| Marquette Books may be able to help. We offer three options to authors: the Publisher-Directed Contract, the Author-Directed Contract, and Printing Services.
Publisher-Directed Contract
This option is similar to the contracts offered at big publishing houses, which usually offer royalties of 10% to 12% of net sales.
Under the Publisher-Directed Contract, Marquette Books pays all costs, including consulting, obtaining ISBN and Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, editing, cover design, formatting, printing, distribution and marketing. The author receives five free copies of the book and may purchase additional copies for 50 percent off the retail price. In exchange, the author usually transfers the copyright to Marquette Books, but this is negotiable.
Marquette Books offers the Publisher-Directed Contract to authors of academic books and to authors of trade books (i.e., fiction and nonfiction books that typically are sold in book stores) that have strong marketing potential and/or literary value. For this contract, Marquette Books seeks "how-to" books, college textbooks, some memoirs and historical fiction, and nonfiction books that attempt to solve problems.
Author-Directed Contract
Like the Publisher-Directed Contract, the Author-Directed Contract pays the author a royalty and requires Marquette Books to pay all costs of producing, distributing and marketing the book. But the key advantage with the Author-Directed Contract is that it allows the author retain the copyright to his or her work.
In exchange, the author agrees to purchase a minimum number of copies of the book (usually 250) at 50 percent off the retail price. He or she is free to sell or give them away; there are no restrictions.
Some authors of fiction books prefer this contract because they retain the copyright and, thus, can sell the rights to another publisher at anytime. Marquette Books benefits because it doesn't lose money on the project (most trade books, by the way, do lose money) and can continue to market and promote the book as it does its other books. The author usually earns a 15% royalty on all net sales.
By the way, the Author-Directed option typically costs authors 50%-75% less than self-publishing or contracting with a "vanity press" (publishers who charge authors for all services). Books that are accepted in the Author-Directed program are put on the fast track. Most are published in less than six months.
Printing Services
Like any other printing company, Marquette Books can also print your books to your specifications. If your book is already designed and you already have a marketing and distribution plan in place, this option might be the best for you. It is less expensive than the Author-Directed Contract. Call us for a bid.
Please Contact Us for a Free Consultation
To learn more, contact us at the address below, or send a prospectus of your book along with a chapter or two (see guidelines for prospective below). A prospectus should contain information about the author(s), including phone numbers and addresses, and a brief abstract or summary of the book. Other information, such as who might be the prospective buyers or audience for the book, is also helpful. If you want the material returned, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
We will respond quickly to your submission, generally within two weeks. You are under no obligation to publish with us.
Marquette Books
5915 S. Regal St., Suite 118B
Spokane, WA 99223
509-443-7057 voice
509-448-2191 (fax)
books@marquettebooks.com
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