And what did you think? Were you happy with the results? Does Word Alive charge any fees? Do they put your book on amazon (as Ingram does)? Just curious to learn more. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Keri, I paid them a publishing fee which included cover design, interior formatting and I could choose what level of marketing support I wanted. They provided formats and pricing for all the different ebook platforms. I accessed their copy editing services. I really enjoyed working with the project manager. My book is available on Amazon, Shopify, Kindle, Apple, Kobo etc. and brick and mortar stores like Indigo and Barnes and Noble. I get royalties evey quarter. Better returns on books I sell myself but ebooks are pretty decent.
So it sounds like a model similar to what I provide, in that you paid them to do the editing, cover, interior and putting your book out there. Ingram Spark does not provide design services, they are only an aggregator who gets your book into all different retailers including online and brick and mortar stores. But your story illustrates my point--there are many ways to self-publish.
You wouldn't need to, because when you publish a paperback on IngramSpark, it gets sold everywhere, including Amazon. So you would do the ebook only on amazon (because it has such wide distribution), and the paperback on Ingram, which would then put it on Amazon and everywhere else.
I published with Word Alive Press who distributes through Anchor Distributors. The process is similar to Ingram Spark.
And what did you think? Were you happy with the results? Does Word Alive charge any fees? Do they put your book on amazon (as Ingram does)? Just curious to learn more. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Keri, I paid them a publishing fee which included cover design, interior formatting and I could choose what level of marketing support I wanted. They provided formats and pricing for all the different ebook platforms. I accessed their copy editing services. I really enjoyed working with the project manager. My book is available on Amazon, Shopify, Kindle, Apple, Kobo etc. and brick and mortar stores like Indigo and Barnes and Noble. I get royalties evey quarter. Better returns on books I sell myself but ebooks are pretty decent.
So it sounds like a model similar to what I provide, in that you paid them to do the editing, cover, interior and putting your book out there. Ingram Spark does not provide design services, they are only an aggregator who gets your book into all different retailers including online and brick and mortar stores. But your story illustrates my point--there are many ways to self-publish.
Can you do both at the same time for print?
You wouldn't need to, because when you publish a paperback on IngramSpark, it gets sold everywhere, including Amazon. So you would do the ebook only on amazon (because it has such wide distribution), and the paperback on Ingram, which would then put it on Amazon and everywhere else.
Helpful info!
Thanks for the info, Keri. Your info is always very succinct to follow.