Internet Marketing Conference Montreal

Internet Marketing Conference Montreal

Internet Marketing Conference Montreal

Writing, editing, printing and marketing a manuscript are the first steps authors must take to get their books on bestseller lists. Small and large book publishers handle printing the manuscript for writers. Authors who self-publish print their own books.

Work With Reputable Printers

Self-published authors can avoid over paying printers to copy and bind their manuscripts, if they do their homework. For example, they can:

  • Contact authors who have already published books and ask them to recommend a reputable printer.
  • Browse book printer directories. Organizations like Book Market list book printers.
  • Let printers bid for the needed services. Interested printers will email, telephone or snail mail their bid to the author. Authors who wait until they have five or more bids to choose a printer might get a better deal than authors who go with the first printer who sends them a bid.

As a note, it takes about three to six weeks to get bound books back from the printer. The amount of time it will take a self-published author to receive books back from their printer depends on: