You've written your book,
now what?
Add some more information and help users understand your product. Keep it short and clear.
On one hand there are traditional publishers. They take time and energy, act like they’re doing you a favor by considering your work. When they accept you, they make changes you didn’t want to make, slap their own cover design on and charge whatever they want. You have no autonomy over the layout, the upload, the keywords, or the price. If you want to make changes after the fact, you have to work through a third party. And to top it all off…they take the lion’s share of the royalties!
Next you have self publishing. You get complete control over the final project, you can make changes at any stage of the game. You get to set the price, the market, the promotions and best of all, you get 60-70% of the royalties. So what’s not to love? Maybe it’s that little bit of derision some people mistakenly use when they talk about self published works.
That's All in the Past!
The publishing world has changed. Nearly a quarter of all books that are released each year are from independent publishers (or people just like you). And people out there are making up to $10,000 a month selling their own work! The earning potential is much higher for independent publishers than it is for traditional authors.
Consider this.
Your publishing platform | retail price | cost to produce | % of royalty | number of books sold | your profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Big 5 Traditional Publisher | $14.99 | $6.00 | 12% | 100 | $107.88 |
Independent Publishing | $14.99 | $6.00 | 70% | 100 | $629.30 |
If you sold 100 books every month with a traditional publisher, you might make around $100. These are just ballpark figures, but the point is clear. By publishing independently, you stand to make quite a lot more money, while not charging your customers a penny more.
How is that possible?
Maybe you’ll notice that the cost to produce both books is exactly the same. While I can’t look behind the scenes at every major publisher, I can tell you that the publishing industry has undergone significant changes in the past decade, and that independent publishing has all but caught up. In the past, publishers printed a run of books, creating physical stock to be placed in bookstores. Now, a huge portion of book sales are handled as print-on-demand. This lowers the costs for publishers because they don’t keep inventory. But it also levels the playing field. And it makes that percentage of the royalties that much more important.
What if I told you there was an even better option?
Gratis publishing is a traditional publishing house that allows you, the author, to keep 100% of the royalties. That’s right. No sharing, no giving up control over your own work product. You set the price and you reap the rewards.
Bypass the Gatekeepers!
At Gratis Publishing, we don’t subject you to a soul crushing query slushpile like the rest of the traditional publishers. We’re not in the business of judging you.
We won’t force you to write summaries and samples or to condense your masterpiece down to a single paragraph!
You don’t need an agent, and you don’t have to work with anyone else’s schedule!
We won’t take months to send you a form rejection notice after you’ve long since given up on your dreams!
At Gratis Publishing, we believe in saying “YES!”
100% Free and 100% Better
Gratis Publishing is traditional publishing with all the benefits and none of the drawbacks. It’s free and easy to use. You’ll see your book in print much faster, you’ll retain all the rights and decision-making power. You’ll make more money, have more control and release something into the world that you can be proud of.