If you choose to publish your book with Bear Spots Publications here is what can you expect . . .
- After getting in contact with Bear Spots Publications we will answer any questions you may have and once you are satisfied we will send out a contract for you to read and sign, once you have done this we get to move on to the fun stuff!
- Upon signing the contract a payment of $125 is due to Bear Spots Publications so that we can begin work on your book.
- You will send your finished book manuscript to Bear Spots Publications and we will proofread and edit it for you. A copy with suggested changes highlighted in red will be returned to you so you can do a final read through and either accept or decline suggested changes.
- You will be asked to write a brief paragraph about yourself, and decide if you want to dedicate your book to anyone, or acknowledge anyone who helped you with your book, these will then be added in to your book’s manuscript.
- Once you are happy with your manuscript it will be formatted ready for publishing, an ISBN will be provided, and a copy of it will be emailed to you for you to verify that you are happy with how the book will look or request certain changes.
- Next you will be asked to provide a brief summary of your story for the book’s back cover, and either suggest ideas or a finished product of what the book’s front cover will look like or we will design a front cover for you.
- We will work together to decide on what genre your book fits into, and some key words that might describe your book, these will be used by amazon.com and other online booksellers to help them decide where your book fits in and the tags (keywords) you have chosen will help your book show up when people search for similar works. We will also decide on a fair retail price for your book, this is the price that people will pay to buy your book.
- A proof copy of the book will be sent to you for your final verification. This is what your finished book will look like so please be extremely careful at this stage to give it a careful look through to make sure you are completely happy with it as this is the last time changes are able to be made. If you are unhappy with anything we will change it and another proof copy will be sent to you.
- Once you okay the proof copy of your book another payment of $125 is due to Bear Spots Publications.
- After this payment has been received Bear Spots Publications will okay your book for publication!! It may take a couple of days for your book to be listed on amazon.com, and possibly up to several weeks for it to be listed on other online sellers, please note that which online bookstores your book will be available in may vary depending on the specifications of your book. Online booksellers may include; Fishpond, Booktopia, Barnes and Noble, Dymocks, as well as a Kindle version of your book. Please also note that you are not paying for a set number of copies of your book. Your book will be printed on demand, this means it will NEVER go out of print!! As long as people want to buy your book they can!
- Once your book is available for sale we will contact your local library to see if they wish to add your book to their catalogue, contact reviewers to see if they are interested in writing a review, and promote your book on social media.
Some other things to remember . . .
- Bear Spots Publications cannot guarantee sales of your book.
- It is assumed that your manuscript is all your own work and that you have not plagiarised someone else’s work, Bear Spots Publications is not liable if you have used someone else’s work without express permission from the copyright holder of that work.
- You will receive payment from sales of your book twice a year. Payment from sales of your book depends on the book’s printing cost and the retail price we set for it. Bear Spots Publications uses a subsidiary of amazon.com for printing and distribution purposes, so the amount you receive from the sale of each book is minus the percentage that goes to amazon.com. Please note that when books are sold through other online bookstores other than amazon.com then both amazon.com and the other bookseller take a percentage of book sales. Bear Spots Publications does not take a commission for books sold, all money earned from the sale of your book goes to you.
- You retain complete ownership of your book, the work remains yours and you are free to do with it as you wish. Which means you can look for another publisher and republish the work, it is assumed you will inform Bear Spots Publications of this, and you can do promotional work for your book.
- Total amount paid to Bear Spots Publications is $250 in two instalments of $125.
- Bear Spots Publications reserves the right to refuse to publish work that we deem to contain inappropriate content or language.
We hope this explains the process but please feel free to contact Bear Spots Publications with any questions!
bearspotspublications@gmail.com