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Is Tate Publishing Going Bankrupt?

Many are starting to wonder if the end is near for Tate Publishing. Is Tate going to file for bankruptcy soon? Well, let’s consider the news reports that are causing such concerns. (Please note, this article discussing allegations against Tate Publishing. These allegations may be proven false. Nonetheless, we feel that authors should be well-informed about the current situation at Tate Publishing.)

1. Xerox Corporation is suing Tate. Xerox is claiming that Tate has failed to make lease and supply payments on its copying equipment and is now suing for $1.7 million dollars. We aren’t talking about little office copiers here, but the huge printing machines in its production facility. Local Oklahoma news commentary blog The Lost Ogle offers more details and even quotes from some disgruntled former Tate employees. Or see this article by the local NPR station, KGOU, covering the lawsuit, which includes a short audio news report.

According to Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware, it is worth noting that “according to this glowing 2011 ‘case study‘ on Tate’s partnership with Xerox, Tate has been working with Xerox since at least 2007, and its production facility is set up with ‘all Xerox digital equipment.’ Tate Publishing once boasted that they printed their books on all Xerox equipment” (You are encouraged to read Strauss’ full article at VictoriaStrauss.com. It is a lengthy one, but very detailed).

The Xerox vs. Tate case began last summer and is still ongoing. To read all the details on the court case, please see the Oklahoma State Courts Network.)

2. The Better Business Bureau rates Tate Publishing with a D rating (as of today 1/3/17). For a company that has been in business for as long as Tate has, that isn’t a good sign. See for yourself what Tate’s current rating is at the BBB.

3. The local NBC affiliate has run numerous negative stories about Tate. No company likes it when a local news station starts reporting negative things about your business. In June of 2016, KFOR.com reported on authors claiming they weren’t getting their royalty payments. One author claimed the two small royalty checks “bounced, leaving her with a $38 bank fee.” (See KFOR.com for full story). In September, the NBC site reported on claims that Tate employees were coached on what to say to federal investigators during an investigation into claims of unpaid employee overtime. (See this KFOR.com article for more details.) More on info on that labor investigation can also be found at the Yukon Review.

The well-known and highly-respected writing industry blog, The Passive Voice, also reported recently about the many troubles at Tate Publishing, quoting from Writer Beware. Included in the article’s comments is one author’s claim of spending over a thousand dollars and still not seeing a finished book.

Tate Publishing Disagrees: Company CEO, Ryan Tate, has downplayed the Xerox lawsuit according to news station KFOR, and stated that he planned to counter-sue. In an article in the Journal Record newspaper, Ryan Tate claimed most of Tate’s “book manufacturing occurs in facilities across the United States and is primarily out of Amazon’s facilities,” which would mean the printing presses of Amazon’s CreateSpace division. We find that an interesting development and wonder how many Tate authors realize that their books are now farmed out to a third-party printer. CreateSpace is a quality printer (we encourage our own clients to use them), but that doesn’t sound like Tate’s claim that “Tate Publishing is set apart by three things: the quality of our selected authors, our unique and author-focused book production process, and a lifetime of marketing for every book we publish!” (Emphasis is ours. See Tate Publishing for this claim of being “the best”.)

So, is Tate Publishing bankrupt or going out of business? As of this date (1/3/17), the answer is no. We have seen no filings for bankruptcy or any announcements that Tate is closing. However, all of the news reported above is very troubling and makes us wonder how Tate will be able to go on publishing their authors’ books. It is known that they have a division overseas in the Philippines, but will they have the capital to keep that operation going? We don’t know.

The more important question for authors is this: do you want to risk keeping your book in the hands of Tate Publishing? These reports should make all Tate authors to consider the possible dangers in letting Tate continue to control their manuscripts.

