eTablet Press

A publisher for our age

FAQ

What genres of book is eTabletPress interested in publishing?
  • Self help
  • Textbooks
  • Technical
  • How-to
  • Business
  • Scientific
  • Guides
  • Biography
  • Religion
  • Finance
  • Young Adult/Adolescent

eTabletPress will also self-publish the following genres for you:

  • Science Fiction
  • Psychology
  • Cook Books
  • Graphic Novels
  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Children’s literature
  • Healthy lifestyle
  • Food
  • Mystery
  • Women’s fiction
  • Romance
  • Literature
Do all kinds of books cost the same amount to publish in e-book formats?

The cost of conversion itself, rather than editting, is affected by length, non standard text features such as non latin letters, the use of mathematical symbols and to a lesser extent the use of italics, bold or other font changes.

In addition, the need to convert graphics for gray scale use, or to adjust the layouts, adds to the cost though to good effect on the readers experience. The following types of books tend to have many graphical elements or complex layouts so tend to incurr higher costs which have to be reflected in the pricing:

  • Text Books
  • Cook Books
  • Graphic Novels
  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Children’s literature

In addition books with large numbers of spelling and gramatical errors which are being self published may have to be referred back to the author for re-editing before beginning the conversion process. This adds to the administrative costs and authors are urged to have their document reviewed for gramatical and spelling errors prior to submission for self publishing.

Why can’t you review my manuscript?

We would like to review every manuscript for publishing but there are currently six million manuscripts pending publication in the United States. While there can be successful books in any category we focus our review time on genres we believe are more likely to be cost effective to publish. While we may not want to pay for the publishing, paying for publication yourself is an alternative method for titles in any catogory.

Will you edit my book for me and allow me to then self publish it?

Quality editorial resources are difficult to find and expensive to nurture. In order to maintain the quality of our imprints we only provide editorial services for books that we have been asked to publish. At a future date we may be able to add a la carte editorial services. There is no planned date for such a service.

Are there any books that you will not publish?

We will not prepare books which we believe would not meet the standards of descency in the areas where we have staff. We will not publish books which we determine would damage the brand of the imprint and hence affect other authors.

Will you publish non English books?

Unfortunately we currently only publish in English but may broaden this at some point. No dates have been set.

Why are some rush orders more expensive in the latter half of the year?

24% of book sales are in the months of November and December so publishers want to have books prepared before the end of September in order to build word of mouth. Other books are brought to market at the last minute to take account of changes in the market in the run up to the winter months. These seasonal flows of book development result in a premium for resources from August to December.

How do the book development costs break down?

As a guide the following figures are from a somewhat dated study of small publishers:

  • On average it takes 475 hours to write a fiction title and 725 hours to write a nonfiction title.
  • It takes an average of 531 hours to produce a book - 422 hours for fiction, 550 hours for nonfiction.
  • An average of 10 to 15 hours are spent designing a book cover.
  • On average, 61 hours are spent in the editing process.
  • On average, 29 hours are spent producing news releases for a new book.
  • Self publishers spend 52.4% of their book development budget writing a book (23.3% for fiction, 55.5% for nonfiction).
  • Advertising consumes most of the small publisher’s marketing costs (36.5% for fiction titles, 29.8% for nonfiction titles).
Who owns the copyright to the book?

If we publish the book then we own the full rights. If you self publish the e-book then you retain the full rights.