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Maestro Book Publishing Package - $899

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The Maestro Book Publishing Package has all the core book publishing, printing and distribution benefits of the Design book publishing package, but also includes valuable extra bolt-ons to help authors reach retail bookstores, interest readers, and successfully publish and launch your book including: eBook availability & global distribution; Book Launch Tool Kit to professionally notify the book buying public; an initial first print run of 400 copies to store warehouses guarantees the book IN STOCK distribution for the launch in Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books-A-Million and thousands more chain and independent booksellers; 10 FREE paperback copies delivered on publication; and 25 image placements (optional) - with professional custom book layout by Schiel & Denver Book Publisher's professional book design department.

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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.

Initial Trade Softcover Print Run - 400 CopiesSchiel & Denver invests in a first trade paperback print run for every book we publish. Later orders are fulfilled through combined professional offset printing and print-on-demand with no minimum or maximum limits on number of books printed. Direct warehouse inventory of your book guarantees that chain and independent booksellers will list your book as IN STOCK in their catalogs, with 24-hour delivery to readers.

You have full editorial control and total design freedom At Schiel & Denver, you're the boss. However complex your vision, however detailed your requirements, you will have full editorial control over every part of your book. We will give you a superior service and fulfil your order to your exact requirements, and our high standards. Just tell us what you want to do, and we'll help you get there .

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.

Custom Full-Color Cover At Schiel & Denver, we don't use any templates. You will have a professional graphic book designer create you a FULL COLOR custom book cover in our design studio. Our senior design staff have successful backgrounds in graphic book design, with previous work experience on bestselling projects at major U.S. publishing houses.

Custom Interior Design Whether you're publishing a trade paperback for mass market, or require complex typesetting and a specific layout that requires specialist and extensive work; our book layout technicians will customize every aspect of your book's interior to your exact vision.

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.

Up to 25 image placements (optional) Indicates the number of graphic image placements for maps, photographs, diagrams, you will be able to place in your book. For black & white books, these will appear in a grayscale tone. If you want Full-Color images inside your book, please choose one of our Full Color Publishing Packages. If you need to increase the number of image placements inside your book, you can always purchase additional image placements.

Personalized Back Cover & Spine When you publish with Schiel & Denver, every aspect of your book will be customized to your exact vision, including the spine and back cover. You will have full editorial control over the important backcover description given to your readers.

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.

eBook Availability & Distribution Your book will be made available in eBook format (Adobe PDF) and distributed worldwide to thousands of online stores. You can set your own DRM (Digital Rights management) protection level, and receive 50% net royalties from each download sale. We also offer Amazon Kindle, Palm reader and Microsoft Reader eBook Formats.

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.

Ten FREE paperback copies 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.

Registration with Books-In-Print database Experience the power of R.R.Bowker's Books-in-print database, delivering valuable market exposure for your book into millions of bookseller and library catalogs. This will vastly increase your book's promotion opportunities.

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.



Marketing & Publicity Benefits

Book Launch Tool KitKick start your book's marketing campaign with style, by having Schiel & Denver notify your key readers that your book is now available for sale.This includes distribution of 100 beautifully printed post-cards of your bookcover, on premium 215gsm, glossy card stock, and a professional portfolio of printable and web images of your book cover, for website and offline promotion. An essential publicity tool.



RecommendationsFor authors who are aiming for in-store placement of their books, your design team recommends the bookstore returns program. Why not also try the Amazon Search Inside and Google Book Search which will help get your book noticed in internet searches.
Don't compromise on quality and publish your book in 30 or 60 days with Schiel & Denver's professional expedited service options

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Schiel & Denver's friendly book publishing professionals are available to help you choose the right mix of book publishing services and products for your book. Open a ticket with our 24/7 author support department to discuss your book publishing options.