Bookopedia Imprint Authors

What is a Bookopedia author ?

A Bookopedia Author is an author who has signed an excluse 2 year agency contract for their e book work (other formats by agreement)

Bookopedia & Bookopedia compact are solely e books distributed via Amazon worldwide.

On acceptance of a publication-ready document and exchange of contract we will, at our cost for the period of the agreement, present and manage your listing

How long does it take before my book is on open sale ?
Providing there are no delays with the cover etc, and the manuscript submitted has been checked and accepted, then within 7 days your title could be on sale.

What are the costs ?
Other than the cost of a print ready cover (see separate section) - there are no upfront costs.

What are the terms of the agreement ?
We will, wherever possible, promote via our extensive web base (part of Backs epub) your work and profile. Your book will, in addition to Amazon worlwide, be placed on Bookopedia new releases and e books pages. Cross promoted on several of our other websites and prompted via ad links. (all at no cost to you). If you have a website, we can also set up a reciprocal link.

What will I earn?
Obviously, this is dependent upon actual book sales. The one great advantage of promoting your work via e book format is the high royalty rate - 35 %

What are the financial terms of the agreement ?
Our agency fees are 15% of nett royalties payable + 5% a/c management fees. these are extremely compettive fees, when compared with traditional publishing (15% of book retail and publishers percentage).

eg - Book retail - £4.99
Your royalty - £1.74
Nett payment to author £1.39

As you can clearly see, this is a high royalty rate, and is comparable to an £8.99 paperpack book via traditional channels.

Do you promote my work
We are in the unusual position of being both ppublisher and agent for your work. there is no cost to you for any in-house or connected promotion, although publicity and promotion is not included as part of your agreement. The emphasis for all external promotion is on you. You cannot reasonably expect a publicity campaign at no cost - so the more effort you can put in to pushing your book, the greater the rewarda.

How to present your work
Manuscripts must be presented in an electronic format, preferably a word document , A4 and double spaced, if this is a problem we will accept PDF.
Cover image supplied by you - minimum 300 DPI (dots per inch) We can supply an image if required, see costs below.

Manuscripts must be set out to include the following
Title page
Copyright etc (we will help you format this)
Dedication page if applicable
Content page if applcable
Introduction page
Pages set out in chapter form
If not proof read, then a basic check for literals (spelling errors)
Bibliography - if applicable
Special thanks - if applicable

We will format, reduce and set up your e book, then place within Amazon Kindle

Extras
Supply of cover image - £28 - £120.00 dependant upon the complexity required

Please note - we accept your manuscript on an 'as is' basis. If you require a full proof reading, this can be arranged. This is never a cheap process. We will use an outside source for this service - approx cost £4.50 per 1,000 words.
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