The Advantages of Being Published by a Big Five Book Publisher

The Advantages of Being Published by a Big Five Book PublisherThe Advantages of Being Published by a Big Five Book PublisherWant to be published by one of the Big Five publishers or other major publishers? Theres a high bar to meet to sign a book contract with a traditional publisher, but there is much value in the relationship. For those who make the grade, here are some of the benefits Youll Get Multiple Rounds, Types of Book Editing You are now in a business relationship with your publisher, and its your editors job to make sure what goes out into the marketplace is as good as possible. There are different types of editors and editorial processes that a manuscript goes through on its way to becoming a book. If youre working with a traditional publisher and editors, youll landsee that with each round, your work will become mora and more refined and if you had to pay for these editorial labors from a high quality outside services, youd be spending thousands if not more. Youl l Get Expert Packaging and Production From developing the just-right book title to designing the interior page layouts and book jacket, traditional book publishing houses have staffs of editors, marketers, and designers to develop a selling book package. Also, the role of the production department is to make sure the book is copyedited, make sure the hard copies are properly printed and bound, and make sure the digital files are clean. If you were to self-publish, these services cost money and time to manage. Your Book Will Have Various Sales Channels While its generally up to the book buyers to decide what titles they will take in for sale, your book is represented in the publishers seasonal catalog and via wholesale distributors. While some self-publishing companiesoffer a service whereby the books are available on wholesale lists just in case a book buyer becomes aware of it and wants to carry it traditional publishers actually have warm sales bodies proactively hawking your book to a variety of different bookselling outlets. These outletsinclude everything from online retailers to bricks-and-mortar stores that carry a wide selection of books to specialty stores (like Crate and Barrel for cookbooks that might go with the appliances theyre selling) to category busters (like Petco), which mighttake only narrow subject matter but that might be appropriate for your specific title. Youll Get Book Marketing A very small percentage of books from a traditional publisher get a big marketing or reklame budget. Its true that these days much depends on the authors existing platform, how hard the author him or herself works to get the word out, and the interest of the booksellers or the media. But at a traditional publisher, all books get at least a baseline amount of exposure from the book marketing department and an assigned publicist who willat very least do a basic publicity punchlistfor the books under his or her charge. That said, the job oftraditional pu blishersmarketing and publicity departments is to exploit opportunities for exposure. Soif the book gets a lot of positive review attention or sales momentum then youll get more marketing support. Youll Get More Publicity Support Great reviews and an increasing sales pattern might extend the life of your publicity and marketing.Other occasions where the publishing house will up the level of support for a book are the paperback launch, or at the release of afilm or TV adaptation. Of course, if you do seek a traditional book contract with a major publisher, youll learn there are bars to entry, and youll have to make some business trade-offs, but most publishing pros think the Big Five routeis worth the effort if you have what it takes to get there. If you, on the other hand, you think youd like to self-publish, heres more information on going with the Indie author route. If youhave somewhat of a platform or deep subject expertise and dont want to go it alone, you may want to consi der approaching a hybrid publisher. And some beginning writers in genre fiction (like romance) might have luck in digital-first publishing houses to help build their credentials and readership.