Are you one of the many authors worried about the troubles at Tate Publishing? If so, you should take some active steps to protect you and your book:

  1. Make sure you have a master file of your manuscript in its final version. Should you need to find a new publisher or publishing service, you’ll need that file. Get in Word format if you can, but even a pdf version is better than nothing.
  2. Review your Contract. Do you have control of your manuscript? Can you end your relationship with Tate easily? Please note, if Tate Publishing does go bankrupt, all of its assets will be frozen and then divided up to its debtors. That would include any rights to manuscripts. If Tate has a contract to publish your book for the next 5, 15, or 35 years, then your book becomes one of the assets that will be sold to some other publisher. If you are ignorant about contracts and terms, we suggest you spend a day reading the many blog posts by veteran author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, on her KrisWrites.com blog’s writer resources about contracts and dealbreakers. Or better yet, buy her book at Amazon.
  3. Check your Royalty Statements carefully. Do the best you can to make sure the Tate Publishing is paying you your full royalty amounts. When a publishing company is in financial trouble, it will often start shortchanging its authors, and instead use that money to pay salaries, utilities, and so on. There are many horror stories out there of authors losing hundreds of even thousands of dollars to a troubled publisher. Literary Agent Chip MacGregor reported on such sad events when WinePress Publishing went bankrupt. (See Chip MacGregor’s website.) In spite of the news articles mentioned, we have not heard of any widespread failure to pay royalties by Tate. However, you should remain vigilant.
  4. Be Careful about Buying any more Services from Tate. When Winepress Publishing went out of business, there were many author complaints about services paid for but never received. (See this Christian Retailing article for details.) Once again, we have no evidence of this happening at Tate Publishing; this is merely a warning about what to watch our for.
  5. Make sure you have control of your author website. We saw authors lose their websites recently, when WinePress Publishing went out of business. It wasn’t pretty. We had to help one author buy back her domain name from a Japanese company that gobbles up abandoned sites in the hopes of making a profit. You should always retain control of your website. Let others help you design and maintain it, but do not let others control your online presence. That could prove disastrous. If Tate Publishing is in control of your author website, get it back now! If you need help rebuilding your website, see one of the many companies that offer website designing for a flat fee, free of those pesky strings or power grabs.
  6. Consider using a publishing service next time. They will guide you through the whole publishing process or you can hire them just to do a few of the steps along the way. As we state here at PublicAuthor.com, “All of our services are offered for a one-time fee; we will never charge you a percentage of your future sales. We are also upfront about our fees, since we don’t believe in surprising our authors with unexpected expenses. (See our Pricing page or Package Deals page for our current pricing.)” A publishing service like Public Author, “You retain control and copyright over your manuscript. You make the final decisions about content and appearance. You receive 100% of the royalties paid. You maintain full control of your author website and domain name. In addition, you get all the final files from us at the completion of your project.”

We hope all works out well for Tate Authors. We really do. But we are concerned that Tate Publishing might be following in the footsteps of CrossBooks, WinePress Publishing, and many other similar operations that have closed in recent years. If you are an author who has been left hanging by the troubles at Tate Publishing, please consider us when you are ready to republish your book. At Public Author, we keep our pricing reasonable and we never take a percentage of your royalties.

Please see our article Help for Tate Publishing Authors for more information on how Public Author can possibly help you.

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Help for Tate Publishing Authors

Are you one of the many authors worried about the troubles at Tate Publishing? If so, you might want to look at the services offered by Public Author. We offer practical help to writers: websites, book formatting, cover design, and other publishing services. Have Public Author guide you through the whole publishing process, or hire us just to do a few of the steps along the way. We are here to help our authors succeed, and to earn their repeat business.

TATE PUBLISHING TROUBLES: It is reported that Tate Publishing is facing a lawsuit from Xerox for unpaid bills, along with a possible federal investigation of by the Department of Labor. (See our article Is Tate Publishing Going Bankrupt?) Please note, that these are just allegations against Tate Publishing. These allegations may prove to be false. However, it is definitely troubling times for any Tate author.

We are here to help any authors left hanging by the troubles at Tate Publishing. We are sorry for the stress or confusion you are facing and we hope we can alleviate them for you. We saw a similar thing happen to authors deserted by WinePress Publishing when that company went bankrupt, and by authors abandoned by CrossBooks when that press ceased to exist. Once again, we are not claiming that Tate Publishing is going out of business, but we do think that Tate authors should give careful consideration to their relationship with the company.

Get your Manuscript files: We would encourage Tate authors to request the master files to their books, just in case things get worse at Tate Publishing. We think it is always a prudent move for authors to retain their book files. Also, we would encourage any Tate author to carefully review their contract with Tate Publishing to see if they can easily and quickly break free of that company, should they choose to go a different publishing path.

