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- Should I create my own book cover or hire it out? How much is a book cover worth?
- What are the right book specs? Should the manuscript be in MS Word, Adobe? Other?
- How does one find a professional and trusted manuscript editor who is affordable?
- How should the layout of a book be designed?
- What are the right interior book formats, fonts, margins?
- What about audiobooks, eBooks, iPhones and mobile editions?
- How do ISBNs and barcodes fit in with self-publishing? How will I get paid for self publishing?
- How do you effectively market and sell a self published book once it's complete?
- What about manuscript and image copyrights, security and digital rights management?
- How do you establish printing, distribution and fulfillment capabilities for self publishers?
- Who are the premier audio, ebook and print book wholesalers, distributors, and retailers in the US?
- How about international book printing, distribution and fulfillment? How about currency exchange?
- To self publish, do I need an e-commerce web site? PayPal, Visa? Merchant Account?
- What about book press releases and book reviews / critiques or on-line marketing tools and advertising campaigns?
Sincerely,
Dr. Bart Dahmer
Founder & CEO
Innovo Publishing, LLC
bart@innovopublishing.com
A Few Words From Innovo Publishing's Founder
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Innovo Publishing LLC is a Christian-based, self publishing services company, serving the Christian self publishing and wholesome markets. We create, distribute and market hardback & paperback books, eBooks and audiobooks (audio books) for Christian self publishers and provide automated order fulfillment through a network of about 30,000 wholesalers and retailers. We can publish a book in as little as 45 days, and we accept fiction and non fictions books, business books, and wholesome books for all publishing genres. Among Christian book publishers, we provide unique benefits, including 100% royalties to our authors, who retain all rights to their work.
Hello. I'm Bart Dahmer, Founder & CEO of Innovo Publishing, LLC. I am a Christian, a husband, and a father as well as a business person and life-long learner with a passion for writing and publishing. Over the course of my career in industry, I've had a growing desire to use my business, human resources and information technology experience to start a publishing company for the Christian and wholesome markets. After much counsel, I set out on a multi-year adventure to understand firsthand the challenges faced by today's authors. So where does one start with such a quest? Well, I chose to start from the beginning-by writing a novel... and then I realized that the learning process was only just beginning.
After more than my share of rejections slips (and yes, I kept the sometimes humbling replies), my book was accepted by a mainstream publisher, but as I read the proffered contract, I wasn't convinced the traditional path was the right way to go in today's publishing market. It wasn't just the contract terms, but also where the industry was headed. Part of my management career at a Fortune 100 company was helping release new technologies and software applications to the market. In this role, I saw many instances where newer technologies and capabilities were disrupting older business models. Businesses have to change or risk becoming obsolete. I could see this type of disruptive change in the Publishing industry with self-publishing, on-demand-printing & binding, and other technologies, so I decided to take the newer road with my book.
But even with manuscript in hand, there were many things to consider regarding Christian and wholesome self publishing-many of which you may have asked yourself. For starters Christian & wholesome self publishers have to decide:
With this as the backdrop, I decided to earn my stripes by researching and personally performing each of the major functions in the self publishing process, some of which I noted above. I will confess that I had my share of frustrations and bruises along the way, and it took a lot of time. But I completed them all with my own book. Being there on the front lines, so to speak, helped me to understand the frustrations and challenges faced today by self publishing authors with Christian and wholesome books--and it certainly helped shape the culture and practices we've embraced as I formed Innovo (which, by the way, means to make new) Publishing, LLC.
As a result of these experiences, one of our primary goals at Innovo is to provide trusted, affordable full-service publishing packages and services to Christian organizations & authors to help get your printed and electronic books to the global market fast and hassle-free. That's it in a nutshell. We want to be your trusted partner - someone you can turn to and count on for honest, professional support for your publishing dreams.
So, let me close with this: if you have a Christian or wholesome book that you dream of publishing, I'd like to help you do just that. As a Christian full-service publisher, we'll do our best to provide a book you will be proud to call your own for an affordable price and with an honest, straight forward process. I hope you will give us the opportunity to get to know you and will allow us the privilege of helping bring your publishing dreams to life.
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