Saturday, October 25, 2008

Two More Publishing Myths

Myth # 4: “All self-publishing companies are the same.”
TRUTH: This is the most misunderstood myth of them all! The publishing industry is full of publishers who are no more than glorified printers; they have no way of guaranteeing that your book will become a bookstore quality book, and frankly, they do not honestly care much about the quality. Some of the leading self-publishing companies not only create useless paper weights (so full of errors that they cannot be sold), but they still try to take away your rights and make you pay for your books.
Myth # 5: “Your book will be placed in all the 25,000 bookstores.”
TRUTH: If someone tells you that your book will be in 25,000 bookstores, yet you are only printing fifty books with them, you obviously need to be very skeptical! The only way to be in 25,000 bookstores is to print a minimum of 25,000 books. What they are promising is the same thing any publisher can offer: the ISBN number will register you in a central computer that can be assessed by all 25,000 bookstores.
Partnership Publishing
At CSN Books and Legacy Line Publishing, we walk you through the entire publishing process, from proof and edit, to marketing. As a family-founded Christian publishing company, we feel we provide so many services and options that we have created a new category of publishing called “partnership publishing.”
“Partnership publishing” means we work together with our authors, walking them through a very complicated process. We spend time with our authors because we truly understand how important a book is to each individual author. The best part about our partnership is that you will still own all the rights to your materials. If your book does become a best-seller, you are free to sign a contract with whomever you want with absolutely no penalties. CSN Books (Christian division) and Legacy Line publishing (secular division) strive to create a process with no hassles and no legal mumble-jumble. All of our authors own their books, and all of our authors make the final, creative decisions concerning that book.

Dr. Mike

CSN books offers all publishing services including proofing , editing , and cover design.
Our printing is high quality, and we offer marketing and distribution.

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