Solomon Publications

Consultation can be offered on the following topics or to answer other questions you may have concerning self-publishing.

I. WHY SHOULD YOU PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOKS?
The Advantages of Self-Publishing
Royalties vs. Revenue
Financing Your Own Publication
What about Vanity Press, Subsidy Publishing, and POD (Print-on-Demand)?

II. HOW TO BECOME A PUBLISHER
Registering as a Publisher and Starting Your Own Publishing Company
Obtaining Your ISBN Prefix and using the ISBN
What is a SAN and do I need one?

III. PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR PUBLICATION
Preparing Your Text Pages for Publication - Creating a Camera Ready Manuscript for Publication Using PageMaker or Other Software
Submitting Your Manuscript in Electronic Format to the Book Printer
What Makes A Book a "Book" In the Book Industry
Cover Design - You Shouldn't Judge a Book by its Cover, but You Can Sell A Book by its cover

IV. OBTAINING COPYRIGHT AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG INFORMATION
Do I need to Register my Copyright?
Do I need a Library of Congress Catalog Number?

V.   SELECTING A BOOK PRINTER, PREPARING YOUR BOOK FOR PRINTING, AND PRINTING
Book Printers vs. Commercial Printers
Your ISBN Bar Code
Economy of Scale in Printing Quantities
Your Cover - The Most Important Decision

VI. PRICING YOUR BOOKS FOR SALE
The issue of List Price and Discount Price
Third-Party Discounting
How You Make More by Selling for Less

VII. PROMOTING YOUR BOOKS
Create a Website and Print Advertising
Promoting Your Books Online
           Amazon.com Advantage Program
           Amazon Marketplace Seller
           E-Bay - half.com
           BarnesandNoble.com

VIII.   BOOKSTORE AND LIBRARY SALES
Registering Your Books in "Books In Print"
Ingram - The Bookstore Wholesaler
Baker & Taylor - Another Bookstore Wholesaler
Quality Books, Inc. - The Library Broker

IX. DIRECT SALES VS. THIRD PARTY SALES
Why are direct sales "invisible"
What are the advantages of third-party sales

X.   PAYMENT
What can you expect to be paid?
Direct Sales, Wholesale sales, Bulk sales

XI. CAN I REALLY MAKE MONEY DOING THIS?

Solomon Publications' Offers Self-Publishing Consultation

Are you writing or have you written a book? Do you want to publish it yourself?

Join the ever-increasing ranks of authors who have sucessfully published their own books. If you are writing or have written a book that you believe will sell, you can publish it yourself and prove that you are right!

Allan H. Goodman, the owner of Solomon Publications,

offers consultation in person or by telephone to answer your questions about Self-Publishing.

Call 301-816-1025 or email consultation@solomonpublications.com to arrange an appointment for your consultation and discuss our rate schedule.