Author Websites Lost: We saw numerous authors lose their website domains when WinePress went bankrupt and it was a messy business trying to regain control of those websites. They failed to renew domain registrations during their final months of operations and numerous websites ended up abandoned. One author we assisted lost two domain names. We were able to reclaim one, but the primary domain had been snatched up by a Japanese company that specializes in grabbing abandoned website domains. We were able to purchase it back for her, but then we had to completely rebuild her author website. We are not claiming that this has occurred to any author websites controlled by Tate Publishing, but we are sharing this story as a cautionary tale. If Tate is in control of your website, please pay careful attention to when it needs to be renewed. We encourage all Tate Publishing authors to regain control of their websites if someone else is running it now.

AN ALTERNATIVE TO TATE: We would encourage Tate authors to consider using our services (or the services of companies similar to ours) to get your book published. There are definite advantages to going with a publishing services business like Public Author, costing you less and earning you more in royalties. Continue reading to learn more about pricing, security, control, and empowering of authors.

PRICING: Where Tate Publishing charges authors thousands of dollars to publish their books, we do not. All of our services are offered for a one-time fee; we will never charge you a percentage of your future sales. We are also upfront about our fees, since we don’t believe in surprising our authors with unexpected expenses. (See our Pricing page or Package Deals page for our current pricing.)

SECURITY: We are a publishing services business, not a vanity press or a traditional publisher. We help set up your accounts directly with some of the largest names in the publishing and book retail industry and you retain control of those accounts. We help you sell directly to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple, CreateSpace, and more. No more middle-man like Tate Publishing, Xulon, WestBow, WinePress, or CrossBooks that might go bankrupt or close their business, taking your files with them.

CONTROL: You retain control and copyright over your manuscript. You make the final decisions about content and appearance. You receive 100% of the royalties paid. You maintain full control of your author website and domain name. In addition, you get all the final files from us at the completion of your project. At Public Author, our authors remain in-charge.

EMPOWERED AUTHORS: As we mentioned earlier, we are neither a vanity press nor a traditional publisher. We are a publishing services business, helping authors through the process of self-publishing professional-quality books. We can help you get your manuscripts turned into e-books and print books. We can assist you in setting up accounts with the major online booksellers and uploading your books to those sites. We can also design a new author website for you. We do all these services for reasonable prices. Public Author never takes a percentage of your future sales. Please look around our website and see the many services we offer.

Tate Publishing authors, if you have decided to leave Tate and are looking for a new place to publish your book, please see us. We can help get your non-fiction book or novel back in print and available to bookstores and online book retailers. Have Public Author help you today and put your Tate Publishing troubles behind you.

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Seven Steps of Self-Publishing

Your book is done! Congratulations! But now what? Here is a quick overview of the steps you should follow to get that manuscript ready to sell. Just because you are “self-publishing” doesn’t mean that you have to do everything involved in getting your manuscript turned into a book. Most authors used professionals to help with at least some of the process.

1- EDITING

It is essential to have your manuscript edited. An editor will look for typos, word use errors, storyline inconsistencies, point-of-view issues, and much more. But how do you get your book edited?

Choices:
a. Do-It-Yourself: Editing your own work is one of the toughest things to do, since we often overlook our own mistakes. One way is to depend heavily on your writing program’s Spell Check and Grammar Check, but that has its limitations. Another way is to read your manuscript is different formats: on-screen, printed, and on an e-book reader. The varied formats can often help you catch errors. Reading your manuscript aloud can also help you catch errors, especially if others follow along to note where you stumble or change words as you read.

b. Friends or Family: If you cannot afford to hire an editor, ask some friends or family to be “beta readers” and provide their feedback on what they like/dislike about your book. Writers’ groups can also be helpful, as they critique the sections of your book that you share.

c. Hiring an Editor: This will be one of your greatest expenses, but it is well worth it. A good editor will not rewrite your book or alter your voice, but they will provide copious comments on where you can improve your manuscript. Public Author does provide editorial services and we do so at a reasonable price.

2- COVER DESIGN

This is the first thing that potential readers will see and you want to get a cover that is visually appealing and hits on all the typical visual cues for your genre or book topic. Cover decisions involve lots of details to attain a visually appealing look, including font styles, font sizes, photo/ artwork/ word art, color palate, word placement, and focal point.

