As an author who wants to be published you are faced with a few options.
Self publish... The first step is obtaining ISBN numbers without which you are an author, rather than a publishing company. Next comes sitting down and deciding what you are hoping to accomplish by starting your own publishing house. Take a lesson from publishing industry numbers and then, before you give up all hope, contrast the results with working as a trade author.
Print on Demand... Print on demand gives publishers the ability to cost effectively print one book at a time, but it's the vertical integration of printing and distribution that makes it a viable model. Currently, the best option for self publishers working with print on demand is 21st Century Press. We can print a minimum of 100 up to 1,000 print on demand and after that it is best to print traditional.
Subsidy Press...Though we are a subsidy press, I prefer to call it a partnership. As a subsidy press, the author pays all up front costs for publishing the book. Th price in the contract includes the editing, and pagination of the book and the design of the cover. The author has a say in every step of the process. Depending on how clean the manuscipt is this process can last 30 days up to six months. Our continuing partnership includes marketing part of your print run to the CBA and the ABA bookplace. You can choose this as part of our agreement or you may choose to have all of your books shipped to you.
Royalty Press...A royalty press handles all the costs of publishing your manuscript, and pays you a royalty for the net sale of the book. We currently have a full royalty contract with Rene Lopez for The Jesus Family tomb Examined.
If you choose to mail the manuscript want your material to be returned, please include an SASE with sufficient postage. Do not send your only copy, valuable photos or documents. The best way to submit a manuscript is via email. Review can take 90 days or longer.
For mail:
21 st Century Press
2131 W. Republic Rd PMB 41
Springfield, MO 65807
If you have a manuscript and want it published, feel free to call
Lee Fredrickson at
800-658-0284
(or e-mail lee@21stcenturypress.com).
