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FAQs
Overview
Getting ready
Pre-production
Bookshop -special offers
Design
Publication
Print and supply
How to order 
Marketing your book
Just thinking about it?
 Main topic index
The Marketplace
Cost estimates
Editorial services

WritersPrintshop delivers your book to readers
What is self-publishing?
An overview
Is self-publishing for you?
Advantages of Print on Demand
Inside publishing
The Package - what is included
What needs doing?
Frequently asked questions

The complete solution for self-publishers How much will it cost? How long will it take? & How much might you earn!
The site is packed with help and advice for writers who want to self- publish

Getting ready

Some guidelines for preparing your manuscript

 

 

Imagine your book in production!
Preparing your text with WritersServices 
Manuscript typing
Producing a mock-up of your book
Check our standards

How long will it take?
Read our terms & conditions
Matching word count to your page
Obtaining a word count from file size & Page sizes
Text file types on computers
Style sheet
Readability scores
You need to start thinking about some of the details

Pre-production

The first step is to prepare your book for publication

 
What needs doing
Copy editing
Preparing for Publication
Proof-reader's Marks
Preparing an index
Legal checks
Clearing Copyright and  Getting permission
Your copyright & Latest briefing
Permissions & model release
ISBN registration
Printing & publishing glossary
Apply your creative energy to briefing us on what you want

Design

WritersPrintshop designers work with you to put your book together
Self designer notes
Book brief

Cover designs & Picture libraries

Cover design brief & Preparing images

The preliminary pages
End pages
Preparing your own artwork

The details

Book sizes & Print Parameters
We do the work while you plan your sales campaign

Publication

Your manuscript becomes a book
Workflow chart
Publication dates
UK Legal deposit
Public Lending Right (UK)

Books for the visually impaired

Beautiful book & Traditional binding
We don't just print your book and then forget you

Print and supply

Sales and collecting your revenue:

All part of the Printshop service!
bullet Ordering copies of your book
bullet Pictures of books in production
bullet Colour using Print on Demand
bullet Sales with Print on Demand
bullet Some sample project costs
bullet How much money will you make?

You might be pleasantly surprised at the low cost

How to order 

Get a free estimate from us
Work out an estimate
The package - what is included
What it might cost
Packing up your manuscript
Zipping files to save space and transmission time 
Attachments
Sending by post
We use the web to help but selling the book can mean hard work

Marketing your book

Understanding the marketplace and reaching your target audience

Our bookstall
Your business plan & Order copies of your own book
How to market your book & Getting press coverage
Marketing online, Getting the best from Amazon
PR Package
Check the Inside Publishing series
News & Comment Inside the book business.
The new technology and how it has transformed self-publishing

Just thinking about it?

Investigate the options
What is self-publishing?
What needs doing?
The advantages of Print on Demand
Writing a family biography
The printing options
Is self-publishing for you?
Can you take it?
Do your own research to find the best route for you

The marketplace

Get to know the marketplace - find a way to get published
Selling beyond bookstores
Outlets for writers
Manuscript to reader
Writer to reader
Competitions

Publishing is about a lot more than just printing. WritersPrintShop makes sure your work can find its way to readers through the bookshops and online retailers.

You do not have to be an expert to publish your own work. We provide access to the full range of publishing expertise.

 

You really want to be a self-publisher? - some brutally honest letters from a friend - read on

Discover if you have what it takes to publish your own work - more

Although you are the publisher, there is some material we will not handle -  Check the standards

For help with any unfamiliar words, look in our Glossary of Printing and Publishing terms

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Main topic index
  1. Work out the design and set up cost
  2. Unit cost business & marketing plans
  3. Book order form and payment page

You are off to a very good marketing start with WPS as we link all our titles into Amazon and several of the biggest book distributors so you book can be ordered, delivered and the money collected worldwide.

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