What is Traditional Publishing?

In Traditional Publishing, you complete your manuscript and write a proposal, and then submit them to us for review (or, if possible, have a literary agent do it for you). An editor reads it to determine whether it’s right for house and whether to reject or to publish it. In some cases, an editor who is interested may send a manuscript back for revisions. If our publishing house decides to publish your book, the house normally buys rights from the writer and pays an advance on future royalties. The house puts up the money to design and package the book, printing as many copies as it thinks will sell; markets and finally distributes the finished book.Since ‘traditional’ publishing means that publisher offers an advance against future royalties, we actively market and promote our titles and assume all production and distribution costs. All contracts must be read carefully for any costs or charge-backs that can be deducted from royalties. We also have standard royalty rates and established distribution to the marketplace.We offer between 5% to 15% royalty, on average. It’s important to clearly understand what is being offered by us.Under traditional publishing we normally retain full control over title and cover art. If the author has a strong feelings about their title or cover appearance, its important write this into the contract.We can demand editing changes or refuse to publish.We promise marketing or advertising. The exact nature and extend of the publisher’s promotional commitment needs to be spelled out.We retain rights to the content and possible future uses regardless of whether the book is still on the market. Getting rights re-assigned back to the author is difficult or next to impossible. Under Traditional Publishing, it may take a surprisingly long time to publish a book; in some cases, more than 18 months.