SHORT RUN PUBLISHING
HAS COME OF AGE!
Prior to about 1995, for most aspiring, want-to-be authors book publishing was mostly
a wistful dream. Major publishing houses accepted less than 1% of proposed manuscripts. The alternative then was
"vanity" publishers or self-publishers who charged thousands of dollars to bypass the gatekeepers of the major houses and
get a book into print.
With the advent of short-run publishing or on-demand publishing, the whole world of
publishing was turned on its head. In the past a major publisher reports that every year they rejected over 30,000 unsolicited
book proposals. Today there are over 5 million manuscripts floating around looking for a publisher--at a 1% acceptance
rate, the cruel and disheartening truth is that if you are waiting for your acceptance letter, it in all probability
is not coming.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND SO HAS THE PRINTING INDUSTRY...
Random House is quoted as saying, "We're always watching what is going on with self-publishers.
We always ask our reps to keep their eyes open."
Simon and Schuster note that "every single publisher is on the lookout for self-publishers."
The News York Times notes that "Now its very frequent for mainstream houses to
go prospecting among the self-published books to make them their own."
Newsday notes, "Self-publishing has become a legitmate method of getting into print
as libraries and even bookstore superchains are opening their shelves to the growing number of entrepreneurial writers."
JUST RECENTLY IT WAS REPORTED THAT 1 OUT OF EVERY
10 BOOKS PUBLISHED LAST YEAR WAS SELF-PUBLISHED!
In the past, self-publishing was often poor quality as well as as prohibitively expensive,
complicated and frustrating. Today getting a contract with a traditional publisher is next to unlikely--someone has
said that you have a better chance of winning a lottery. And if you did get that coveted letter of acceptance, you would
give up the rights to your book, as well as the content and design. On top of that , it would take you about two years
after acceptance to see the fruits of your labor actually in print.
IT'S A NEW DAY...AND A NEW EXCITING WAY TO PUBLISH
WITH SHORT-RUN, HIGH QUALITY, WELL-EDITED, PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED SHORT-RUN PUBLISHING.
With Short-run publishing you are empowered to publish your book your way and say what
you have to say!
Remember, one out of every ten books are coming from folks like you who are turning
their works into professionally designed and edited, store-quality books with professionally designed captivating covers.
More and more self-publishers are discovering the new gateway to becoming a published author. According to the New York
Times and Publisher's Weekly, a self-published book is the fastest way to pitch your manuscript to agents and publishers.
In fact it has far more impact than a dull, typed manuscript.
IT'S A NEW DAY...YOUR WAY
