Some epublishers aren't worthy of the name. There are hundreds of sites out there claiming to be e-publishers. To make it onto this list, the rules are simple.
If you're here just to find something good to read, you may want to drop down to the list. If you're an author seeking a publisher, you should probably read the whole page.
As you go through this list, seeing who's open to submissions and who's not, remember that not every publisher is right for every author. Find someone who publishes something similar to what you write.
I have experience with Books Unbound, CrossroadsPub, Hard Shell Word Factory, Jacobyte Books, NovelBooks Inc., Wordbeams (now closed), and Zumaya Publications.
(No, you won't find CrossroadsPub on this list. Need I say more?)
Last time I read the contract for Writers Exchange, it specified that you can't resell the edited version of your work.
I would never sign a contract saying my publisher gets the first look at my future books. If they're doing a fine job as a publisher, they'll get it anyway. Otherwise, they won't. Putting it in a contract spares them the pressure to deliver.
How much promotion will they do for me? Never enough, but I'll still evaluate their efforts prior to signing a contract.
One year contracts are better than two. I've made an exception for NovelBooks Inc., based on my opinion of their promotional efforts. At the end of the two years I may well renew instead of moving on to my next article, How To Break Into Print Publishing.
Once you've used this page to narrow down your list of potential electronic publishers, you MUST visit Piers Anthony's website at http://www.hipiers.com/publishing.html because it's better than mine.
This is simply a list that I put together for my own use. Whenever I finish writing a new book, the list gets updated as I seek out a publisher.
Mr. Anthony, on the other hand, lists both the good and the bad and gives reasons. He's doing much more exhaustive research than I am and still finding time to write more books than I do.
No, I'm not jealous. Really.
Feel free to drop me a line at laroccamichael@hotmail.com.
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