Supported Self-Publishing

Annette Leach on Uriel Press, UMI’s Self-Publishing Imprint

Annette Leach — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:22:38 GMT

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Annette Leach, Publisher of Uriel Press and Vice President of UMI Book Division, shares the mission of UMI’s self-publishing imprint, Uriel Press, and why it was created. UMI’s goal is to publish books by people of color and to build a community of reader’s to help them grow in their love for God and people. Not only does Uriel Press help in the publishing process, but they also offer support in the marketing and distribution of their authors’ books. In addition to nonfiction, they now publish a broad spectrum of genres with an even greater outreach including fiction, poetry, children’s books, and even cookbooks.

For more information on Uriel Press visit https://www.urielpress.com/en.

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Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, fiction, Self-Help, Religious & Inspirational, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, video

Annette Leach on Uriel Press, UMI’s Self-Publishing Imprint

Annette Leach — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:38:05 GMT

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Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, fiction, Self-Help, Religious & Inspirational, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, video

The Benefits and Challenges of Supported Self-Publishing

AE Wasserman — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:45:22 GMT

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Author AE Wasserman uses supported self-publishing to design her books and distribute hardback, paperback, and electronic versions of her book on a large scale. To her, the biggest advantage of using supported self-publishing and not a traditional publisher is that she can maintain total control over the way her books are going to look. The downside of not having a traditional publisher is managing all promotional and marketing efforts on her own. Wasserman says marketing her work has been trial and error, but she has found an illustrator and photographer who help create many of the materials she uses in her marketing. Eventually, Wasserman hopes to hire a publicist, and may start working with a traditional publisher if the right one comes along.

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Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, video

The Evolution of Supported Self Publishing - video

Keith Ogorek — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 16:45:01 GMT

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Keith Ogorek, President of the Author Learning Center, talks about the evolution of supported self-publishing and its rise in the publishing world.

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Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, video

What is General Contractor Publishing?

Author Learning Center — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:30:24 GMT

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Not that long ago, there was only one way to get published: find an agent, hope he or she would represent you, trust the publisher that buys your book to believe in the project, and hope that readers would go out and buy your book.

Now, self-publishing is a viable option for authors with a variety of different budgets, time, and publishing goals. For those who want control but don’t want to coordinate the various tasks, there is supported self-publishing. For those who want complete control of everything from editing to distribution, there is general contractor or independent publishing.

What ‘general contractor publishing’ means

The General Contractor publishing path requires you—or you can hire someone else—to coordinate the hiring of a number of independent service providers such as an editor, book designer, publicist, etc. It’s up to you to find these vendors, shop around to determine the best one for each task, and maintain your budget.

Publishing services can include:

- Editing

- Interior design

- Cover design

- Illustrations

- Copyright or protection

- E-book formatting

- Distribution for print or digital formats

- ISBN

- Events coordination

- Website creation

- Video trailer creation

- Social media

- Publicity

As the general contractor, you will be in control of choosing which services you want or need. Then, you will have to find and coordinate each individual vendor in order to reach your desired publishing goals. The financial investment of this path will depend on the vendors you choose, but because they are all independent of each other, the cost will easily stack up as you hire more—and more experienced—vendors.

Advantages

The biggest advantage of this publishing path is that you have complete control over the tasks you want completed and who you hire to complete them. This ensures that you’re getting the editors, designers, and creators that you feel are the best fit to make your book what you want it to be. Although coordinating all these vendors can take a lot of time and effort, you will be comfortable knowing that they are doing the best possible work for you at the most reasonable price.

If coordinating all of these people feels like too much work for you, you can also hire someone to be the general contractor for your book. Maybe you have someone you know and trust that is good at managing people and budgets. Or you can hire someone, often called a ‘publishing consultant’, to help you through. These self-proclaimed consultants usually have some publishing experience but don’t typically offer any services themselves. While this may make the process easier and less time-consuming for you, hiring a consultant would require you to pay him or her on top of all the other vendors you choose to work with.

Disadvantages

The biggest disadvantage to this publishing path is that depending on the scope of the project and which vendors you choose, it may require the largest financial investment and can take the most amount of time to manage. The work of shopping for vendors, obtaining separate quotes for the work, and then coordinating all these people and activities is not an easy load to take on. If you’re wanting to publish your book quickly and at a reasonable price—this is likely not the right path for you.

Not to mention, the general contractor path requires a lot of knowledge and understanding of what it takes to publish a book. You must know which services you want, how much they should realistically cost, and what it takes to publish and sell a book. Without this understanding, you’re more likely to waste time and money figuring it out and making mistakes before you succeed.

Although the general contractor path requires a lot of work, it gives you total control and can be a great option for those of you who are willing and eager to invest your time and money into publishing and marketing your book exactly as you dreamed it.

Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction

How the Author Assist Program at Apprentice University Helps Authors

Ron Brumbarger — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:25:35 GMT

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As founder of Apprentice University, Inc. and author of You're Always Being Interviewed, Ron Brumbarger saw an opportunity to combine his business and self-publishing experience. During the process of publishing his book, Brumbarger realized how difficult editing and formatting a book can be for most writers. These steps in the process are often a roadblock to getting a manuscript from 80% complete to 100% complete. He created the Author Assist program to offer services to writers that lack the skill set to complete the necessary steps, or that are too busy with other jobs and commitments to manage the process. A partnership with supported self-publishing provider Author Solutions has allowed Brumbarger's program to make the self-publishing process easier for authors.

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Tags: Nonfiction, video

The Evolution of Supported Self Publishing - video

Keith Ogorek — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:36:48 GMT

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Keith Ogorek, senior vice president of marketing for Author Solutions, talks about the evolution of supported self-publishing and its rise in the publishing world.

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Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, video

What is General Contractor Publishing?

Author Learning Center — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:42:35 GMT

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What ‘general contractor publishing’ means

Publishing services can include:

- Editing

- Interior design

- Cover design

- Illustrations

- Copyright or protection

- E-book formatting

- Distribution for print or digital formats

- ISBN

- Events coordination

- Website creation

- Video trailer creation

- Social media

- Publicity

Advantages

Disadvantages

Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction

Author Eric Teh on His Decision to Self-Publish

Eric Teh — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:07:25 GMT

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After his publishing deal fell through for his self-help book, Life Sucks!, Malaysian author Eric Teh wanted to keep his momentum going for his book, so he decided to pursue supported self-publishing with Partridge Singapore. Publishing can be overwhelming for first time authors but for Teh, the process has been an opportunity to grow and learn. He had no experience with editing or printing prior to publishing his first book, so having the support of a service provider like Partridge allowed him to reach his end goal. Teh is confident he will be adding future books to his portfolio and knows he will be able to utilize what he has learned from self-publishing his debut book.

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Tags: Self-Help, Nonfiction, video

Supported Self-Publishing

Author Learning Center — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:50:19 GMT

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The Evolution of Supported Self Publishing - video

Keith Ogorek — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Supported Self-Publishing by Keith Ogorek on 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM

Keith Ogorek, senior vice president of marketing for Author Solutions, talks about the evolution of supported self-publishing and its rise in the publishing world.

www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TheEvolutionofSupportedSelfPublishing.mp4

Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, video