Options
Option I – FREE (Ebook ONLY)
- Personal contact by a member of our staff.
- Supply of an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
- Typeset and produce an eBook.
- Basic book cover from one of our Generic Templates modified with your name and book title.
- Added to our Bookstore and made available for download
- 50% Royalties when sold and downloaded directly from us.
- A brief description in our Authors and Titles section of our Website.
- Option to up-grade at any time to a Paperback Edition with Full Distribution
Option II – ₤99: (Paperback)
- Personal contact by a member of our staff.
- Supply of an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
- Typesetting and printing in black and white text.
- Choice of book size and royalty amount.
- Basic book cover from one of our Generic Templates modified with your name and book title.
- Added to our shop and available through Amazon
- Your book showing us as the Publisher and you, the Author, as the writer.
- E-book option.
- Sample copy of your book.
Option III – ₤347: (Paperback)
- All of the points in Option I, plus the following:
- 100% of all Royalties until your initial fee is fully re-paid.
- You will be given the name and contact details of the member of staff assigned to your work, who will deal with any queries you may have.
- A short Author’s interview will be conducted about you and your book, by email, for use as part of any subsequent promotion.
- As the Author you will retain all the rights to the book
- Author’s discount copies of the book will be available to you.
- Back cover photograph and information, (which is normally a photograph of you, the Author) will be reproduced on the back cover, together with an edited version of the synopsis as provided by you.
- A PDF Proof Copy will be e-mailed to you for your approval prior to final publication.
- A Generic book cover – the basic background with alterations to the font, the wording would be of your own choosing (PLEASE NOTE IF YOU WISH TO USE YOUR OWN PICURES OR ARTWORK A CHARGE WILL BE MADE)
- Access to the members’ area of our site – which includes Promotion and Marketing guides and tools such as promotional material like flyers; press release creation and distribution; book-signing kit etc.
- Your book will be made available to be printed and ready for shipment within 12 hours or less of receipt of an order from one of the wholesalers listed below:
(Please remember book shops order directly from the wholesalers and it is up to each individual book shop as to which books they choose to order. We have no influence over this.)
United Kingdom:
Adlibris.com , Amazon.co.uk , Bertrams, Blackwell, Book Depository, Coutts, Gardners, Mallory International, Paperback Bookshop, Argosy Ireland, Eden Interactive Ltd., Aphrohead, I.B.S – STL U.K, Libreria Ledi, Eleftheroudakis
United States:
Ingram, Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, NACSCORP , Espresso Book Machine
Option IV – ₤399: (Paperback)
- All of the points in Option I, plus the following:
- 100% of all Royalties until your initial fee is fully re-paid.
- You will be given the name and contact details of the member of staff assigned to your work, who will deal with any queries you may have.
- A short Author’s interview will be conducted about you and your book, by email, for use by us on your web page and as part of any subsequent promotion.
- As the Author you will retain all the rights to the book
- Author’s discount copies of the book will be available to you.
- Back cover photograph and information, (which is normally a photograph of you, the Author) will be reproduced on the back cover, together with an edited version of the synopsis as provided by you.
- A Professionally Designed book cover – based on your idea. Please take a look at some of the covers on our main house site http://www.blackleafpublishing.com
- A PDF Proof Copy will be e-mailed to you for your approval prior to final publication.
- One (1) Domain name usually the “author’s name .com” and a single web page designed and uploaded to the internet. The domain name and hosting will be borne by us for the first 12 months; thereafter if required will be available at a cost of circa ₤ 60.00 (sixty GBP) per annum. The web page will also be submitted to all of the major search engines.
- Access to the members’ area of our site – which includes Promotion and Marketing guides and tools such as promotional material like flyers; press release creation and distribution; book-signing kit etc.
- Your book will be made available to be printed and ready for shipment within 12 hours or less of receipt of an order from one of the wholesalers listed below:
(Please remember book shops order directly from the wholesalers and it is up to each individual book shop as to which books they choose to order. We have no influence over this.)
United Kingdom:
Adlibris.com , Amazon.co.uk , Bertrams, Blackwell, Book Depository, Coutts, Gardners, Mallory International, Paperback Bookshop, Argosy Ireland, Eden Interactive Ltd., Aphrohead, I.B.S – STL U.K, Libreria Ledi, Eleftheroudakis
United States:
Ingram, Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, NACSCORP , Espresso Book Machine
Option V – ₤1999 (Paperback)
A much more comprehensive product to include all of Option II plus the following:
- A Professionally Designed book cover – based on your idea.
- 100% of all Royalties until your initial fee is fully re-paid.
- Full intensive Proof Reading and Editing by a Professional Editor.
- A well designed Book Publicity Kit to include:
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- Professional evaluation of the newsworthiness of your submitted information
- A personally written Press Release
- Submission of Press Release to a list of over 50 media sources. This is handled by one of our Marketing Partners.
- Design of an Author Branding Package: We will require the wording and any pictures you require in your package. The Artwork for this package is supplied to you as a PDF file for you to be able to have as many printed as you require.
- 500 postcards featuring your book. The front of the postcard will display the front cover of your book in full colour, and the back in B&W will contain a customized announcement about the release of your book, including the author’s name, ISBN, purchase information, and a short description.
- 500 flyers featuring your book. The front of the flyers will display the front cover of your book in full colour.
- 10 posters featuring your book. The front of the Posters will display the front cover of your book in full colour.
- 1,000 business cards (2 x 3.5) featuring your book. The front of the card will display the front cover of your book in full colour, and the back can contain a customized message, including the author’s name, ISBN, and purchase information.
- Social Website Marketing: Creation of a proper profile on five of the leading social network sites (unless you are already a member of them). Once up and running these sites will need to be maintained by YOU. Remember, the more ‘social network friends’ you have, the more people who know about you, your book(s), and thus be able to spread the word.