Choices:
a. DIY: Designing your own book cover is a skill that takes time to develop. Study the best-seller lists on Amazon and see what other books in your sub-category look like. Take some time to review websites that discuss book covers:  LousyBookCovers.com, CoverCritics.com, and TheBookDesigner.com. TheBookDesigner.com is especially helpful. Be sure to look over their monthly book cover contests. You will see hundreds of covers and get an idea of what works and what doesn’t.

To “purchase” stock photos or illustrations, go to sites like istockphoto.com, fotolia.com, or the other dozen+ sites that sell them. Please remember, just because it is on Google images, doesn’t mean the photo or artwork is free to use. Expect to spend $20- $60 on art or photos even when you’re designing your own cover. Even those who decide to just use a distinct font as their cover design, will be spending money to purchase the license to use that particular font.

b. Free Cover Design from friend or family: Some authors are blessed to have an artist in the family that is willing to design their cover for free. That is a huge money-saver, but be sure the cover that you are getting is appropriate for your particular genre or subject matter. Your friend might have great skills in water color or pencils or crayons, but those media rarely translate into a competent book design. Cover art is its own unique style, more akin to movie posters or billboards than it is to gallery paintings or refrigerator art. The artwork must be convertible to a jpeg or tiff file with a high-enough resolution to become a sharp-looking cover.

c. Have a Professionally-Made Cover: A pro cover can cost anywhere from $100 to $1,000 or even more, depending on the quality of the design and whether the image is exclusive.

Some sites to visit for possible artists include deviantart.com, 99design.com, bookflydesign.com, fiverr.com, and so many more. Another good source is reviewing the winning books at the contests from TheBookDesigner.com, where the various cover artists are usually mentioned. For artists that are in demand, expected to be paying over a thousand dollars to get a package that includes both e-book and print book covers.

At Public Author we also design book covers, most often as part of a larger package that includes formatting and publishing assistance. Our pricing is at the low-end of the spectrum because we use stock images that aren’t exclusive to just your book. The caution is that the stock image might get purchased by someone else and end up on their book cover too. See our cover portfolio for examples of covers we’ve designed.

3- BOOK FORMATTING

Your third step is converting that manuscript into files to upload to the various printers/ retailers. That means creating at least three distinct files: a mobi file for an Amazon e-book, an e-pub file for all other e-book retailers, and a print file (in Word or pdf) for uploading to a printer like CreateSpace.

Choices:
a. DIY: To accomplish this, you will probably have to learn a new program like Scriveners or Calibre that assist with file conversion.

b. Bartering with other Authors: Some writers will barter services with another author to get this work done. Editing for Formatting, or Formatting traded for Cover Designing. Just be sure that you are trading with someone who is actually skilled at what you need.

c. Have a Professional Format your Files: You can also hire a professional to format your files. The pro will format your books and get them ready for uploading. Some of the more skilled book designers can add decorative fonts, drop caps, and chapter art to your books, but all of that does cost more.

At Public Author, we format both fiction and non-fiction books. We do not format children’s illustrated books or graphic novels. Our pricing is very reasonable.

4- Book Blurb/ Back Copy

Before you can make your book available for sale, you will need to write one more thing: the sales pitch that is on the back cover and featured on the “product page” at online retailers. This book blurb is NOT a synopsis of your novel. It is meant to entice people to buy the book and read it.

Choices:
a. DIY: Study the back covers of the books you own or spend some time at Amazon reading the short blurbs for best-selling books in your genre or category. Most likely, all of them are written in a different writing style than what you used on your manuscript. Most are written in Present Tense and Active Voice, with short sentences or even incomplete sentences. Learn how to copy their style.

b. Hire a Professional Copy Writer: You can hire someone to write the back copy for your book, but make sure they read a good percentage of your manuscript before they do. At Public Author, we do help writers with their back copy, often as part of a Package Deal.

5- Uploading to Printers and Retailers

Once you have your book formatted correctly, you will need to upload it to your selected printer and to the various online retailers.

Choices:
a. DIY: Once you have your accounts set up, it is fairly simple to upload your book to the major retailers, at least it is for the e-book versions. Print versions require a bit more skill and the reviewing of proofs.

b. Have a Professional Assist You in Uploading: At Public Author, we do help our clients in setting up their online accounts and getting their books uploaded properly. For print, we specialize in CreateSpace books. For e-books, we help by uploading to major retailers (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo) and to distributers (Draft2Digital).

