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Frida Saal
Fanfiction
| Xulon Press | |||
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| Manuscript screening: | No, but this is a specialized publisher | ||
| Kind of contract: | Non-exclusive. | ||
| Distribution: | Online retailers mostly. Distribution via their own site is a $199.00 extra. | ||
| Basic fees: | Paperback publishing | Basic paperback fee is $1,699.00. | |
| Hardcover publishing | Unknown | ||
| Combo publishing | Unknown | ||
| Color publishing | Apparently available, but set-up fee is not listed. | ||
| eBook publishing | eBook publishing is a $399.00 add-on. Royalties are listed as 50% of net receipts in one place and as 75% of net receipts in another. Prices are capped at $9.99. |
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| Royalties: | Royalties are 100% of net recipts on external sales and 75% of net receipts on direct sales (beware: in direct sales, before calculating your 75% of 'net receipts', they subtract a $2.50 'shopping cart admin fee', so your percentage is highly misleading. According to their online example, your real world royalties add up to a little less than 60% of net receipts). | ||
| Author's discount: | Author's discount is 30%, bulk discounts do apply. | ||
| Break-even point: | Between 500 and 700 copies of an average length paperback sold through external channels. | ||
| Basic retail price: | Slightly expensive ($15.99 for a 200-page book) | ||
| Layout: | They will prepare the manuscript for you, though their manuscript preparation guidelines hint at a rather amateurish process. | ||
| Graphics: | Up to 20. | ||
| Cover options: | They will design one for you. | ||
| Trim size: | You have a number of trim sizes to choose from. | ||
| Additional options: | They have a number of additional packages with fees that can reach up to $4,999.00. | ||
| Pros*: | *Good royalties. *Good distribution. *This is a specialized publisher. |
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| Cons*: | *Expensive setup fee. *Average to low author's discount. *Slightly expensive retail price. *Add-on fee for eBook distribution is extremely expensive. *distribution via their own site is a rather expensive extra. *A way of tallying royalties on direct sales that borders on being dishonest. |
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| Comments*: | This is a Christian publisher. | ||
| The Bottom Line*: | A fee of well over $1,500.00, a dishonest way of figuring out your royalties, a less than ideal author's discount and the fact that things as basic as direct distribution are billed as 'extras' combine to make this publisher a less than appealing option. |
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| Last updated: 04-02-2013 | |||
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