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A little bit about Second Time Media and what we can offer you.
It’s tough enough to write a good book. But that’s just the beginning. Next, you have to start the endless trek to dozens of publishers to find one that will accept your manuscript for initial review. Then hope your book survives multiple levels of scrutiny. The odds aren’t so hot. Publishers typically reject hundreds – even thousands – of manuscripts for every one they accept.
So what’s your alternative to publishers’ rejections?
You could publish your book yourself. Second Time Media and Communications can turn your manuscript into a high quality, legally registered, perfect bound book with a full-color glossy cover, in as little as 8 weeks. Your book is stored as a computer file that an experienced but inexpensive printer will use to print your book, on demand to fill orders.
* You retain full control of the content, design and layout and keep all rights. You get your book published your way. Our publishing agreement is non-exclusive. You can enter into other publishing agreements or sell the film and television rights with no obligation to Second Time Media and Communications.
* Let us get your ISBN Number, EAN barcode, Library of Congress number.
* Since your book is printed on demand (In quantities of 250, 500 or 1000), no investment in inventory is required. This can save you thousands of dollars in printing cost, warehousing and interest expense. You can make changes and updates easily at any time for a small additional charge.
• You decide the retail price. Most other publishers set the retail price based on book size rather than value of content. If the nature of the book’s content warrants a high price, you can sell it for that price. You decide.
• We will feature your book on our website and also offer website services. We have full time graphic design artists ready to assist you in setting up an appealing website which will enable you a higher volume of sales.
Our Packages
Start with our GOLD Package
The publishing process requires that your book be converted to a digital computer file suitable for high speed printing. When we have finished editing and proofreading your book, we take your hard copy printout (or suitably formatted computer file) and convert it into digital file in a format suitable for high-speed printers.
We’ll add the necessary ISBN number and EAN bar code required by bookstores. We’ll produce a glossy full-color cover layout that reflects your ideas.
The Gold package includes 12 hours of cover layout time, insertion of the EAN bookstore scanner bar code and conversion to a digital file suitable for full color printing of the cover. It also includes 12 hours of file preparation work (editing, proofreading) that readies your text for the printers.
At this stage we’ll submit the file to the printers who will issue a proof for your approval and once approved the printer will begin the printing process. They generally run on a 21 day turnover.
Remember you still own ALL marketing, movie, TV and electronic rights to your work AND you control the book layout, size and cover design.
The Gold Package is ideal for books which do not require commercial distribution. You may sell your books anywhere you wish (or give them to friends and business contacts). You keep all the rights to your book. Second Time Media and Communications is just here to assist you in the publishing area, though we do offer a marketing package (see Platinum Package).
The Silver Package
This package is designed for entrepreneurial authors and others who want to sell their books on their own (at seminars, book fairs, craft shows and to small bookstores). These authors need a web site with order processing, invoicing and charge card capabilities to handle orders while they are on the road.
The Silver Package includes everything in the Gold Package plus a custom made page on the Second Time Media & Communications web site with a photo of you and your book, a synopsis of the content and a few extracts.
It also includes a listing in Second Time’s on line bookstore plus order processing, invoicing, shipping and payment services. (Second Time would assess a 25% fee of the book price). You will also be informed of upcoming events in which you could promote your book (Book signings, conventions, expos) in conjunction with Second Time and other authors as well as independently.
You may buy as many books as you wish, in pre-discussed quantities and sell them yourself anywhere you wish (or give them to friends or business contacts). Remember you still own ALL marketing, movie, TV and electronic rights to your work AND you control the book layout, size and cover design.
How are prices calculated?
You the author set the retail price. When orders are received by the Second Time bookstore or website, they will be sold with Second Time receiving 25% of the retail price. The remaining 75% less shipping cost will be forwarded to you the author. This is a phenomenal deal as most bookstores request a 60-40 split. Payments are paid monthly (mailed out the last day of the month).
The Platinum Package
This package is designed for the Author who needs and wants to have his/her book available world wide through book industry channels. If you want your book to be available:
• On our Internet web site/bookstore
• On the websites of Amazon, Borders and Barnes and Noble
You need the Platinum Package.
In addition to all the features in the Gold and Silver Packages, the Platinum package includes a publicity pack that delivers news releases to hundred of media contacts.
The Platinum package also includes submitting your book’s unique web page address on the Second Time Media & Communications site to key search engines so potential readers can find your book by searching for key words and phrases. In addition you will receive 250 announcement cards to pass on to contacts and friends. These cards have the unique Internet address for your web page and the numbers to call to order your book from Second Time or you, the author direct.
The Platinum Package also includes the same glossy full-color cover for your book as described in the aforementioned packages as well as 1500 graphically designed bookmarks and design and production of a press kit.
All packages include editing and proofreading services.
Other services offered by Second Time Media and Communications include but are not limited to:
• Promo Items – Press kits, posters, bookmarks
• Graphic Design Services
• Copywriting
• Proofreading
• Editing Services
• Web design/ Web hosting
• Booth Space at Expos and Conventions
• Ghostwriting
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