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bigberthaevans		 Impatient sweet dear Autistic husband (Joys and Sorrows of Living.....
Feb 26 2007, 9:07 PM EST
I need some answers fast, I'm fixin to lose my mind!! I need to know...1. Can I pre-order books before my release date? Can I take orders ahead of time? 2.Do I charge shipping? 3.How much? 4. How long does it take for the cover department to design a cover if I told them EXACTLY what I wanted on it picture and all.( a picture of my husband the main person the book is about) 5. How do I know where my book is if I keep emailing the last contact and she has not responded in two days? 6.How many employees does PA have? 7.When will I know how much they are going to charge for my book? 8. Wouldn't it be smart to order lots of books at my author discounted price and keep the 30% instead of getting the 8% royalties? In Christian Love
Big Bertha Evans
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shelagh
shelagh		 RE: Impatient sweet dear Autistic husband (Joys and Sorrows of Living.
Feb 27 2007, 4:20 AM EST
Hi Bertha,

Why the impatience? It usually takes approximately two years from acceptance to publication by a commercial publisher.

Your cover will be as close to your suggestion as PA can make it.

After giving your cover approval, the book will be sent to the printer and will appear on online bookstores (amazon.com etc.) within a matter of weeks but the release date will be two months hence. Before the actual release date, you can send out press releases, order books, set up book signings and send out your book for review.

If you order books directly from PA you will make considerably more than you will make in royalties. This is one of the main arguments against PA: you should not have to sell your own books in order to make a profit.

Today I received an email from PA stating an outlay of $15 milion to produce books by 25,000 authors. That is an average cost of $600 per author. If you had signed with a Vanity Publisher, they would have charged $600 + profit%.

If you sell between 60-70 books, you will have sold enough books to cover the costs of producing your book plus a small profit for the company. If you sell less than 60 books, some of the remaining 25,000 authors, who sell more than 70 books, will recover the loss for the company.

if you expect to sell thousands of books, you will be disappointed. If you eventually sold over 100 books, you would have done very well.

Bombarding author support with emails is not a good idea!

Good luck with your book.

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