[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Charles River Press is a royalty-paying publisher. We accept authors of all genres, fiction and non-fiction. We are primarily an ebook publisher offering titles for download in electronic format.
We also offer the option of publishing in trade paperback format for most of our titles. We do not offer advances, but pay quarterly royalties based on retail sales and wholesale orders. Our author works are carried on our website for retail sale for at least two (2) years, far longer than the traditional publisher's brick and mortar average of 30 days.[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/font]
If your work is accepted, Charles River Press provides the author with editorial services, formatting, assigned ISBN number(s), cover art and an author website sub domain. All these services are FREE to the author.[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/font]
The author has the OPTION to have their book produced as a trade paperback. If the paperback OPTION is chosen, the Print On Demand (POD) printer used by Charles River Press charges a $100.00 one-time fee to the author. This is a fee charged by the printer to the author and is NOT a CRP charge. If you choose the paperback OPTION, the printer will make your work available as a Print On Demand paperback. Authors receive a 20% discount off the retail price for hard copies of their book(s).
Charles River Press trade paperback titles are distributed by Baker & Taylor, one of the world's largest book distributors. Trade paperbacks are also available for retail purchase at our website and Amazon.com.[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/font][/font]
It does look like they've dropped the POD set-up fee.Charles River Press is a traditional, royalty-paying publisher of fiction and non-fiction books in Trade Paperback and Ebook formats.
If your work is accepted, Charles River Press lists your title with Books in Print, and provides the author with editorial services, formatting / typesetting, assigned ISBN number(s), cover art, and an author website sub-domain. CRP titles are sold through the Charles River Press online store, as well as third party outlets such as Barnes & Noble, Baker & Taylor, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Borders.com, Fictionwise, Ereader.com and CyberRead. We work with the author to develop a press kit and marketing materials, and support author events with press releases sent to local newspapers. We list author events with online sites such as Eventful.com, Upcoming. org, Google Calendar, and Myspace.
Charles River Press does not charge any fees to contracted authors. We pay our authors industry standard, quarterly royalties based on retail sales and wholesale orders. The Charles River Press author contract is for a three (3) year period for worldwide book rights.
Sunwriter, I'm confused. If you're one of their editors, how are you getting royalties? On what? Do they pay you a percentage of royalties on sales from the books you edit instead of getting a regular paycheck for services rendered?I was on their editing staff. My contract stated I was due a flat rate payment two weeks after finishing manuscripts and royalties 60 days after the end of each quarter.
Sunwriter, I'm confused. If you're one of their editors, how are you getting royalties? On what? Do they pay you a percentage of royalties on sales from the books you edit instead of getting a regular paycheck for services rendered?
Most? Are you certain of this? A number of my friends edit for smaller publishing houses, and they get paid for their services, as do I.Most smaller publishing houses pay their editors a percentage of royalties as payment. Some pay a small flat fee and royalties, while others just pay royalties on books you edit.