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Welcome to The Educational Publisher!

The representatives of The Educational Publisher have met and spoken with many instructors at universities throughout the nation. When discussing their published materials, we have heard many stories about the complications of working with the "Big" publishers. Being turned down, forced to edit books for marketing purposes, long print runs, contracts that mainly benefit the publishers, signing over copyrights, long delays... The publishing process has created a sour taste for many authors.

At The Educational Publisher, we try to make the process as simple as possible and we let the authors retain all of the freedom to create the work that they've envisioned! And, of course, the author receives royalties for all sales. In fact, the author can choose the royalty that he/she would like to receive up to 40% of the cost of the book.

Getting Started
We look forward to helping you publish your book!
Whether you are publishing for the first time, publishing new works, or want to republish an out-of-print work, The Educational Publisher will help you through the process.

How does it work?
The Educational Publisher begins with a starter publishing package. You then choose additional services that you believe will help you produce the best finished product. At The Educational Publisher you will have a specific contact person, and by fax, email or phone, you can get answers to your questions quickly! We look at each published work as a team effort!

  The Starter Package (Free to the author):
What you do:
  • Provide us with a copy of the text. This copy may be in Word, WordPerfect, in-design, or better yet, an Acrobat/PDF file
  • Assist us in understanding the desired layout of the text
  • Provide us with a one-paragraph summary of the book
  • Assist us in the cover design concept
  • Assign The Educational Publisher 2 years of printing and fullfillment for the publication
What we do:
  • Assign the book an ISBN number
  • Provide you with a proof copy of your book, normally within two weeks
  • Assign it a cost schedule, which includes an author's cost, a wholesale cost (for retailers and institutions) and a retail cost
  • Post on the Amazon.com website
  • Place the book on our EduPublisher.com web site and provide you with a direct link so that buyers who wish to use credit or debit cards may purchase your work
  • Provide you with a final copy of your book
  • Provide you with a "Press Release" letter which you may copy and distribute to promote your work
Anything else?:
  • Our services are called "On-demand," which means that there is no minimum order required from you, a bookstore, an organization, a reseller or an individual
  • We pay our royalty checks quarterly
  • If you have a book printed and find minor changes, we make those minor changes at no cost to you. Major changes can be done for a very reasonable charge. And, because we print on-demand, you don't have to wait to update your book.
  • The copyright is in your name (or your company's name). You retain all rights to your work.
Please contact us at 614-485-0721 (toll free at 866-880-5373) or email us at info@edupublisher.com for more information.

Products

The Educational Publisher offers a variety of printing and binding options. Printing can be both black and white or full color. We also offer numerous binding options including Perfect Bound, Hardcover, Spiral and more. And the author can be creative with his book sizing. We offer the standard sizes of 5 ½" x 8 1/2'", 6" x 9", 8 ½" x 11" or practically any custom size that the author would like. The Educational Publisher also offers publishing and replication of CDs and DVDs, either as standalones or packaged with printed books.

Services

Although an author's book may be finished, there are usually a number of processes that need to be performed before the book goes to print. The book may need simple re-formatting either for sizing purposes or aesthetic reasons. There may be some design work to be done to enhance the appeal of the book such as the design of a custom cover. Finally, it is always a good idea to proof the book in printed form. The Educational Publisher allows the author to review one or more proofs, when necessary, to make sure that everything is right before printing the final edition.

Another set of services that The Educational Publisher provides relate to the marketing of the book. All books published by The Educational Publisher are assigned an ISBN, are listed in Bowker's Books In Print and are placed on Amazon.com and in the Educational Publisher online bookstore.

Miscellaneous

Files for a book may be submitted in any electronic format or in print-ready hard copy. The Educational Publisher can even offer High Resolution scan services and Optical Character Reading services in certain circumstances. These both often come in handy when an electronic file is not available or when older books are reproduced. Also, a book may be updated at any time. Because Zip Publishing doesn't print long runs for each addition, an author can make changes in his creation without having to wait until the previous edition sells out.

The author always retains the right to his own book. The Educational Publisher only obtains the right to sell the specific edition of the book that it helped to create for a period of at least two years after the date of first publication of the work. The author can, at any time, take his book to another entity or change his book without permission of The Educational Publisher.

Out of Print Book Republication

If you are an author of a book that another publisher has ceased to print, The Educational Publisher can help! We can reproduce your book and make it available in the same way as we do all of our publications. Even if you don't retain the rights to your book, it is usually possible for The Educational Publisher to negotiate with the rights holder to obtain the permission to re-print the book.

Terms and Conditions

View the Educational Publisher Publishing Agreement for more information about terms and conditions.



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