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NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR BUDDING OR SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS

11/20/2011

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I have had enquiries from authors asking me how much I am going to charge to produce the eBooks. We are a publishing firm. We do not charge to publish books in any format. Like all publishing firms, we are only paid for our services when your book sells.

I now have the software to create eBooks in every format anyone could want. Including ePub and the Kindle format.  Obviously, we are going to convert the five books we publish from our competition to eBooks as well as print. But we will now take submissions for a eBook only publication for anyone who wants to ‘test the water’ before they go to print.

So if that is you, send the first three chapters of your manuscripts to me at [email protected]. I will do a read through and get back to you. I’m setting up an eBook sales page on Morris Publishing Australia to sell the eBooks that we publish.  This site will be widely published.  

If you have self-published but are not in eBook format yet, I would be happy to set it up and sell it for you.

Entries for our competition have slowed and we still need more in all categories. If you are hesitating because you're not sure it is ready, send it to me and I will do a quick read and tell you if it is ready or needs more work before it is put in the competition.

Happy  Writing
Elaine
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Pierette Simpson link
1/4/2012 05:14:52 pm

"Testing the Waters" on ebook sounds like an attractive invitation, Elaine. Just have some hesitation due to our geographical distances. I'm in Michigan, U.S. I don't know a whole lot about marketing ebooks, so could you tell me if it would be different since you're in Australia and my book will probably be in print in the U.S.? And, wouldn't a publisher ( assuming I find one) want to have the rights to both an e-book and the print version? Is there a contract with you? I assume I maintain my rights to the manuscript? Thank you and happy new year! Ps. I have a finished manuscript for a young adult novel: I Was Shipwrecked on the Andrea Doria! The Titanic of the 1950s. I have already written the nonfictional account which sold in both the US and in Italy. ( I'm a survivor of the Andrea Doria tragedy.)

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Elaine
1/5/2012 01:47:10 am

Hi Pierette
Your book sounds interesting. Our eBooks are available on Smashwords, Google and are offered to Apple's iBooks and other on-line stores. They can be set up for worldwide sales or for just selected countries. If you find a publisher in the United States, they will want both rights, but our contract can be terminated with notice at any time. Some eBook sales could help you find a publisher.

We do have a contract. It is not legal for us to sell your book without one. The contact is only for the right to sell the book while the contact is in force. You retain the rights to your book at all times, and as I said our contract can be cancelled with one months notice on either side.

If you interested please follow the guidelines on our submissions page. I look forward to hearing from you again.
Regards
Elaine

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