About Innovo Publishing, LLC
- 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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Hello. I'm Bart Dahmer, Founder & Managing Partner of Innovo Publishing, LLC. I am a Christian, husband, and father as well as an ordained deacon, and Gideon, I'm also a business person and life-long learner with a passion for glorifying God through 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 the learning process was only just beginning.
After more than my share of rejections (and many humbling), my book was accepted by a mainstream publisher. But I wasn't convinced the this path was the only way to go in today's publishing market. It wasn't just the contract terms, but also where the industry was headed.
But even with manuscript in hand, there were many things to consider regarding Christian and wholesome independent (self) publishing-many of which you may have asked yourself. For starters Christian & wholesome Independent 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 independent (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 Independent 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 authors, artists and organizations to help get your printed and electronic books to the global market fast and hassle-free. Along the way we established the capabilities to provide Independent Self Publishing, Cooperative Publishing and Traditional Publishing options for hardback, paperback, children's books, color books, eBooks, audiobooks, music titles and videos. But regardless of the publishing model you choose (Independent, Co-Pub, or Traditional) or the type of title you want to publish, 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 with an honest, straight forward process. Whether you are interested in Independent Self Publishing, Cooperative Publishing or Traditional Publishing, 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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Innovo Publishing LLC is a full-service Christian book publishing, Christian music publishing, and Christian video publishing company serving the Christian and wholesome markets. Innovo creates, distributes, and markets quality Christian books, Christian eBooks (Kindle ebooks, iPhone apps, iPad iBooks), Christian audiobooks (audio books; MP3 and CD), Christian music albums and titles (Christian gospel music and Christian worship music), and Christian videos through traditional and innovative publishing models and services. Innovo provides Christian book, music and video distribution, marketing, and automated book, music and video order fulfillment through a network of thousands of physical and online wholesalers, retailers, bookstores, music stores, schools, and libraries worldwide. Innovo provides a unique combination of traditional publishing, co-publishing, and independent self publishing arrangements that allow Christian authors, artists, and organizations to accomplish their personal, organizational, and philanthropic publishing goals. All Innovo books are professionally edited with custom-designed covers and interiors. Innovo can publish a Christian book in as little as 45 days, and we accept fiction and non fictions books, business books, and wholesome books for all Christian publishing genres. Among Christian book publishers, we provide unique benefits, including 100% royalties to our independently self published authors, who retain all rights to their work. Innovo Publishing provides a variety of Christian book marketing options for authors including 30-45 second video Previews, 1-1.5 min. video Features, and 2-3 min. video Premieres with distribution to multiple social media and video viewing sites.
Innovo Publishing Is a Member of the Independent Book Publishers Association and The Association for Christian Retail
Part of my management career at a Fortune 100 company was helping release new technologies and software applications to the world. In this role, I saw many new technologies disrupting older business models. Businesses have to change or risk becoming obsolete. I could see this type of disruption occurring in the Publishing industry, so I decided to explore the newer roads.