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What are some good reasons for self-publishing?
Number one, you don’t have to convince anybody but yourself that your book should be published. Making a good case to yourself for publication of a work you have created should not be difficult at all. No one else shares the high degree of enthusiasm you have for your own work. Why give a third party, with intentions, interests, and priorities different from your own, the final say? Self-publishing gives you total control. Number two, if you have filled an existing void with your book and/or are able to create a demand for it, you will make more money than you would make with a standard publishing contract. Instead of a paltry 5 to 15% royalty, you could make 20 to 80% of the purchase price. Once your self-published book is successful, you can negotiate with a larger publisher from a position of experience and strength. Number three, you can see your book in print within a few weeks, or at most a few months, of your manuscript completion. The larger publishers most often work on an 18-month cycle, and that is just too long to wait. Number four, you can get distribution for your book through Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com just as easily as Dell and Random House can for their books. Number five, you can preserve your own heritage, or that of your community or club or whatever, in an inexpensive, quality format. Not everyone publishes to make a profit. Maybe you just want to leave a legacy with your family or share what you have learned with others. Your offspring and relatives will appreciate a perfect-bound book with a color cover about your childhood or war experiences or travel adventures far more than a musty photo album and loose double-spaced pages of manuscript.
Is Bravin Publishing a "Vanity Press"?
No, Bravin Publishing is not a Vanity Press. Vanity presses ask authors to use their own money to produced their books while keeping the rights of the work. Often charging large amounts to the author to be free from contractual agreements. Bravin will not do that. Yes, authors use their own money with Bravin, but we provide the services needed to control their work. The author's rights of their books remains their own. We set up the foundation for the author to have everything needed to to make sure their book is ready to be marketed in any environments at the lowest cost possible.
Will Bravin market my book for me?
Bravin Publishing does not do direct marketing of author's books. We are a service provider for authors, if need be we will refer you to professional who specializes in quality direct literary marketing. Braving will indirectly market your book at various events and will forward to the author all profits collected, minus printing cost of their book. Bravin makes sure your book is ready to enter any market the author wants to target in selling thier books.
Does Bravin Publishing help me get my books printed?
Bravin Publishing sure does. When you sign a contract to have us create your book, we will set up a account with a nationawide printer who will print your books as needed. You will have the comfort of knowing when you place an order for your books through Bravin, your books can be printed and shipped out within 48 hours. You can have your books shipped overnight if need be. Your books are professionally labeled and sent to customer with invoices in place. Invoices will only have the quantity of the case and authors information. Your cost of your books is kept private allowing you to conduct business correctly. All books are printed on quality paper. Author will receive proof copies of each title set up so they will see the quality of their books before orders are place.
Are there books Bravin Publishing will not publish?
Bravin Publishing is a faith based company. What this means is we do not publish works which are overly sexual or violent. Though we understands an author's right to creative and artistic expression in good conscious Bravin Publishing can not help create such work. Bravin retains the right of refusal. Will will answer questions for authors of such works in help to refer them to other publishers who will accpet their works.
If I can not afford to pay for the services I need to create my book will Bravin assist me?
When an author is unable to afford the services they need to completely self publish their work, Bravin Publishing will consider a financial arrangement with the author to get the book completed. The author will then enter into a agreement to pay off amounts owed after selling printed copies of their books.
Example: If Bravin Publishing decides to complete a book for an author with no means of payment, Bravin will establish a agreement of 75% / 25% of profits from sales of books, which means Bravin Publishing would now be paid a royalty of 25% from the profits on the sale of each book the authors sells. Authors will be given 50 - 100 books to start.
If given 100 books: at 3.00 a book, and the book is listed at $13.00 retail, Bravin will revived 25% on the $10 profit made per book ($2.50 per book) x 100 = $250 paid to Bravin along with debt owed.
To work with the author, Bravin will begin collecting monies after the initial order of books. This gives the author ample opportunity to sell their first order of books and make restitution on amounts owed to Bravin. Once amount owed is paid to Bravin's royalty agreement is reduced to 20% of earnings from profits from book sales.
All royalties are agreed upon with signature of Bravin contract with author.
Will Bravin help sell my books for me?
Of course we will! At the various book events attended Bravin Publishing will make the best effort to secure the sale of your book and all proceeds will be paid to the author every 90 days. Sales will be documented and a invoice of sales will be included with all payments made. Sales will be minus print cost and any discounts book stores, wholesalers and distributors may require. Bravin publishing works on getting all monies out to authors' in a timely fashion. As stated before we are a faith based company and we work very hard work to make sure our work can and will be trusted.
If I don't need all of the services Bravin Publishing provides will I still have to pay for all of them?
Never. If you come to Bravin Publishing and only a few services are needed we will still provide you with those services to complete your book. With Bravin, there are only a few non-negotiables and we will definitely sit down or conference with an author to make sure there is a clear understanding of what they are. At Bravin our goal is to get quality manuscripts out to the readers of the world. We are not here to fight or worry over money. We will sit with an author and see what they have in place and make suggestions on the direction needed to completely their manuscript. Bravin will look over the work the author has done and see if it meets with Bravin Publishing standards. If not, we will gladly explain why. Bravin looks to work with the author in every way so a pfrofessional and creative book is the end result.
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