6- Initial Marketing of your Book

This must be considered even as you are uploading the book for sale. As part of the marketing, you must decide things like pricing, book category, keywords, and distribution options.

DIY: You make all the decisions and pick the keywords. The only caution we give is that many authors aren’t good at recognizing the proper genre/ sub-categories for their work. Maybe have friends or family tell you where they would expect to find your book.

Hire a Professional: Have a pro help you find the best niche(s) for your book to get the maximum sales. At Public Author, we usually include this as part of our Package Deals.

7- Ongoing Marketing of your Book

Now that your book is out there and available for sale, how do you get folks to notice it? There are an abundance of “experts” who will gladly take your money to create a marketing campaign. But the vast majority of them aren’t worth the money. In this area, we recommend an author go DIY. Buy only specific services, like website designing or sales advertisement.

One of the biggest marketing things you can do is WRITE THE NEXT BOOK, especially if it is in the same genre, book series, or non-fiction category. It is easier to win a returning reader than to find new ones.

When considering any marketing, you must consider your Return-On-Investment (ROI). Will the marketing pay for itself? If you also count in your time investment, you will find most of these methods will not work for you. However, there are probably a few that will and that might be different depending on which of your books you are featuring.

Types of Marketing:

Author Website: This can be very important for a writer, especially those who have more than one book out. You should make sure that you have control of your website (not some publisher or marketing company). Done right, it should be one of the first locations that come up when someone searches for your name online. An author website should list all your books and provide links to places where the books can be purchased.

This is probably your most solid investment. Once it is done, the cost for maintaining your site should be minimal ($30 to $60 per year).  If anyone is charging you much more than that, they had better be offering you some premium extra services. Your time investment can be anything from minimal (only updating when a new book is published) to daily time spent blogging.

Free websites aren’t usually the best route to take, since they aren’t optimized to your name. It is better to have a domain name that is specific to you (like EricLorenzen.com or ABLoren.com).

At Public Author, we design websites hosted at WordPress.com. When done, we hand the website over to you. You control the site and you can update it or add blog posts. You can hire us to do updates, but you are the one in control of your website. Take a look at our website portfolio to see some examples of our work.

Social Media: For some genres and non-fiction categories, author interaction is vital to getting readers’ attention. FaceBook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Blogging, e-newsletters, and much more. Consider using Mail Chimp or a similar service if you are intending to have an e-newsletter.

Most of these sites are very time-consuming to use them the right way. Daily spam, begging folks to buy your book just gets people mad at you.  You need to make fun or educational posts; you need to interact and share details of your life. Not everyone enjoys using social media as a way to build sales. If you hate it, don’t do it.

Ads: There are many places that want to sell you ads (Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Beacon, and more). Most provide a poor ROI, with actual sales that are less than 0.10% of the amount who see your ad/ click on the ad. The more an ad and an audience match, the better you click-through rate will be.  Ads probably work best for niche novels that appeal to a very specific and underserved audience, and for non-fiction books that meet a very specific need.

Book Sales: Some have had great success by discounting the first e-book in a series or by running the occasional sale at 99 cents or even free. Often, you will want to run an ad at a site that is just for discounted e-books as a way to get more traction. The biggest site for that is Book Bub, which costs hundreds per ad but usually provide a positive ROI nonetheless. Other sites to consider are Book Gorilla, Ereader News Today, eBook Soda, Freebooksy, Gospel eBooks, Spirit-filled Kindle, and many more. Be careful of your ROI, for it is easy to overspend on ads. When using multiple sites, try to feature them on different days so that you can better compare their performance.

Amazon Exclusive: This is another marketing approach for e-books. When going exclusive, Amazon will allow you to run one discount (or up to 5 days of FREE) per every 90 days. You can also enroll into their KDP book rental program that can also provide a decent income. The trade-off is lost sales at other online bookstores.

Book Giveaways: Another way to get your book noticed is to offer books for contests or to create your own giveaway at reader sites like Goodreads.com. This can be expensive, since giving print books away is much more expensive than e-book giveaways. It will probably result in another book review or two, but not necessarily good ones. Some writers have had good success through giveaways.

