Are you my publisher?
No. You are your own publisher. After your completed books arrive at your doorstep or warehouse you take it from there. You take over the selling, distribution, and promotion of your books. You are responsible for the success of your book!

Who owns the copyrights to my work?
You own the copyright and all selling rights to your work 100%.

Will you help me with promotions and distribution?
Yes. See the additional options on the pricing page. What One Stop Books can do is send out publicity and marketing packages including mailings to media, news, bookstores and distributors of your choice. We also can lead you in the direction of getting your books listed at Baker & Taylor and Ingram, the two major wholesalers. Baker & Taylor charges a fee for small publishers to enter their Partner's Program. Ingram only accepts direct submissions from publishers of 10 titles or more now, but there are programs you can go through to try to get listed through Ingram.

We also have a promotional team that can distribute your promotional material in the cities of your choice, which drives demand. Email for more information.

Are you a vanity press?
Absolutely not. A vanity press "publishes" your books for you, usually charges you an exhorbitant unexplained fee, and when your books are printed they charge you expensive prices (not including shipping) to buy your own books from them to sell to your friends and family. Instead of providing you with a set number of books on your doorstep, they will usually do what is called "Print on Demand" which means that copies of your book will only be printed when someone wants one. "Print on Demand" has a much higher per book fee and you as the author receive much less of a benefit per book, or have to charge a ridiculous retail price to make any money. Vanity presses will usually pay you a small royalty of 5-15% on your book sales.

One Stop Books is not a publisher, it is a book production company. Once you receive your books you own them, as well as the copyrights to them. When you need more books, you just call us and order more paying only the printing cost on the second go 'round! Or you can take your files and have the book printed on your own on the next run. It's up to you. One Stop Books does not take any percentage of your sales. You have the power to proceed with your own self publishing business and keep 100% of your profits from book sales. We will do everything in our power to make your book attractive and salesworthy.

What if my book is not successful?
Here is how it works in a nutshell. People will be attracted to your book because of the title, the cover and back cover copy. But if they buy it and read your book and the content is bad, they will not pass on the word, and over time your book will not be a success, period.
The secret about book selling is that most people buy a book simply because someone else told them it was good.

A book's success is largely based on the story and the author's commitment to publicity. If people don't like your story, then they most likely won't refer it to their friends, and your sales won't grow. So it is very important, before self publishing a book, to make sure you have a good book on your hands. If you're unsure of your book, use the One Stop Book copyediting service. Maybe you'll want to have an honest friend or family member read your manuscript first, and give you an honest opinion about how good it is before investing money into it.

Then there is the commitment to marketing, selling and publicizing your book. Being a successful self-published author is a full time commitment. On most days you're working 9-5 or 6-2am emailing, calling and sending mail to media and distribution contacts to help get your book out there. You have to figure out creative and inexpensive ways to let people know about your book to be profitable. Then there are booksignings, collecting accounts receivable from distributors and bookstores (which is another story all in itself), and filling orders. The benefit of choosing one of our book production packages is that we provide you with all the marketing materials you will need to tell people about your book.

Please remember that the world of publishing is a very competitive one. According to R.R. Bowker, there are over 175,000 new books published every year. You have to find a niche for your book, an edge that puts it above the rest, and sell the heck out of it to be a profitable self published author.

We will do everything in our power to package your book in a way that makes it attractive to book buyers. But ultimately, One Stop Books is not responsible for the success of your books - you are.