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I've just been reading through the forum and come across endless repetitions of the same 'what does a publisher do that a self-publisher can't' question. I thought it might be useful to gather some actual reports of what different epublishing companies do offer their authors.
My experience is with Entangled Publishing, who do have some print lines, but most of their books, including mine, are digital only. Here's what they have done for me:
Editing: minimum three rounds with the editor, plus copy editing, plus proofreading, plus typesetting and digital formatting.
Cover art.
Promotion: They assign a publicist to work with each author. For each book they have set up a blog tour (of around 10 guest posts/interviews/giveaways). They also give advice on how to make the most of these opportunities. They have sent the book for review at various other relevant websites and I've usually had a dozen or so reviews posted as a result. They produce press kits for me to use and advice on contacting local media, and also send out press releases themselves. They have paid for advertising specific to my books on Goodreads and general advertising for the category lines in print media such as RT.
Film and foreign rights sales: I haven't had any yet, but several other authors at Entangled have had film rights and foreign (translation) rights sold through the publisher.
I've had an extremely positive experience with them and the sales of my Entangled books have been dramatically higher than those of my self-published books. I would be very interested to hear about other epublishing companies and what they have done for their authors, good or bad.
My experience is with Entangled Publishing, who do have some print lines, but most of their books, including mine, are digital only. Here's what they have done for me:
Editing: minimum three rounds with the editor, plus copy editing, plus proofreading, plus typesetting and digital formatting.
Cover art.
Promotion: They assign a publicist to work with each author. For each book they have set up a blog tour (of around 10 guest posts/interviews/giveaways). They also give advice on how to make the most of these opportunities. They have sent the book for review at various other relevant websites and I've usually had a dozen or so reviews posted as a result. They produce press kits for me to use and advice on contacting local media, and also send out press releases themselves. They have paid for advertising specific to my books on Goodreads and general advertising for the category lines in print media such as RT.
Film and foreign rights sales: I haven't had any yet, but several other authors at Entangled have had film rights and foreign (translation) rights sold through the publisher.
I've had an extremely positive experience with them and the sales of my Entangled books have been dramatically higher than those of my self-published books. I would be very interested to hear about other epublishing companies and what they have done for their authors, good or bad.