Book Signings: Setting up a table at a bookstore or at some festival or street fair can be very successful if you have a large friend base or have a book covering a popular topic, but for most fiction writers a book signing is more frustration and boredom than it is successful sales. Be cautious about investing in dozens of books that you hope to hand-sell.

Book Bundles: Some authors get together to create their own collection of e-book stories, selling it at a low price as a way to attract new readers. This takes some management skills for the person in charge of formatting the special e-book and then distributing the royalties received to all the participants.

Online Sample Chapters: You can provide sample chapters of your book as a way to entice people to buy the whole novel. Some do this on their own website if they have a large following already. Others use sites like Wattpad. Be sure the giveaway market’s audience fits to your book.

Conventions and Conferences: This can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars to get placement at a show. The chance to get a decent ROI is very low. Some “services” will feature your book at their table for an exorbitant fee.

If you are a public speaker or provide some kind of services in connection with your book, then a convention or conference might be a good fit. For more people, it will just suck up time and money.

Blog Tours/ Guest Posts: If you have lots of time free, you can offer to do a blog tour or guest posts on someone else’s website. Be careful with companies who claim they can set up a blog tour or arrange guest posts for a fee. Many will not be worth their price.

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Self Publishing Help in Southern California

iStock_000013018311XSmallWe help Southern California authors get their books self published. Do you want to see your novel or non-fiction book in print? Do you want to do it yourself through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, and other retailers but don’t know how to get started. Need someone to format your book for publishing or a professionally designed book cover? At Public Author, we offer all of those services and more.

We are here to empower Southern California authors to self-publish. We are a local company, located in Yucaipa, CA (San Bernardino County) and work with many authors and local businesses throughout the Southern California area. Public Author offers a wide variety of publishing services to help authors get their manuscript finished and in print, including:

What is self publishing? When an author self publishes, he or she is the one who is publishing a book, instead of going through a publisher. The author is printing the book and providing an e-book version to all the major retailers. The author is also keeping the lion’s share of all sales (often 60-70%), instead of a publisher taking it. At Public Author, we help writers to self publish. With our expertise, self-publishing becomes much easier. We do the tasks that you can’t do yourself. Your book is still published by you, we just help you through the process.

Hire us for what you need: Not everyone needs help with everything, which is why we offer our publishing services both in Package Deals and à la carte. You only pay for what you need; there is no reason to hire us for any unnecessary extras.

Great alternative to a Vanity Press: A Vanity Press is a company that charges its clients thousands or ten of thousands of dollars to do many of the things we do. Adding insult to injury, they often take a percentage of your sales profits too. We are the smarter choice. At Public Author, we charge only one-time fees and our pricing is reasonable.

Where will my books be available? Southern California authors who use Public Author’s services have self published books through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Createspace, Kobo, Apple, Scribd, and Draft 2 Digital. Some have sold their books through independent bookstores; others have had their books placed in public libraries. Our authors have their books available for sale in both Print and E-book editions. So can you. Contact us and learn how we can help you get your book published.

How much will it cost? We charge only one-time fees for our professional services. We never charge a percentage of your royalties. We never charge outrageous fees for “marketing packages” that vanity presses charge. Instead, we charge fair rates for the professional author services that you need, and only for those services you need. Learn more at our Pricing page.

Do you have more questions? See our FAQ page to find answers to some of the Frequently Asked Questions that others have had.

Ready to get started? Contact Public Author today by using our Contact Page. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Help for Crossbooks Authors

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Are you one of the many authors left stranded by the sudden closing of Crossbooks? If so, you might want to look at the services offered by Public Author. We can help you get your manuscripts turned into e-books and print books. We can assist you in setting up accounts with the major online booksellers and uploading your books to those sites. We can also design a new author website for you. More importantly, we can help you get your files back from Crossbooks and get you back in print and we can do all this for much lower price.

Is your book suffering because of the Crossbooks’ closure? There is no reason for your Crossbook non-fiction books or novels to suffer any longer. Let us help you bring them back to the market. And we will do it in a way where you will remain in control of your books, website, and e-books.  We will help you to put the Crossbooks troubles behind you.

We do all these services for reasonable prices. Public Author never takes a percentage of your future sales. Please look around our website and see the many services we offer. We are glad to help the many authors left hanging by the closing of Lifeway’s Crossbooks. We are sorry for the stress or confusion you are facing and we hope we can alleviate them for you.

