Publishing Options

Book Discounts
Our authors enjoy discounts off the suggested retail price of their book. This means you can purchase copies to sell directly to your community and network. (These discounts include author royalties and are based on prepayment by check. Credit card purchases are slightly less.)
–MORE–

Format and Binding Options
We offer all major formats and binding styles (PB=Paperback, HB=Hard Bound, EB=e-Book, AB=Audio Book); if not listed as standard here, most other formats or bindings are available as a special order; inquire for details. Interior pages can be black & white (B&W) or full color on most paper stocks.

Free Author Copies
After your book is finished, we will send you complimentary copies for your own use. Additional copies can be purchased at a discount (see “Book Discounts” above).

ISBN/LOC Numbers & BISAC Code
The publishing industry uses the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) to trace your title back to your publisher. TEACH Services will do this for you and will also register your title with R. R. Bowker, a bibliographic tool for libraries, booksellers, and publishers. We will 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
For the BASIC publishing package, we will use your design for a 4-color cover using your supplied photograph, the title and subtitle of your book, the author's name, and supplied back cover copy. For BETTER, BEST, and PRO Services, our book designers will create eight different customized 4-color covers for you to "Pick One" to grab the buyer's attention. This includes the back cover copy, which can include your photograph, a short author biography, BISAC topical codes, and ISBN barcode. Special art or illustrations can be supplied at additional cost.
–MORE–
REMEMBER: People DO judge a book by its cover—We ask these and many more questions while building your cover.

• How is the "impact" at thumbnail sizes? At poster sizes?
• Is the title readable at small sizes?
• Does the cover/title font suit the book's genre?
• Glance at the book; what does it tell you?
• Will the testimonials and quotes create sales?
–CLOSE–

Royalties
Our authors normally receive a 10 to 12 percent royalty for ALL books that we sell, based on the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) of each binding and 25 to 50 percent royalty on each e-Book format. For instance, when we sell 1,000 copies of a $10.00 SRP book with a 70% discount we would pay the author $1,000.00 in royalties. –MORE–

Other publishers pay a royalty based on the selling price, rather than the SRP. On the above example, if another publisher pays a 12% royalty based on the selling price, you would only receive $360.00! That is $640 LESS than what we would have paid you. Even though the royalty percentage is higher, you would receive just about 1/3rd of the amount we would have paid you.

Some unscrupulous publishers offer royalties at absurdly high rates because they take a $10 book and mark it up to say $18. They do this to prey on your desire to get easy money; however, most times just the opposite happens. Have you ever been tempted to buy an $18 book that just isn't worth more than $10? As you can see, this scheme will just inhibit sales, as most buyers will not buy an overpriced book. These types of publishers also have little or no motivation to help you sell the book.
–CLOSE–

Rights Management
As a TEACH author, we will actively look for ways to promote your book including: Foreign translations, Magazine syndication, Radio interviews, Audio book creation, Quotes & Reprints, Fair Use regulation, etc. There are no additional fees for this service as all costs are paid by the organization requesting their use.

Website Ordering
We will submit your title to AspectBooks.com and scores of other online bookstores, allowing millions to potentially purchase your book. In addition, for the BETTER and the PRO levels, your title will be upgraded to placement on the TEACHServices.com site that markets specifically to Adventists. This allows retail and wholesale customers to securely purchase your books.

Domestic Distribution
TEACH Services partners with the largest distributor of books in the world. Your title is listed in their catalog, meaning that your book is a part of their distribution network that includes over 40,000 book retailers, librarians, and international accounts.

International Distribution
Besides our relationships inside the US/Canada borders, our partnership with various book printers and distributors around the world gives 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, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and United Arab Emirates.

E-Books
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 those devices that support color. We have partnerships with around 50 e-Book distributors around the world. Once uploaded, your book can become a part of their catalog of available e-Books.

Layout and Design
Our design team will take your body and cover text and lay it out and prepare it for press, following all printing standards to create a professional end product, including... –MORE–

• 32 page sizes (from 4.37”x7” to 8½”x11”)
• Paper selections (50# white, 55# cream, 70# white)
• Fonts and Leading
• Page Margins
• Pull Quotes
• Chapter Head Elements and Starts
• Plot Breaks
• Photo Placements
• Block Quotes
• Sidebars
• and more
–CLOSE–

Electronic Proof
You will receive an electronic proof to review before your book is sent to the printer. We want to make sure you are happy with the finished product.

Creative Back Cover Copy
Our Editing Department will draft back cover copy that will summarize your book and entice readers to purchase it. We will also include the ISBN and barcode and BISAC topical code for your title.

Professional Editing
Our Editing Department will bring a fresh perspective to your book by editing your manuscript while retaining your style and voice. Our editors will ensure that your book follows publishing industry styles and standards. This step will polish your manuscript. Additional Editing Standards can be found HERE.

Inquire about limited editing services

Video Book Trailer
Our professional book trailer team will create a stunning video book trailer highlighting and linking your title to our eCommerce site. Video book trailers will promote and build awareness of your title to Facebook users.

Promoting/Featuring Titles at Conventions
All new titles will be displayed at any conventions we attend, while featured titles are displayed prominently in our booth with special offers and discounts of up to 50% off the SRP (Suggested Retail Price) to encourage impulse purchasing. Convention list we may be attending can be found at: https://teachservices.com/marketing-tips/

Promoting only 

Promoting & Featuring

Specialty Marketing to the Adventist Community
We will market your book specifically to the Adventist community, ministries, ABC's, and special events we attend.

Facebook/Social Media Advertising
TEACH Service titles enjoy promotion on our company’s Facebook fan page along with a major advertising campaign of your title to targeted Adventist interest groups reaching upwards to 140,000 viewers.

Limited

Expanded

Wholesale E-mail Promotion
We will actively promote your book to the Adventist Book Centers and our other wholesale customers through e-mail communication.

Retail E-mail Promotion
We will feature your book to thousands of opt-in retail customers who have asked to hear of our new releases through our monthly e-mail newsletter.

News Release
We will write and distribute a news release about your book (when email addresses are supplied) and send where applicable to places like your local newspaper, alma mater, workplace, or Union Conference papers. This helps to spread the word about your book in your local community.

Bookmarks
We will print 1,000 full color bookmarks and provide you with 750 for you to distribute to your local church, family, friends, and anywhere else you choose. We will use the rest in orders that we ship to our customers or visit our booths at conventions.