Publishing Options

Book Discounts

Your book should be easy for you to share. As a TEACH author, you’ll purchase copies of your own book at a generous discount off its suggested retail price—and unlike many publishers, we never restrict how you sell them. Sell your author-discounted copies at full price and keep 100% of the profits! We encourage our authors to sell as many books as they wish. One of our authors raised $20,000 through her book sales and used the proceeds to build a church in India. Serving authors—and God—in this way is one of the great joys of our work.

Format and Binding Options

Choose the format your readers love best. We offer all major formats and binding styles (PB=Paperback, HB=Hard Bound, EB=e-Book, AB=Audio Book)—and if the combination you want isn’t listed as standard here, most other formats or bindings are available as a special order; simply ask us for details. Interior pages can be printed in black-and-white (B&W) or full color on most paper stocks.

Free Author Copies

Few moments compare to holding your finished book for the first time. When your book is complete, we’ll send you complimentary copies to enjoy and share, and you may purchase additional copies at a discount (see “Book Discounts” above).

ISBN/LOC Numbers & BISAC Code

We take care of the industry details so you can focus on your message. The publishing industry uses the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) to trace your title back to your publisher. TEACH Services handles this for you and registers your title with RR Bowker, a bibliographic tool for libraries, booksellers, and publishers. We’ll also obtain a LOC (Library of Congress) catalog number for your book and assign a BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications) topical code.

Book Cover Design

People do judge a book by its cover—so we make yours count. At every level, our book designers create up to four customized 4-color covers for you to choose from, each crafted to grab the buyer’s attention. Your cover includes the back cover copy, your photograph, a short author biography, BISAC topical codes, and an ISBN barcode. Special art or illustrations can be supplied at additional cost.

Royalties

Your book keeps working for you long after it’s published. Publisher pays Author royalties based on the Suggested Retail Price (“SRP”) of each copy sold:

• Print (paperback or hardcover): 10% on the first 5,000 copies sold of each edition, then 12% on number of copies sold up to 10,000, then 15% on copies above that.
• eBook: 25% on the first 1,000 copies, 35% up to 5,000 copies, and 50% on every copy sold after that.

Rights Management

As a TEACH author, you’ll never navigate rights requests alone. We handle your book rights for foreign translations, magazine syndication, radio interviews, audio book creation, quotes and reprints, fair use regulation, and more. There are no additional fees for this service—all costs are paid by the organization requesting the rights to use your book.

Website Ordering

Your title will be available for purchase on prevailing online bookstores (Amazon, Barnes&Noble, etc.), placing your book within reach of millions of potential readers. The Professional, Advanced, and Premium levels also receive marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) on Amazon.com, where most online book purchases are made.

Domestic Distribution

TEACH Services Publishing, Inc. lists your title in a distribution network of over 40,000 book retailers, librarians, wholesale outlets, and international accounts—so your book can be found wherever readers are looking.

International Distribution

Your message doesn’t stop at the border. Beyond our relationships inside the US/Canada borders, our partnerships with book printers and distributors worldwide give us access to their printing and shipping facilities. Currently, we service 220 countries through their facilities located in Australia, Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia (suspended), Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA.

E-Books

Reach readers on every device. We partner with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, Kobo, Google, and others to offer our e-books in their special formats—and in full color on devices that support it. With partnerships spanning around fifty eBook distributors worldwide, once your book is uploaded it can become part of their catalogs of available eBooks.

Layout and Design

Great interior design invites readers in—and keeps them turning pages. Our design team will take your body and cover text, lay it out, and prepare it for press, following all printing standards to create a professional end product, including...

Electronic Proof

Nothing goes to press without your approval. You will receive an electronic proof to review before your book is sent to the printer.

Creative Back Cover

The back cover often makes the sale. Our Editing Department will draft back cover copy that summarizes your book and entices readers to purchase it. We’ll also include the ISBN, barcode, and BISAC topical code for your title.

Video Book Trailer

A book trailer brings your title to life. Our professional book trailer team will create, for all TEACH imprints, a stunning video book trailer highlighting your title and linking it to our eCommerce site. The creative time invested grows with the level at which your title is created, and your trailer will promote and build awareness of your title among Facebook and Internet users.

Promoting/Featuring Titles at Conventions

There’s nothing quite like seeing your book on display. All new titles, for the first year they are released, will be displayed at any conventions we attend, while featured titles (at additional charge) are displayed prominently in our booth with special offers and discounts of up to 50% off the SRP (Suggested Retail Price). Many of the conventions we have attended are listed here: https://teachservices.com/marketing-tips/

Specialty Marketing to the Adventist Community

We know your readers because we’re part of the same community. We will market your book specifically to the Adventist community, ministries, ABC’s, and other special events we may attend.

Facebook/Social Media Advertising

TEACH Services titles enjoy promotion on our company’s Facebook fan page, along with a major advertising campaign presenting your title to targeted Adventist interest groups reaching upwards of 20K–250K or more viewers. We may also feature your title on other platforms such as Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, and more.

Wholesale E-mail Promotion

We will actively promote your book to the Adventist Book Centers and our other wholesale customers through email communication—putting your title in front of the buyers who stock the shelves.

Retail E-mail Promotion

We will feature your book in our monthly email newsletter, which reaches thousands of opt-in retail customers who have asked to hear about our new releases—readers who are already eager for books like yours.

News Release

Let your community celebrate with you. We will write and distribute a news release about your book (when email addresses are supplied) and send it, where applicable, to places like your local newspaper, alma mater, workplace, or Union Conference papers—helping spread the word about your book in your local community.

Bookmarks

A small keepsake with a long reach. We will print 1,000 full-color bookmarks for you to share with your local church, family, friends, and any other locations you choose. Additionally, we will include them at all conventions we attend.