Kwd: Epublishing Services

3 questions to ask before hiring an E publishing company

For author, getting his book published is very important. Although, there are many services frequently appearing on the market that assure to help writers to distribute their copies online, but understanding the nature of the service is important to identify how the company will evolve.

Note that, there specifically, 2 type of service you will find.

One, the single-channel, retailer-driven services like Amazon Kindle that helps you to publish your book right away on their store, and second, the e-book distribution services that take liberty to act as retailers to distribute you copies in different channels. The second kind of service often includes formatting and conversion service too.

So no matter, what kind of E publishing company you choose, make sure, you ask these questions before hand to get valued service from them.

Is the service exclusive?

Many ePublishing services directly operate on a nonexclusive basis, which means, being an author you can use their service at the same while selling your e-book anywhere else. So basically, this is important that you raise this question to the company you are taking service from and confirm it whether you can collaborate with some other publishing house to sell your book or not.

If it is, what are the terms?

Every publishing firm has their own terms and conditions. It often various from one publishing house to other. There are many deliberations that mutually carried out in a contract to ensure all convenience. However, some of the terms may or may not be followed by your will. So it is important that you know their terms before signing up for their service.

Are DRM protections involved?

DRM stands for digital rights management. It is supposed to avoid piracy, or say, illegal copying and distribution of your work. So make sure, you have that stuff managed by the e-publishing company to avoid mishap.

So basically, these are the questions you need to ask before committing.