets better. Not only are the costs remarkably low but the profit margins are massive. Instead of the 10 per cent that an old-fashioned publisher would pay their craft author you can, with digital publishing, be looking at 80% plus. That’s clear profit, in your bank account.
What’s more, the old stumbling blocks of advertising, marketing and fulfillment have also been torn away. Crafts people all over the globe are not only writing books but handling the entire publishing process themselves. The market is now open to all. The knowledge you have can soon become your own craft book, available worldwide, day or night.
Whether your drive is from a search for personal satisfaction, a deep desire to share your knowledge, or a the wish to build a substantial and sustainable income, becoming a craft book publisher is now an achievable goal, not a pipe dream.
Not so very long ago your course would have been to approach publishers or their agents with your ideas or, more likely, a virtually complete book. You would have spent a great deal of time and energy only to find that number-crunchers not crafts people decide whether it would make it to market. It was frequently the print, production, marketing and distribution costs that were the barrier, nothing to do with the actual quality of your book!
Fortunately those days are gone. If you can write a craft book you can now publish it yourself. Even if you’ve never written a thing in your life, you can do it. Writing clearly and concisely is something that’s easy to learn and is, in reality, little more than writing down what you’d say. If you can explain what you do to someone, you can write a craft book.
As for layout, design, what kind of thing you should put in and how much, all these things are quite simple to find out about. It’s all part of the opening up of traditionally difficult markets to break into. If you’ve got the desire, the information is readily available.
We’re not talking about thousands of dollars of up-front investment either. We’re not even talking about hundreds. The vast majority of what you need can be had for free – even including the software!
Just about the only ongoing costs are a few dollars a month for website hosting – and that works out at less than the cost of a pizza. You don’t need to worry about whether you know anything about putting a website together either. Again the information is readily available and a piece of cake to set up.
If you’ve thought about writing a craft book there’s never been a better time (or frankly, a more profitable time) to do so. Once written you don’t need to go hawking it around all over the place, take your future in your own hands and become your own craft book publisher!
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Jay:
Check The net for publishers, They will tell you what they handle.
It is not easy to find one. I wrote two books and after many manuscripts sent out I only recieved three answers and all to the negitive. One came back to me with an answer three years later. I went the self publish route then and it is a hard row to hoe. I did okay only because i am retired and had time to do many book signings. The publishers will tell you how they want the manuscript sent to them. If by chance they except your work, they will give you an upfront $ amount and as a new writer you will recieve a small percentage per book sold. Maybe say 15%. The best sellers authors can demand up to 80 -90 %?? Hope this helps. Oh! best go to (Warnings and Cautions for Writers) There are bad guys out there trying to take advantage of you for your $$.
Wayne Russell. The Vagabond Writer
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Here’s some helpful books:
2008 Writer’s Market by Robert Brewer
2008 Guide to Literary Agents by Chuck Sambuchino
All of this depends on what sort of arrangements the author has made with the publisher. Major-selling authors, say like Stephen King, have legal representation that negotiates on his behalf. For example, when King’s books go to audio, they are never abridged and he records them. He has those restrictions set out with the publisher.
A publisher doesn’t do anything “behind the back” of an author. This would not serve the publisher and that house wouldn’t be in business for long.
There are some self-publishing outfits (iUniverse, which is owned by Barnes and Noble, is one of them) that actually own the rights to work published with them. In the event a major house would come in and want to pick up a title, iUniverse, not the author, would benefit most. People are are taken advantage of are people who try to navigate waters they have no business being in in the first place.
It’s up to the author to be smart, understand his limitations, have sufficient, professional representation, get it up front and get it in writing.
This article has a lot of information of the various types of publishing deals: http://www.rapcointelpro.com/Publishing%20Deals%20101.htm
Publishers normally don’t take manuscripts (or comic books) directly from an author, especially an unpublished one.
You have to find an agent, who is willing to represent you and that person will get in contact with the publisher.
Good luck and do some research some place more reliable than YA.
Best wishes.
It depends. First, it depends on how large of a publisher you’re talking about. If it’s a huge one like Random House, they’ll handle all the publicity and you’ll actually be contractually bound NOT to do publicity on your own. A mid-size publisher will do most of it but not have access to major outlets. Small publishers will maybe get out an article or two, with maybe some local TV spots and encourage you to do as much marketing as you can. And it also depends on your particular book. Many books are published with the hopes it’ll do something but not necessarily the expectation that it will. In other words, if they think you’re the next J.K. Rowling, they’ll do everything they can to promote you. But if they’re not sure, they’ll try publicity and see if they can get any momentum. The publishers I’ve known, the general rule is they put 80% of the marketing dollars behind 20% of the books they bring out that year. But, if your book starts to take off, it’ll get bumped up by the publisher and they’ll do more marketing.
Are you talking about starting your own company or simply about getting a job with a publisher?
Anyone with the interest and money could open a publishing company, though experience working for a publisher would be advisable. Aside from a serious interest in books and the ability to judge quality and marketability/saleability, you’d need some business experience or at least the ability to hire someone who had some.
There are many types of entry-level jobs in the publishing world. Firms get a lot of applications, and the jobs tend not to be remarkably well paid. Random House offers information on this subject. You might want to look over the site below:
Book Publisher?
I’m 13 years old and I wrote a very good book. I have it typed up and everything. Its 200 pages. But anyway… I would like to know where I could find a good book publisher that will publish and distribute my book. Please serious answers and no scams.
book publisher?
how many times where u denied by an book publisher before you got one that was accepted?
What is the procedure of a book publisher?
Let’s say I got an offer from a publisher (Fingers crossed), what exactly happens with regards to advertising and sales?
I mean, do the publishers advertise and spread the word, or do you have to rely solely on friends and relatives to buy as many copies as they can to give the book some recognition?
I often wondered this….as there has to be some unfortunate people out there with no friends to rely on for such a thing. Cheers.
How much control does a publisher have over an authors book?
If you have a book publisher and a movie director/producer approaches them about turning your book into a screenplay, does the publisher have an automatic right, to sell your book to them without your permission?
Does having a publisher mean that they can sell your books behind your back (even if the author disagrees with it)?
What does it mean when a book publisher says they wont accept any unsolicited submissions?
What does it mean when a book publisher says they wont accept any unsolicited submissions from people trying to get theyre stuff published, e.g. comic books?
What Qualifications do you need to become a book publisher?
Hey, I was just wondering, if anyone could tell me, what paths i need to follow to become a book publisher?
I am doing options in school and we need to do a future plan so i was just wondering if anyone could give me any advice?
thanks guys this is really helpful,
Robyn x
i was actually thinking of working for a publishing company, not owning my own publishing company.
I wasn’t talking about publishing a book either, thanks for trying though guys.