
















Brokering Your Book At The Silver Level
(Non-ISBN# Titles)
These books can include everything from; Family stories and anthologies
that you would like to provide to your children and their children in published
form, all the way to commercial books that you intend to sell directly through
organizations or associations. In each of these situations, you will not need
to have an ISBN# and the related distribution and sales-related services
that are included in the Premium Level. (Please note that books without
ISBN#'s are not eligible for sale in bookstores, gift shops, via Amazon.com,
Libraries or other commercial outlets.)
Key Benefits at the Silver Level:
You maintain complete creative and financial control over your book,
You own the copyrights to your book, which means that all profits from all
sales are yours and yours alone,
You end up with a professionally published book.
The fundamental difference between the Silver and Premium Levels is the
ISBN# and distribution. The Silver Level is designed for non-commercial
books and as a result, no ISBN#, barcode or distribution is established for
these titles. If you are interested in selling your book in bookstores,
libraries, via the Internet or in any other commercial outlets, check out our
Premium Level.
What Services Are Included In Your Flat Fee
at the Silver Level?
Complete professional editing of your book,
Complete professional custom book cover design for your book,
Complete professional typesetting/layout for your book,
We will provide you with a complete marketing plan questionnaire that you
can use to plan your marketing strategy for your title and rely on this
information as your marketing road map, if you decide to market your book
directly to customers, associations or other organizations, and
We will be your liasion between all professionals invovled in the production
and printing of your book to ensure YOU don't have to worry about the
details. Instead, you can focus on writing and promoting your new book!
How Do I Get Started?
When you are ready to publish your book, simply e-mail
info@whitehallpublishing.com with the basic specs of your book (page count,
trim size, number of copies you would like to print on your first print run.
We will send you a publishing contract that you can review, sign and fax
back to us. For your security and peace of mind, we process all payments
through our secure shopping cart and PayPal (who now accept all major
credit cards whether you have an account with them or not!)
Once we receive your signed contract and payment information, we will
e-mail you asking for your manuscript to be sent as an attachment in an
e-mail to us (in .doc or .txt format).
We will also send you the marketing questionnaire and six popular marketing
reports so you can get started right away.
Once your manuscript arrives, we will begin in earnest, the publication of
your book per our contract.
Pricing Information
Books can be published in a variety of trim sizes. We work on a flat fee
basis on all production elements of your project but because each book will
differ in print costs, we will get you a print bid based on page count, trim
size and quantity of books you would like to order on your first print run
BEFORE you sign any contracts with ut. Again, we don't like surprises
anymore than you do!
Flat fees on the Silver Level are:
$2000.00 for books under 50 pages + print costs, (this would include
children's full color story books and hard cover books).
$3750.00 for books from 51 to 200 pages in length + print costs.
$4250.00 for books that exceed 200 pages in length + print costs.
Once we have all the specs from you, we will get you a firm printing bid
before you sign any contracts with us because we do not like surprises
anymore than you do!
At all page count levels of the Silver Level, your book will
be professionally:
Edited,
Receive a custom cover design,
Professional typesetting/layout,
And be professional printed
We will also provide you with full e-mail support throughout the entire
publishing process. We normally charge $160.00 per hour for e-mail
consultations and the average first book will take 2 - 5 months to complete.
If you only asked ONE HOUR'S worth of questions per day, that would be a
savings to you of over $24,000.00 by the time your book was completed and
your education in the publishing process would be college level!
This entire process of prepping the book for print will take two to five
months, depending on how ready your manuscript is when it arrives. The
process will involve at least a dozen professionals working on your book to
make it stand out!
Print Options available through Whitehallpublishing.com
We offer every print option on the market today:
From state-of-the-art POD printers who will print as few as one book at a
time for you,
To offset printers who will print a minimum of 1000 books and in the
process, save you some money on the per unit cost of your book.
To full color printers in Hong Kong to ensure your children's or art books have
the finest quality color work, on the highest quality paper.
Once The Contracts Are Signed, Then What?
After contracts are signed and you complete the writing of your book, we will
have it professionally edited for you,
We will have the book cover professionally designed and created for you,
incorporating your ideas and desires,
Once the editing and custom cover work is done, we will e-mail everything
back to you for your review. At this time, we will ask you to carefully re-read
the entire manuscript to ensure that you are satisfied with the editing work
that has been done to this point.
In the flat fee, we provide authors two complete editing passes through the
book to make any changes you would like to make. This means that you can
tweak the manuscript, editing, artwork or anything else that you would like
to change. Once you have finished your first pass, we will execute your
requested changes and do the layout of the book for the printer and when
that is completed, we will send you a pdf file of the final book for your
second review.
This is your second editing pass through the book. The focus of this pass is
esthetic in nature. You will be reviewing the layout of the interior of the
book.
Once we receive your single e-mail with all requested tweaks in it from that
second pass, we will execute those final changes and prep the book for
publication. If, after the second complete pass through the book, you still
want to make more changes, we are happy to accommodate your needs at a
rate of $50.00 per hour for that service.
When the book is ready to go to print, we will hand walk your finished book
through the entire print process, acting as your liasion with printers and
shippers,
During all phases of the publishing process, you have the final word on all
decisions made concerning your book.
Finally, the finished books will be delivered to the address of your choice and
our job is complete.
How Am I Billed?
For your security, all payments are made through our secure shopping cart
using PayPal who now accepts all major credit cards whether you have a
PayPal account or not.
When contracts are signed, you will include payment for only 50% of the
book brokering fee at that time. Click here to process your first payment,
depending on your page count.
When the book is through the editing, cover design, layout and two editing
reviews and is ready to ship to the printers, you will pay the second
installment of 40% of the remaining balance due on the book brokering fee.
Click Here to process your second payment. If your book is being printed by
a POD printer, you will pay the full print bill at the time your order is place
with the printer.
If your book is being printed by an offset printer, they require only 50% of
the total print bill be paid to them via wire transfer at this time and the
balance when you approve the proofs they will send directly to you
approximately 2 weeks after the final files are uploaded to them. We will
provide you with all the information you need to execute your payments.
Our final payment is to be made (final 10% of the book brokering fee) at the
time the books arrive to your address in satisfactory condition, at which
time, our work is done. Click Here to make your final payment.
To get started today, e-mail us the basic specs of your book (trim size,
interior page count and whether or not you want color interior or B&W, soft
cover or hard cover) to info@whitehallpublishing.com. Once we review your
information, we will send you a contract and where needed, a printer bid for
your book so you know exactly what your costs will be - NO Surprises!
When you sign your contract, you can fax it to us at 501-588-4313, visit our
shopping cart to make your initial payment and e-mail your manuscript to
us at info@whitehallpublishing.com to get things started!