Crossbooks Authors, please see us to get your books and novels back in print and available to bookstores and online book retailers. Have Public Author help you today.

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Self Publishing Help

iStock_000013018311XSmallWe help authors get their books self published. Do you want to see your novel or non-fiction book in print? Do you want to do it yourself through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, and other retailers but don’t know how to get started. Need someone to format your book for publishing or a professionally designed book cover? At Public Author, we offer all of those services and more.

We are here to empower authors to self-publish. Public Author offers a wide variety of publishing services to help authors get their manuscript finished and in print, including:

  • Manuscript Editing
  • Book Formatting (both print and e-book)
  • Cover Designing
  • Assistance with Distribution and Setting-up Retail Accounts
  • Author Website Designing
  • Marketing Strategies and Social Media
  • Uploading to a Print Publisher
  • Uploading to E-book Retailers
  • Series Branding and Author Branding Assistance

What is self publishing? When an author self publishes, he or she is the one who is publishing a book, instead of going through a publisher. The author is printing the book and providing an e-book version to all the major retailers. The author is also keeping the lion’s share of all sales (often 60-70%), instead of a publisher taking it. At Public Author, we help writers to self publish. With our expertise, self-publishing becomes much easier. We do the tasks that you can’t do yourself. Your book is still published by you, we just help you through the process.

Hire us for what you need: Not everyone needs help with everything, which is why we offer our publishing services both in Package Deals and à la carte. You only pay for what you need; there is no reason to hire us for any unnecessary extras.

Great alternative to a Vanity Press: A Vanity Press is a company that charges its clients thousands or ten of thousands of dollars to do many of the things we do. Adding insult to injury, they often take a percentage of your sales profits too. We are the smarter choice. At Public Author, we charge only one-time fees and our pricing is reasonable.

Where will my books be available? Authors who use Public Author’s services have self published books through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Createspace, Kobo, Apple, Scribd, and Draft 2 Digital. Some have sold their books through independent bookstores; others have had their books placed in public libraries. Our authors have their books available for sale in both Print and E-book editions. So can you. Contact us and learn how we can help you get your book published.

How much will it cost? We charge only one-time fees for our professional services. We never charge a percentage of your royalties. We never charge outrageous fees for “marketing packages” that vanity presses charge. Instead, we charge fair rates for the professional author services that you need, and only for those services you need. Learn more at our Pricing page.

Do you have more questions? See our FAQ page to find answers to some of the Frequently Asked Questions that others have had.

Ready to get started? Contact Public Author today by using our Contact Page. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Inexpensive Author Websites

GenuineHR websiteAt Public Author, we design inexpensive websites for writers. Although reasonable in cost, the websites are still professional quality and beautiful. We specialize in WordPress-based websites, which offer robust SEO and the ability for detailed site analysis.

We charge a one-time fee, not a monthly rate. You take over after we are done, so there are no hidden monthly fees or maintenance costs. The annual renewal for WordPress is reasonable and your own responsibility.  However, we don’t abandon you. If you ever need extra support (maybe to update your site or expand it), we can help. And we do so at a reasonable cost.

Take a moment to look over the details of our Author Websites or take a look at some of our past projects in our Website Portfolio. You will learn a bit more about what we can do for you.

Contact us today and we will get started on your new Author Website.

Thank You.

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Help for Winepress Authors

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Are you one of the many authors left stranded by the sudden closing of Winepress Publishing? If so, you might want to look at the services offered by Public Author. We can help you get your manuscripts turned into e-books and print books. We can assist you in setting up accounts with the major online booksellers and uploading your books to those sites. We can also design a new author website for you.

Is your book suffering because of the Winepress closure? There is no reason for your Winepress books or novels to suffer any longer. Let us help you bring them back to the market. And we will do it in a way where you will remain in control of your books, website, and e-books.  We will help you to put the Winepress troubles behind you.

We do all these services for reasonable prices. Public Author never takes a percentage of your future sales. Please look around our website and see the many services we offer. We are glad to help the many authors left hanging by the closing of Winepress Publishing. We are sorry for the stress or confusion you are facing and we hope we can alleviate them for you.

Winepress Authors, please see us to get your books and novels back in print and available to the big bookstores like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. We are Public Author, a service of New Wind Business Solutions.

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Thank you for considering us. We want to help get your book or novel back out there for the public to find.

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