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Frida Saal
Fanfiction
| Universal Publishers | |||
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| Manuscript screening: | Yes | ||
| Kind of contract: | Exclusive | ||
| 2+2=5 | No termination clause until two years have elapsed or after 2,000 copies have been sold. | ||
| Distribution: | Through their site and online retailers mostly | ||
| Basic fees: | Paperback publishing | Unknown, basic paperback fee used to be $495.00. | |
| Hardcover publishing | Not available | ||
| Combo publishing | Not available | ||
| Color publishing | Not available | ||
| eBook publishing | eBook publishing is apparently bundled into their package (this is probably not a good thing). Royalties are 20% of retail price, which borders on the absurd (though, to be fair, the fact that their eBook prices average $17.00 means that, at least when it comes to amazon, their royalties are likely to be 35%). |
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| Royalties: | Royalties are 20% of retail price on external sales and 40% on direct sales. No royalties are paid on the first three copies sold in each quarter. | ||
| Author's discount: | Discount is 40% of retail price, bulk discounts may apply. | ||
| Break-even point: | Less than 200 copies of an average length book sold through external channels. | ||
| Basic retail price: | Extremly expensive when compared to an average book but they deal mostly with technical books, so that may well depend on the book's subject matter ($25.95 for a 200-page book) | ||
| Layout: | Unknown. | ||
| Graphics: | Unknown. | ||
| Cover options: | Unknown. | ||
| Trim size: | No choice in terms of trim size.. | ||
| Pros*: | *Good royalties. *Good distribution. *This is a specialized publisher. |
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| Cons*: | *Exclusive contract without a termination clause. *They have a single book size available (5.5x8.5 in.), and while this is a standard paperback size, the fact is that technical books sometimes require more flexibility than that. *There is an administrative fee in the form of all royalties for the first three copies sold in any given quarter. This can become a serious issue for a book with a very limited audience. *There are a lot of questions their site does not answer. *eBook publishing is bundled into their service package. |
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| Comments*: | As a lot of information is no longer publicly available, so chances are that the information presented here is seriously outdated. |
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| Visit the publisher's site | |||
| Last updated: 04-04-2013 | |||
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