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Lite Book Publishing Package - $399

image A powerful and affordable book publishing package

Lite is a great choice for authors who need to affordably publish a professionally streamlined book within 3 months. Lite is useful for anyone who just wants to enjoy the satisfaction of becoming a properly published author with formidable international distribution. Authors will receive a complementary author copy on publication.

Importantly, the exciting feature of global distribution will enable you to reach all leading booksellers in over 100 countries - including Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Borders, Chapters Indigo, Books-a-million and many thousands more. With all Schiel & Denver's packages, our authors receive FREE marketing in the bi-annual Schiel & Denver trade catalog that is circulated to U.S. and UK bookstores (traditional and online) on a monthly basis. We provide more 'exposure' to the book industry than any other indie publisher.

Important NoteLite packages require the author to submit book cover artwork. If you require our professional graphic designers to create a beautiful full-color custom book cover for you, please upgrade to the Design package

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Book Production FeaturesOne-to-one author support You will have the full support of a professional publishing team, who will keep in regular contact, guiding you quickly and efficiently through every stage. Your desk editor will be the main point of contact. Schiel & Denver will schedule a toll-free design call with your design team. We will help you customize every aspect of your book publication, and prepare you for the publication date and marketing campaign.

Non-exclusive Fair Agreement - You retain all publishing rightsWhen you publish with Schiel & Denver, you always own all the publishing rights to your work, not us. You are free to hire our services, while entering into other contracts and agreements, and you can cancel at any time.If a traditional publisher or literary agent wants to publish your work, or makes you an offer, you are free to leave us with no strings attached.

Worldwide ISBN Assignment Schiel & Denver will assign your book with a worldwide ISBN or International Standard Book number, required for your book to be handled and processed through booksellers and libraries around the world.

Electronic proof When your book is ready for publication, your design team will send you a press-ready electronic proof of your book's interior layouts and cover artwork for your approval. As soon as your book is published, you will receive your FREE author copies.

Printing Quality Checks Performed on every book Experienced staff at Schiel & Denver Printing Facilities performs on-site quality checks  on books as they are printed. We guarantee that both you, and your readers, will be impressed with the high standard of our books. We've standardized our printing procedures at each of our printing facilities to ensure that each Schiel & Denver product satisfies U.S. book industry guidelines and meets our impeccable standards.

EAN Barcode / price printed on backcover of book Schiel & Denver will place a barcode on the back cover of your book, with the appropriate EAN embedded in the barcode, and your ISBN-13 within the same box, as shown in the diagram below. Schiel & Denver prefers the industry standard size of barcode - 57.6 points; however, a barcode of up to 72 points can be inserted.For worldwide publication, price in US Dollars, Canadian Dollars and British Pound Sterling can be optionally printed on the backcover. Hardcover cloth-covers will feature the EAN barcode on the last page of the book only.

FREE 1 Year Digital File Maintenance, Security and Storage Schiel & Denver is proud to employ environmentally friendly, print-on-demand printing facilities at five locations - in America, Europe and Australia - to fulfil orders of our books, all over the world.  Learn more about the how the process works.Your book's electronic files are stored in a secure, password-protected database. Access to the files is limited to authorized Schiel & Denver personnel. S&D implements daily, weekly, and monthly backups of the document library in industry-accessible formats. Backup files are stored in an off-site military level secure environment.Schiel & Denver charges $20 per year for digital file storage, maintenance and security; giving you total control over the lifetime of your book. It will be available for printing for as long, or short, as you require.



Post-Publication Benefits

Fifty percent (50%) author royalties - profit from your work We split all sales revenue received through our global distribution channels, 50/50 with our authors. This includes both paperback, hardcover and eBook editions of your work.Considering the global nature of our distribution, we believe our authors benefit from the fairest author royalties available in independent publishing today.

Worldwide Distribution Service - choose your distribution territories With Schiel & Denver, you can choose where in the world you want to have your book distributed. Placing your book into the world's largest distribution network with Schiel & Denver, is easy and affordable. Your book will be available to order and stock, at many thousands of booksellers and libraries, both online and off - including top stores like Amazon and Barnes & Noble in America, and ChaptersIndigo in Canada. Private publication is also available.

Paperback Availability Your book will be made available in high quality trade paperback, at the same industry standard of major publishers' books selling in 'brick and mortar' and airport bookstores.

Volume discounts on author purchases NOTE: There is NO obligation to purchase copies of your own book. Publishing with Schiel & Denver is risk free, and provides huge volume discounts of over 30% for authors who want to buy copies of their book - for instance for booksignings.

One FREE paperback copy Indicates the number of FREE paperback copies that Schiel & Denver will send you, to the address on file in your Author Center, upon successful publication of your book.

Author Webpage in S&D Bookstore - you control content You will have your own author webpage, and your own permanent URL, in the Schiel & Denver Official Publishers' Bookstore. This includes bibliographical and editorial information, info to major stores where your book is on sale, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon. As the author, you will have total editorial control over the content of this webpage. If you want to change this information on Schiel & Denver's bookstore, it's free, just contact your desk editor.

Inclusion in Schiel & Denver bi-annual Trade Catalog Schiel & Denver is the only book publishing services company that operates a fully staffed bookselling department, which produces a bi-annual trade catalog - similar to commercial trade publishers. Everyday, we focus on promoting your work to bookstores, and we are dedicated to ensuring that all our books reach their maximum potential. Schiel & Denver books are credible products that are taken seriously by both industry professionals and the book buying public.

Independent accounts, book sales & royalty management In accordance with Schiel & Denver's commitment to the United Nations Global Compact regarding anti-corruption, we have pledged that all our authors' booksales are calculated by an independent industry watchdog, Nielsen Bookscan. This provides our authors with total peace-of-mind that they are being furnished with accurate and honest royalty and accounting records.

Quarterly Royalty PaymentsSchiel & Denver operates an automatic billing system that will send you checks to your mailing address in US Dollars, on a quarterly basis (4 times a year).Our booksales department will chase up any royalties owing from booksellers, distributors and wholesalers on your behalf.



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Our experienced book publishing professionals are available to help you choose the right mix of book publishing services and products for your book. Call us toll-free at 888.629.4449 or request a free callback to discuss your book publishing options