To Publish a book is the ultimate goal for every author, whether budding or renowned. Having your manuscript converted into a paperback available in the market for readers to buy is every writer’s dream yet most of us are not very aware of how to publish a book in India and how to become an author and how to earn money from book publishing.
So today in this article, let us dive deep into the very minute details of self-publishing in India and earn as a writer. Let us find the answers to some of the most common questions that we often face in our self-publishing journey.
To understand the entire book publishing process, we must begin by understanding what the word Published exactly means.
Published: Published is any form of content, either in writing or in soft version that has been printed with the author’s copyright and ISBN, and made available in the market at various physical stores or online platforms for readers to read or buy. It is the stage where your manuscript has been published into a book and earning money.
Now that we have a clear understanding of the term Published, let us go through the steps of publishing one by one:
1. Writing your manuscript:
A manuscript is an original draft that has been written and submitted by the author, either in a hard copy or in a soft copy (MS Word, PDF Version, Google Docs etc) version to the book publishing company.
At Evincepub Publishing, we provide Ghostwriting services as well. Ghostwriting is a process where you can hire some other writer to write your story but the copyright and every other author credit goes to you.
2. Contacting the Book publisher:
This is the second stage of the publishing process, where you contact the Publisher who would be publishing your book. This can either be a Traditional publisher or a Self-Publishing company. You can also choose to go with a Hybrid model that is a combination of both traditional and self-publishing process.
At Evincepub Publishing, we provide hybrid services as well.
Post that, based on your budget, you can decide the publishing package that you wish to select.
Every self-publishing platforms offers a range of packages suiting your budget with a plethora of services accordingly.
At Evincepub Publishing, we offer four different packages, namely ROSE, TULIP, MARIGOLD, and LOTUS, based on your budget and publishing goals. Unlike many other book publishing companies, we also provide you the opportunity to customize the services from all four packages and create your own package accordingly.
3. Editing and Proofreading:
Once you have communicated your publishing goals to the book publishing agent or guide, your manuscript goes under the third stage of the book publishing process, i.e. Editing and Proofreading.
Book Editing is the initial stage where the publisher makes changes to the form, structure, character development, plot, story, sentence correction and formation, etc wherever required and necessary whereas, Proofreading is the final stage of Editing. This is the stage where the manuscript goes through finishing touches like minor punctuation error correction, grammatical error correction, etc.
4. Cover Designing:
Post the editing and proofreading comes one of the most crucial stages of the publishing process, i.e. designing the cover of your book. As it is rightly said, we often judge a book by its cover, your book cover has a major role to play in your traditional or self-publishing journey. It is the USP (Unique Selling Point) of your book. Hence choosing the right cover design that gels well with your book title and your story is a must.
At Evincepub Publishing, we have a team of experienced and dedicated designers who make sure that your book expresses your story in the best way possible and reaches your target readers.
5. Printing and Publishing:
The fifth stage of the book publishing is where the completely edited manuscript along with the selected cover design goes into printing with the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) and the author’s copyright and gets published. This is the most important stage in every author’s publishing journey. Hence choosing the right publishing company is a must whether traditional or a self-publishing company. Publishers offer you a range of layouts and formats in which the book is to be published, like matte finish, glossy cover, rough texture, etc. based on your requirements.
6. Marketing and Distribution:
Once your manuscript is printed and published, it goes into the stage of marketing and distribution. This is the stage where you need to make sure that your published book is available on all the major platforms where your readers are at, whether online or offline, either in paperback version or in ebook version.
Authors also search for book marketing companies. At Evincepub Publishing, we realize the role right marketing and distribution play in an author’s journey. We believe that when a book is born, an author is born hence we ensure that your published book is available on all the major online platforms such as Amazon Kindle, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Kobo, Goodreads and Kindle direct publishing etc. At the same time, we ensure your books are also available in certain physical stores where your target readers are.
We give equal importance to client satisfaction and maximum ROI (Return on Investment). Hence, we offer a few advanced services such as promotion through press releases, magazine coverage, Spotify video trailer releases of your book, Authors FB page setup, Authors dashboard creation, Amazon Prime Authors dashboard creation, and many more based on your goals and budget. We look into the complete marketing of your book so that your dream of getting published and earning money as an author becomes a reality.
7. Royalty earning and Payout:
This is the final stage of an author’s journey. Once your book is published either in paperback or in ebook publishing format, and available in the market for readers to buy, you will be thinking about how to earn as an author.
This is the stage where authors earn a certain percentage of the book sales from every platform that their book is available on, every time someone makes a purchase. The percentage based on different platforms and book publishers in India may vary.
However, at Evincepub Publishing, we ensure that every author who publishes under us receives 100% of the royalty. We do not aim at keeping any profits or percentage out of your book. Our goal is to help you achieve the maximum ROI and fulfil your dreams of becoming a published author. Authors get a separate Royalty account Author Sales dashboard created which they can check at any point, from anywhere in the world and get their royalties credited to their own accounts.
We offer monthly, quarterly, yearly or any other frequency of royalty payouts that the author deems to be necessary according to them.
We ensure that once the author is published, they earn the maximum ROI from the book marketing process.
Conclusion:
Book publishing in India may be a difficult task for authors but; with the right guidance and resources, your dreams of becoming a published author in India can be manifested. Whether you choose to go with traditional publishing or self-book publishing, the entire process of publishing can be pretty overwhelming but when you work with the right publishing company, your work gets reduced.
Once you take the leap of faith and get your hands on converting your story into a published book, either in an ebook or a paperback format, the Sky is the limit.
And we believe that as an author, your story must reach beyond limits.
If you have managed to read this article about how to publish a book in India and earn as an author till here, you are just one step away from realizing your dreams of book publishing. So do not fret or second guess anymore.
Just take the leap of faith and try publishing your book with the Evincepub Publishing; one of the top self-book publishing companies in India.
We would be the guide throughout your book publishing journey handholding you for a lifetime, not just ensuring a smooth publishing process but also an effective book marketing experience.
In the end, we can assure you that you will not regret your decision to publish your book with the Evincepub Publishing but rather be grateful for making the right one.
