Designing a Cover

ll books need a good cover, how good of a cover design can depend on many factors. The money you spend, the quality of the artist or the complexity of the design itself. Most covers on a book can be designed wonderfully using a established artist who has the ability to manipulate the millions of high resolution pictures at there disposable, any request to specific though could involve a photo shoot and models and to be honest with you, this isn't really the way to go.


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

Select Your Publisher Carefully!

Writing a book is difficult enough, but then selecting a publisher to publish your book is yet another challenge. You need to have confidence in your editor to do proper editing , and then you need to hope that your book will be professionally prepared for marketing and distribution .
In the industry, there are self-publishing companies, and then there are subsidy publishing companies . At CSN Books , they are an author friendly publisher offering the highest possible profit on your book .

Don't be followed by quick fix publishers who will not give your manuscript the proper attention it deserves. You have spent countless hours prepareing your book for publication , so carefully select who will handle your book once you have completed it.

Dr. Mike

Become a Blogger

ere's your chance to talk about your book or publishing or marketing or even writing . Take advantage of this publishing outlet before or after you print your book , it's important to take advantage of all areas in marleting to expose your book or manuscript to as many fellow authors or readers as possible.

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

Who Does E-Books?

books are the rage in the publishing industry right now. Amazon even has an electronic reader. Whether you purchase a Christian book, or a secular one, ebooks is replacing Print on Demand and normal printing for many in the publishing industry. If you are interested, CSN Books has a great e-book program. They will even edit , do the proofing and publish your book on their site.

Dr. Mike

The Importance of Marketing

Christian authors have a greater challenge in selling their books because of the market tendency to segregate Christian books into a separate category. I assume this is true for most books with genre specific topics, however it reaffirms the importance of tough marketing strategies. While marketing is important for any book it is especially important for books with a focused audience. One of the most important aspects of marketing is ensuring that your book is available to the public. Good distribution outlets are the foundation for a solid marketing plan. Contact CSN Books about effective distribution and marketing tactics that go beyond Amazon .

Why Anywhere Else?

CSN books pays 80% of every website sale back to the author ! Does any other Christian publisher do that? If you are a writer, and want to publish your book, even with Print on Demand or POD , why go anyplace else? CSN offers marketing and distribution and all other services, including editing , ghostwriting , ISBN numbers, proofing and publishing . Visit them at csnbooks.com and see how they work.

Dr. Mike

The "BABY and CHILD" analogy

Publishing a book is alot like pregnancy and raising a child. Yes, it's true they have some similarities. Think of the creation and printing side of publishing as the pregnancy; you can't wait untill it's over so you can hold your precious baby (or book). I know when my wife was pregnant she couldn't wait to be done with this whole pregnancy thing. So here we are at the hospital and my wife finally gives birth to our beautiful son and as she's looking into his big brown eyes she realizes one over whelming fact; that this ride isn't over, in fact the real hard part is yet to come, WE NEED TO RAISE OUR CHILD!. This is the same problem with most authors publishing books, they understand the pregnancy part of the job but that's where some stop. If you stop at the birth of your book and refuse to raise it than just like a little human who is neglected, the book will die. The bottom line is when your holding that precious bok for the first time, please make note that you need to raise the child and know your work has just begun.

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

Take Control of Your Destiny!

After over 25 years as a publisher , a writer and an editor , I am convinced that the best way for marketing and distributing books for 99% of the authors, who in essence are not well known, is through their own personal promotions and efforts. The best ways seem to be by becoming a speaker at a conference or seminar. Another method that works is to speak on a local radio or tv program.

Whatever you do, TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR OWN DESTINY and do not wait for others to get out and promote your book!

Dr. Mike

Distribution what?

Distribution of a book can be as simple as having a place for someone to order the book or as complicatated as having a exclusive contract with a major distributor that involves hassles beyond your imagination. The key to distribution is to figure out what your marketing needs and goals are and go after the best way to meet those goals.

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

Bio or No Bio?

There is a sense of a coming trend in publishing shying away from Bio's on back covers of books. The trend is for the bio on the published book to be on the inside of the book towards the last page. The bio trend will only affect books truley meant for the National market but will have little affect on books with local or direct sale markets infact books that lean towards a certain niche have always done better with marketing when the reader gets to read and see who is has written the material.

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

It is incalculable how many books are on the market today. How, with such a vast selection do you make your book stand out to the buyer? It starts with getting your book into viable distribution channels like Amazon , Baker and Taylor, or Spring Arbor. CSN Books gives you these options to give your book a considerable chance in the market. But just because your book is available to the public, doesn’t mean that it will immediately become a bestseller. Many authors think that by publishing their book and making sure it is in the proper outlet, their book will sell without any substantial work on their part. Trying to circumvent this process of marketing your book through a good amount of footwork on your part will only guarantee that your book will not become the bestseller that you imagined. My advice to any first-time author is to not only utilize marketing programs like the ones that CSN Books offers, but to make a clear effort to market their book. Attend conferences, hold book signing parties, schedule speaking engagements, and do what you can to make your name known and thereby marketing your book . Working for something as important as the book you have so devotedly created can and will be extremely rewarding. You have invested a huge part of your life into creating your book , people should hear about it.

One of the biggest decisions an author makes in the publishing of his/her book , beside the topic and actual writing of said book , is the cover design . Most publishers offer standard book covers that you choose from a list. CSN Books can and does go a little further than that. Equipped with their very own graphic designer, CSN Books offers custom covers to their authors. If you have a cover design in mind that you know is perfect, why settle for a standard cover with little to no reflection of you or your book ? Let CSN Books create your custom cover design by working with you through the process. Check out csnbooks.com for more information.

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. - P.G. Wodehouse

CSN books offers expertise in publishing and marketing your book . With over 23 years of experience in the publishing world, our company offers insight and direction to first-time authors and those who have already published . CSN Books offers services including, ghostwriting , editing , cover design , printing and distribution . Check out csnbooks.com to learn more about what it means to publish your book with a company who stands to create book-store quality books that reflect the author’s vision.

Market yourself first

Marketing a book is more than marketing pages and a cover. marketing a book is really about marketing the author. It is important for an author to be able to talk to radio shows, speak at conferences or churches. If you expect to be a sucessful, don't expect to hide in the wings and hope the weight of the book carries book sales because that's not the way it works.


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