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Yesterday, 09:43 AM
amboyle
Super Member
Synergebooks
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Anyone got any info on Synerge Books? I did not see it on the index.
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Yesterday, 09:52 AM
James D. Macdonald
Dawnolite Sparklecow
Absolute Sage
Appears to be an ebook/POD publisher. Pays royalties not on list price, not on net, but on profits.
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Yesterday, 09:57 AM
Tilly
Board fanatic
You get a cookie for checking the index.
P&E lists them as an ebook publisher. So the first thing is, is that what you are aiming for with your work? They're also doing some POD books now.
So do you pay for that option? If you do, that's vanity publishing.Quote:
SynergEbooks will help you to self-publish your work in print format if you should choose that option.
They offer editing services. That might be a conflict of interest. I'd be concerned if they point their authors in the direction of this service (a publisher should not be charging the author for editing) or if they imply at any point that acceptance might be depedant in any way on the use of their editing service.
The editing service may be completely seperate from the publishing part of the company.
Those would be my concerns. I don't know a great deal about epublishers, so hopefully someone who knows more about them will be along soon and give, you know, useful advice . (ETA Uncle Jim sneakily posted while I was looking at stuff and typing, obviously he knows what he's talking about).
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Yesterday, 10:01 AM
Tilly
Board fanatic
So if a book sold, and the company said that their costs were high enough that they made no profit, the author would get nothing? Is that what that means?Quote:
Originally Posted by James D. Macdonald
Appears to be an ebook/POD publisher. Pays royalties not on list price, not on net, but on profits.
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2006 Rejection Pledge 10/20 1 short story acceptance
Yesterday, 10:05 AM
James D. Macdonald
Dawnolite Sparklecow
Absolute Sage
That's what their sample contract says. I don't know if that's how they operate, but the contract would allow it.
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Yesterday, 10:10 AM
veinglory
heifericious
Mod Squad Member
I've not heard of them--but regardless they are closed to submissions untiol August.
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Yesterday, 11:59 AM
amboyle
Super Member
Thanks for the tips. I read on their website that they were into online publishing, but got confused by their indication that they now sell to the "big" bookstores. I was also concerned that, while they will pay for artwork for online covers (unless author wants his own artwork), the artwork for covers on hard copy is the author's responsibility (sounds pricey).
VG, where did you hear they are not taking submissions until Aug.? I didn't see that posted on the website.
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Yesterday, 12:00 PM
veinglory
heifericious
Mod Squad Member
It's in bold type at the top of their submission guidelines page. http://www.synergebooks.com/subguide.html
If you apply later I'd suggest writing their name exactly as they do--small companies can be picky about their punny names (assume we are talking about the same compnay, which seems likely)
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