1) The first step is to register as an author through
the registration form on the Submission
page. After registration, you will receive the POD
Operating Manual and the Publishing Contract,
which must be printed in four copies; two signed copies
must be returned to us with the finished files of the
proposed title.
Once your manuscript is finished and put in
an acceptable format (preferably Word), you may send it
as material proposed for publishing through the Submit
your material form on the Submission
page.
One or more of our editors will study it
and contact you in 1 to 7 days, communicating whether
the material has been accepted. In case of acceptance,
you will be provided with editorial suggestions and
information about the creation of the final files and
about the payment of the fees for the requested
editorial services.
2) After payment of the first rate of the
fees, you will be provided with one or two ISBN codes
(depending on your intention to publish the title in
paper and/or ebook format) and other data you must
include on the copyright page (publisher box, copyright
note) and you will be directed to the setup form for the
new title. From this moment you may start creating the
finished files according to the Technical
specifications. These files can be done on your own or you may work with a
qualified person (editor, designer, etc.). If you make
the cover file yourself, we will calculate the spine
width for you, and you will receive that dimension after
sending us the completed title setup form with the final
number of pages.
3) After completing the finished files, you may send
these along with all title data electronically through
the title setup form. Any files that do not meet the
technical specifications must be revised by the author
and returned to us. You may also mail the three signed copies of your contract. After we receive these materials, your title
enters the corrective verification process (except for
titles published under P.A.M. or I.A.F.C.R imprints),
which may last between 3 and 30 days, depending on the
content and its complexity.
4) After successive corrective verifications, the
bookblock file is changed by the author according to
editorial suggestions and sent back electronically. When
the file reaches the finished form that requires no
further correction, the corrective verification process
stops. After payment of the second rate of the fees, all
files are forwarded to aggregator to set up the POD
title and generate the proof copy. The POD setup lasts
between 10 and 15 business days.
5) After the POD setup is done, you will receive the
proof copy via courier (in 3 to 12 days) directly from
the aggregator. This will be your book as it was setup
according to the finished files received from the
author. After you study it, notify us of your acceptance
or rejection of the proof. In case of rejection, you
must remake the bookblock and/or cover file according to
your desires and send it to us. In case of acceptance,
notify us and your title will go into POD production in
1 to 3 business days after payment of the last rate of
the fees.
6) After the title has entered the aggregator's digital
catalogue, it will soon appear in Ingram's digital
catalogue, and in about 3 to 5 weeks it will be listed
on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, and other online
retailers' websites, and from there it will go to other
affiliates. If you have opted also for the Ingram
printed catalogue, the new release will be published in
about 2 months from its inclusion in the digital
catalogue.
7) During the period covered by your publishing
contract, you may run your own marketing campaign for
your title, by increasing the traffic on the web pages
that list it and consequently the sales volume.
Author compensation is paid monthly, in
U.S. dollars. A sales report is sent monthly to the
author's email, usually 3 to 7 days after the end of
each month. Author compensation is paid within 120 days
following the end of the months in which sales are made
(necessary to collect payments from the distribution
network). For example, author compensation for sales
made in January are paid to the author at the beginning
of June, and so on monthly.
All the details about the POD process and the commercial
relationship between an author and the publishing house
are in the documentation the author receives after
registration.
Any title revision is subject to the same setup process.
The author sends us the new file (interior or cover)
through the revision form and we forward it to the
aggregator. The aggregator generates a new proof copy,
which is sent to author for acceptance. The setup
turnaround times for the revised title are the same as
for a new title.
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