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Book Publishing Made Easy… Self Publish!

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My manuscript had been done for at least 6-months. It was time to shop for a book publisher. At first, I really thought I would get an agent and hit the big time. After all, my book was and is the best in the world, or so I thought anyway! I learned, however, that no matter how great a book is, getting an agent and waiting to hook up with a giant publishing house is not easy and not fast and frankly can be a nightmare. And bottom line – it may never happen. I chose not to wait! I wanted to see my book in print and on the shelves! I knew it could make money! I had confidence and was willing to invest. I had already invested my heart, emotion and time and it was time to invest money I had budgeted for book publishing. I figured out that self publishing is the way to go!

Visit this book publisher!

Trust me, there are a plethora of self publishers out there, but I found one that really sparked my interest – InstantPublisher.com. They appeared to me to be one of the best book publishing companies out of all of them. I’m going to share what I found out so you fellow authors out there won’t have to go through the torturous “search and wait” that I did!

First of all, with Instant Publisher you can invest a little or a lot. It all depends on your personal budget and also what your desire is as far as “testing the market.” For example, you may have a fantastic manuscript yet you are not sure how you want to begin as far as getting your book out on the retail shelves, so you might want to publish a couple of hundred books first to test the water – see how they sell – then go back and print more. That’s what I did.

For me, I also knew I wanted to be in control and with this self publishing company you, the author, are in total control! Self publishing is the way to go and I’ll tell you a few reasons why. As I said, number one – control. With Instant Publisher you can self publish your book and print as little as 25 copies to begin with. They will print and publish your book, give you an ISBN number, and have your book completely set up and ready for retail shelves or Internet sales. They also have live customer support which I found invaluable! I couldn’t find another book publishing company that offered full-time customer support.

I made the decision to print 300 books to start with. Since then, I’ve had 500 more printed. My sales have been fantastic! And with Instant Publisher, you get nothing less than the best professionally bound bookstore quality book! I even received help with my cover design. I had so many choices and options with Instant Publisher!

Additionally, I found their Web site extremely helpful. It’s an easy read, easy to navigate through and they even offer writing tips! They have a wealth of invaluable information on the Web site that provided me with answers to almost every question I had in my head! Again, it’s an awesome site! I think I visited their Web site almost every day as I was finishing up my manuscript. It was toward the wrap-up of my manuscript that I began to look at book publishing options and that’s when I found Instant Publisher.

Finally, my book has made it into the hands of so many people – I can’t even count. I’ve received great reviews from readers and even personal e mails telling me how much reading my book helped a person. Not only do I feel professionally successful, but proud and thankful that I’ve been able to help other people by telling my story. And yes, I have made money! In fact, I am now about to have another 500 books printed!

I advise any new or established author to use Instant Publisher as their book publisher. Visit their Web site and also see them on Facebook! As Instant Publisher often says, “You can write a book!” And so it goes with Instant Publisher – “Good luck, and start writing!”

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The Future of Self Publishing

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In the latest 2010 report released by R.R. Bowker, it was revealed that the total number of titles published was 1,052,803 with 764,448 being titles released by non-traditional channels – largely self-publishers.

There are numerous advantages to self publishing, with the primary top two advantages being control and money. Traditional publishers have backed down on the amount of titles they produce each year citing risky sales as being a big concern. And almost always, traditional publishers are extremely leery of producing a work developed by an unknown author. As many traditional publishing houses wind down their author lists due to a fragile economy, and become ever more reliant on known authors and focus on best sellers, self-publishing continues to climb. One of the many benefits of self-publishing is being able to spend less upfront and have more control over money via book sales. While marketing effort is involved and required for success, royalties aren’t divvied up to the point where the author reigns in [next to nothing] while the large publishing house reels in most of the profit.

Subsequently the self-publishing market is on the rise, and not surprisingly, self-publishing companies are cashing in. But, not only are they cashing in, they are actually helping the young author, the new author, the unknown – create a tangible form of their dream and the dreams are selling. With an estimated 764, 448 self-publishing titles being released in 2009, that number is expected to rise in 2010 and beyond.

InstantPublisher is a self-publishing company that specializes in publishing books in almost every genre. Unlike many other self-publishers, Instant Publisher stands within a unique corner in the market because the company gives customers more control. While InstantPublisher continues to rise to one of the largest self-publishing companies in the nation, the company satisfies many authors looking to publish as little as 25 books to as many as 25,000 and anywhere in between. “That’s one of the advantages of self-publishing,” according to InstantPublisher creator and president, Chris Bradley. “With the wide variety of choices we are able to present to an author, in addition to being able to offer them live customer service, we feel we really give the author the most control they can have. And we hear so often that is something they are looking for,” said Bradley.

Despite the national financial picture of late, Bradley says his business is keeping a healthy pulse in the market. “We haven’t seen a significant decline in book orders this year,” said Bradley who touts producing as many as 20,000 books per week currently.

Bradley attributes the main success of his business to unified team work, outstanding live customer support and superior quality product.

A few advantages of Self-Publishing:

1) Money –

Self-publishing allows one to make a much larger profit on each book sold. And once a channel to sell books is already in place, self-publishing can make the writing/publishing process more profitable than having a book traditionally published. Writers who frequently speak at conferences, for example, might benefit more from self-publishing than from using a traditional publisher.

2) Control –

Self-publishing provides more control over editorial and design. If the desire is to use a new book to brand either an author or a company, one can use the book cover in ways a traditional publisher would probably not ever consider seriously.

3) Copyrights –

Self-publishing allows an author to retain all copyrights. If the printed book doesn’t sell as expected, or if there is a desire to re-purpose it as a video or e-book, with a traditional publisher you are generally out of luck. With self-publishing, however, an author can create e-books, articles for a promotional website, videos, or booklets from the book’s content without contractual repercussions.

With InstantPublisher you are only words away from seeing your dream become reality. Start writing! Bring out the book in you!