You mean there is a nutter willing to print my book, promote me & my book, create my web page and rank it high in web searches all for FREE? yep...
You have spent weeks, months or even years on your manuscript and have had it professionally edited and formatted. You are brimming with pride and your family is glad they have you back. What next? Traditionally you have two choices: ONE You spend big to print several hundred books, find garage space to store them, set up a website to sell them and beg bookshops to display them. TWO Pay someone to print and distribute your work and hope they do as they promise. Or you may decide on a combination of the two. Whichever path you take, substantial financial investment and effort are required.
There is now a third and better way! Writers and ebooks...where writers get a fair deal! The first thing you need to do is to get the world to know that your book exists and you too for that matter! Wouldn't it be great if you could have someone print your books, set up a high ranking web page and market your books with ZERO cash outlay and without signing away any rights whatsoever? Wouldn't it be great to have someone simply helping at a human level all along the way to get your book to market at no cost or contract and who charges only a small percentage based entirely on result? Well, that's them Writers and ebooks. There can never be too many outlets or bookshops to sell your book. Consider Writers and ebooks as just one of them but a very special one indeed! Writers ebooks and a totally unique Australian concept!
How it Works You can choose to sell your book in ebook format only paperback only or both. 1. ebooks Our ebooks are sold in PDF format in the same size as the printed version. Therefore, if you already have a printed version, you could almost certainly use the printer s copy PDF file. However, a large proportion of our books are packaged with a second PDF file formatted specially for ereaders at no extra cost to the buying public. This ensures that the ebooks can be comfortably read on the widest range of devices. If, however, you wish us to do the book layout and PDF conversion for you, we will need the book in Word or OpenOffice format. There is of course a small fee for the layout work but we will happily assist you at no charge to do it yourself. Although conversions can be done with a simple click of the mouse, to get the job done properly, one most likely has to make styles changes right through the whole book. You decide on the selling price. For each sale, the revenue split is 65:35 in your favour. Finally, we do not request any form of exclusivity! We are here to help you sell your book not to hinder you in any way. We are simply another sales avenue for you.
2. Paperbacks (Print on Demand) You email us the specifications of your book from which we will determine a special cost price for your print on demand book. You add whatever mark up you wish to arrive at your selling price. You then send us the high resolution print ready PDF file. Cover in a separate file. We will print around 4 copies to hold as stock for every title entrusted to us. You pay nothing. We handle all storage, packing and running to the post office. Our holding a small stock of your book is to ensure rapid dispatch of books. While other online shops quote 1-2 weeks for delivery, we try to ensure immediate delivery. This is in keeping with FC Productions' philosophy of always offering the very best service. In fact customers within 10km of our premises receive their books within hours of purchase. FC Productions is the Parent Company which provides Writers and ebooks with all the required resources and support. FC productions are short-run print specialists with a focus on high quality, quick turnaround, short-run digital printing. FC Productions come with a 20-year grounding in photography, graphic design and offset printing, and more recently, search engine optimisation. This allows Writers and ebooks to offer optimal design, online hosting and printing services to writers. To find out more about FC Productions, please visit www.fcproductions.com.au or better yet, drop in and meet us in person at the print shop in Lilyfield, Sydney.
FAQ: Writers and ebooks is for everyone from a first time writer publishing a series of short stories, to the seasoned Sci-Fi visionary with a few titles under his belt. We simply want to help get books out which otherwise would never see the light of day. Here are some of the frequently asked questions. Q: Q: What formats are the ebooks provided in? A: We offer our books in PDF format, which is universally accepted across all ereaders, Tablets and computers. We have moved away from providing epub and MOBI formats due to their lack of compatibility with different ereaders. However, if you wish to still include your ebook on Writers and ebooks in these formats, you can easily do it yourself using a free software like Calibre. Why is PDF preferred over epub or MOBI? A: PDF is universally compatible with all ereaders, Tablets etc. and brilliantly displays graphics while retaining the accuracy of the page layout and colours. Future, more advanced ereaders will benefit from these PDF files. It is especially galling when viewing pages with graphics and captions formatted in epub or MOBI. Furthermore, ereaders are rapidly losing ground to Tablets in world sales. Q: Am I locked into any exclusivity agreements with Writers and ebooks? A: No, in fact we encourage you to use as many outlets to sell your book as you can.
Q: What is National Library Deposit and how does it work? A: The Federal Copyright Act 1968 and other applicable State Acts place an obligation on publishers to provide a copy of each new book published in Australia to the National Library of Australia and certain other State or Territory Libraries depending on the legislation of the state where the book is published. For books published in NSW, this includes the State Library of NSW, NSW Parliamentary Library and the University of Sydney Library. We take care of this requirement as publishers and charge only $10 per book to cover the cost of printing and postage. Q: Q: What is an ISBN and how do I get one? A: An ISBN is a book's unique identification number, which is printed on the back of a book (often with a bar code). We have purchased a block of ISBN numbers in order to pass on the savings and the convenience to our writers. As such, we are able to offer an ISBN number and its corresponding bar code at a substantially reduced price of $22.00 including GST. The price includes the submission of a copy of your book to the National Library of Australia if it is printed by us. These numbers and barcodes are instantly available. Can anyone and anything get published? A: No. While we are happy to host writers works, our only condition is that we reserve the right to refuse to accept any book at our sole discretion. Prices and terms are subject to change without notice
Yeah, I'd be a nutter not to use them! If you are ready to take the final step and transform your manuscript into a finished product, contact us on info@writersandebooks.com +612 9810 1988 Writers and ebooks...where writers get a fair deal!