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| Struggle to finish your book, rewrite it (several times),
copy edit and think about the foreword, cover copy etc. It is expensive to
make any changes after this stage, so do your preparation now. |
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Take advantage of our many
services for writers to prepare your work for publication. If you wish, you can also
ask for our design guidelines to study it at your leisure. |
| Get an estimate for the design and printing service. Assuming
you are happy and are ready to go ahead, prepare your
briefs for the book
and the cover design and send
all of the material electronically or by post along with half
the
fee.
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The design team consults and produces the text and cover
roughs. Our office prepares a contract and confirms the estimate based on what you
require. This normally takes a few phone calls to discuss pricing
issues. |
| Check the designs and study the contract.
When you are ready, sign on the dotted line and return the contract with
the first half of your payment and
any comments on the design roughs. |
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Detailed designs are completed and returned to you to
approve. |
| You have to sign off the book, approving the samples
and making the final payment. Your
book is now ready for proofing. |
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The file of your book is submitted to the printer for proofing
and is set up in the Print on Demand system. The
results are carefully checked before a proof is sent to you. |
| You receive the proof copy. If you are adding an index, it
is prepared and added at this stage. You give your final approval for
publication. |
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The initial order for copies for Legal Deposit
and the author's copies are printed and sent. The web pages are prepared and
published inside our Writers' pages. Meanwhile we send copies of your book
to the various legal deposit libraries in the UK. |
| Agreed number of copies delivered. Time to start
marketing
and working on the pr activities. |
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Your book is now supplied in response to orders from
you, the
book trade and the public. Payments are collected and you receive a
statement each month with a payment if the amount exceeds £50 (or
annually). Your
book may also be printed using POD in the US to reduce the cost of
delivering it around the world. Our Self-publishing service is available globally. Whether
you want your books in Bombay or Bahrain, Brisbane or Buenos Aires, we can
get them to you. |
