First Page Publishing
Canadian Publisher
Publishing Books and Helping Writers Become Authors
How do I publish a book?
- Write your manuscript in any format that provides you with the most creativity.
- Acquire the images you want published in your book content.
- Choose the type and size of book you want to publish. Either an eBook format, a paperback format or both.
- Research the difference between traditional publishing and self publishing.
- If self publishing is your choice, choose a package from below.
How do I get paid?
- If you chose the traditional method of getting published, you will source many publishers and send a polished introduction of your manuscript and then wait for positive response for 1 year to a lifetime. If your book is published, the traditional publisher will provide you with a royalty.
- If you self published your book, you have a number of options. For simplicity, the following will describe how First Page Solutions distributes the income from the sales of your book.
Self Publishing Income & Related Expenses
eBook Sales Income
eBook sales income is distributed to First Page Solutions from Smashwords. The typical amount that First Page Solutions receives from eBook sales is 60%. First Page Solutions reports on sales to authors and distributes 90% of all money received from eBook sales to the author. First Page retains 10% of the income to cover administration costs.
Paperback Book Income
Paperback Books that are published by First Page are uploaded to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing where the book is sold online at the Amazon website. First Page Solutions is recognized by our Government as a Canadian Publisher and our books are set up professionally. Bookstores can purchase your book at wholesale prices from Amazon and stock the book in their book store.
If your book is not on the shelf at Chapters, your customers can ask Chapters to order it in for pick up at the store. Amazon distribution channels provides a fixed 60% royalty rate on paperbacks sold on Amazon marketplaces where KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) supports paperback distribution.
When KDP and Amazon distributes sales income to First Page, they must subtract printing costs which depend on page count, ink type, and the Amazon marketplace your paperback was ordered from.
First Page keeps 10% of the monies received from Amazon to cover our administrative work and the remaining amount is transferred to the author. Visit this link to see a breakdown of how Amazon and KDP calculate your royalty.
Personal Inventory Sales
Sell books from your personal inventory and get paid in cash – Keep 100 percent of your profits. With this option, we aid you to literally purchase books from KDP at our cost through our system but with your credit card. Your box of books will arrive at your door. You may receive additional invoices that will need to be paid by you, from brokers who get your packages across the border after your order is shipped.
When your books arrive at your home, you can deliver them with your car and sell them in person to bookstores, conferences, author signing events etc. Charge what you can and keep all the profits. It is a great thing to sign and sell your book to a person who wants to read it! For many authors, it is not about the money, it is the joy of writing and being an author.
Traditional Publishing vs First Page Solutions Publishing
Traditional Publishing
Publishing a book by traditional methods may have substantial rewards. The first reward is that they do not charge a fee! (Upfront that is) Traditional method of getting published includes a great deal of work though. Getting the attention of publishers can take just as much work as starting a business and acquiring seed capital.
- Like self publishing or non-traditional publishing methods, large traditional publishers sometimes require the author to have a number of platforms and networks that they can use to help promote the book launch.
- Traditional publishers will usually only view a very polished presentation even before they look at your manuscript.
- Like Self Published Works, traditional publishers cannot not guarantee your book will be on a best seller list.
Self Publishing
Non traditional publishers like First Page Solutions do not have a buyers network set up as effectively as the traditional type. However, we do publish the book correctly so it will be available to all book buyers. For example, First Page authors books are available to most large book distributers and potential book buyers can ask any book distributor or book store to order in the book.
- Non-Traditional publishers can get your book to market much quicker than traditional publishers.
- While we do not have the network like a traditional publisher, at First Page, we’ve got digital marketing down! Depending on your goals and budget, we can make sales because that is our business!
Publishing an eBook or Paperback Book Can Be Overwhelming. The Good News Is, You Have Options.
Pricing
Publishing Packages For Every Author
***Note – the prices below are for desktop publishing. If you would like your book to have an ISBN and list it for sale, there is no charge to publish but there is a waitlist.
eBook Only
- Digital Formatting and Distribution (e-Book)
- Cover & Interior customization
- Image Insertions
- Electronic Proofs of Your Books
- Interior Revisions
- One-on-one author support
- Online distribution thru Amazon,
- Barnes & Noble and hundreds of other book retailers
- Canadian ISBN assignment
- Book Buyer’s Preview
- Sales Reporting
- Sales Income Disbursement to author will incur an administration fee of 10 %
eBook And Paperback Book
- Digital Formatting and Distribution (e-Book)
- Paperback Publishing
- On Demand Book Inventory at Publisher Cost
- Three Paperback copies included
- Cover & Interior customization
- Image Insertions
- Electronic Proofs of Your Books
- Interior Revisions for one year
- One-on-one author support
- Online distribution thru Amazon,
- Barnes & Noble and other book retailers
- Canadian ISBN assignment
- Book Buyer’s Preview
- Sales Reporting
- Sales Income Disbursement to author will incur an administration fee of 10 %
eBook, PaperBack & Marketing Set-up
- Digital Formatting and Distribution (e-Book)
- Paperback Publishing
- First three copies included
- Website Setup – On First Page Solutions
- Website Setup on your own domain (does not include domain and hosting)
- LinkedIn Setup
- Facebook Setup
- Twitter Setup
- Search Engine Book Snippet Set up
- Cover & Interior customization
- Image Insertions
- Electronic Proofs of Your Books
- Interior Revisions for one year
- One-on-one author support
- Online distribution thru Amazon,
- Barnes & Noble and other book retailers
- Canadian ISBN assignment
- Book Buyer’s Preview
- Promotional materials: business cards
- Promotional materials: postcards
- Full Color Posters
- Sales Reporting
- Sales Income Disbursement to author will incur an administration fee of 10 %
Internet Marketing & Ad Management
- Professional Facebook Advertising Set Up
- Professional Facebook ad Management and Optimization
- Facebook adspend reporting (Adspend is the amount of money directly spent on ads and paid to Facebook)
- Professional Google Advertising Set Up
- Professional Google ad Management and Optimization
- Google ad spend reporting (Adspend is the amount of money directly spent on ads and paid to Google)
- 1st month: 75% set up 25% ad spend
- 2nd month: 50 % ad management and 50% ad spend
- 3rd month and ongoing: $100 ad management fee and $299 spent on ads
- 4th month and ongoing: authors can increase ad spend and the ad management fee will stay at $100. Ad spend can be increased at any time, Budgets over $750 will require more ad set up and renegotiation of ad management fees because more advertising avenues may be set up.
eBook Publishing Network
All First Page Publishing Packages Include eBook distribution to:
eBook Distribution
Distribution networks include Smashwords: Apple (operates Apple Books stores in 51 countries), Barnes & Noble (US and UK), Scribd, Kobo, and Blio. Our industry-leading library distribution reaches OverDrive (world’s largest library ebook platform serving 20,000+ libraries), Baker & Taylor Axis 360, Tolino, Gardners
