Book Self Publishing Prices and Programs Our 3-minute video shows you how to get published! Click Here to view. We understand the tight finances that accompany being in the ministry, raising a family, or living on a fixed income. So we designed comprehensive publishing, distribution, and marketing programs to fit the budget of almost any author. SAMPLE AGREEMENT BASIC Fast, no-frills, basic, and easy program PREMIUM Choose this for more options plus distribution BEST-SELLER Complete distribution and marketing included ELITE Overall best-value package! Regular PriceXulon Press offers a low price along with high-quality and reputable publishing services. We also give you the highest royalties and book discounts of any on-demand publisher on the Internet. Dare to compare! $799 $1,199 $2,099 $6,354 Purchase the Best-Seller Program through February 26, 2010 and your book could make the International Christian Retail Show. Save $600 and promote your book at the largest Christian retail show of the year. Call us TODAY for a FREE Publishing Consultation 1-866-381-2665. Special Offer $799 $1,199 $4,299 Book Cover Design Learn More... Our award-winning book designers will make your book cover shine. It will beautifully represent your work. When we design your book's colorful cover, we'll include the title, subtitle, your author name, and any additional marketing copy. If you have any ideas, please let us know and we'll do our best to incorporate them. Back Cover Design Learn More... The back cover is just as important as your front cover. You supply us your photo and your back cover copy and we'll take it from there. Interior Formatting Learn More... We'll take your Word file and professionally compose and lay out your text. Our trained team of proficient typesetters will give your book a "bookstore quality" look and feel. You get to check for any last-minute errors and sign off on the galley before we send it to press. We can also include your graphics, illustrations, and photographs for a nominal fee. Electronic Proof Learn More... As you work through the production of your book, we'll send you electronic proofs of your front cover and interior for your approval. We never send your book to the printer until you've said it's approved! Lightning-fast Printing Learn More... Believe it or not, we can print a 500-page book in less than 60 seconds! Our revolutionary on-demand systems guarantee your book will be available fast, usually within 48 hours from the day we receive an order. We can print books lightning-fast and in any quantity, even one book at a time. We use high-quality, acid-free paper stock and laminated book cover stock. Your One-on-One Support Team Learn More... With Xulon, you get a five-member support team to help you realize your publishing dream. Your Publishing Consultant helps you choose the publishing program and services your book needs. Your Author Services Representative then guides you and shepherds your book through the publishing process. They will also assist you in adding additional marketing services to your account to help launch your book into the marketplace. Finally, it will be time to order books. Your personal Book Sales Representative will help you with just the right order that suits your book sales needs. This is your team of professionals who understand the self-publishing industry and are here to serve you! In just 90 days, our team can make your publishing dream come true. Author Center Learn More... As a Xulon author, you get your very own Author Center complete service center. This custom-programmed, author-friendly, fully-functioning online 24/7 service center gets you the help and answers you need fast. You'll be able to track your book's progress, quickly contact your five-member support team, review your book's files, see your latest royalty reports, receive important bulletins, purchase additional services, and much more! Free Copies Learn More... Once your book is off-press, we will order and ship your free paperback copies to you. Once you receive them, you are free to place orders anytime. It's important you don't plan or schedule any special events or book signings until after you receive your free books. 1 2 5 25 ISBN Number Learn More... The ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, is an identification number that is unique for every book. It is usually accompanied by a bar code that shows the ISBN number. These are used for inventory and checkout by bookstores. We'll assign your book its own ISBN and communicate this information to book distributors and booksellers. Choice of Trim Sizes Learn More... We can publish your book in a variety of trim sizes, large or small. Some authors prefer a very small book, while others who are publishing study guides or handbooks request a much larger trim size. Available trim sizes are 5x8, 5.5x8.5, 6x9 in cream paper, and 7.50x9.25 or 8.25x11 in white paper. As always, we want to make it fast and easy. You can also choose to have your book published in a deluxe hardcover edition available only in 5.5x8.5 or 6x9 in addition to our standard paperback. Nonexclusive Contract Learn More... You worked hard to write your book, so don't give away your rights. While many publishers insist that you give up your rights, Xulon Press lets you keep them 100%. You can take your book to another publisher at any time, for any reason. No questions asked. Just let us know in writing. We are happy to report many Xulon authors have been acquired by large New York publishing houses! Huge Book Discounts Learn More... Our goal is to make you a successful author and to change lives with your book. So we give you HUGE wholesale discounts of up to 70% off the retail price of your book. We want to see lots of people reading your book! Just call us to place your order and we'll print copies within 48 hours. We use UPS for shipping and we can drop-ship copies anywhere in the United States. Click here to Learn More.... Up to 70% Up to 70% Up to 70% Up to 70% 25,000 Bookstores Learn More... Xulon Press has a direct relationship with Ingram Book Distributors, the largest distributor of books in the world today. We'll work with Ingram to make sure your book is a part of their fast and reliable distribution service to 25,000 retailers. We'll also make sure your book is featured on iPage, which book dealers use daily to locate and order new titles for their bookstores. We can't guarantee demand, but we can guarantee your book will be available and ready to ship to bookstores in a matter of days. Amazon.com Marketing Learn More... Nearly one-third of all Xulon Press book orders come via Amazon.com-thousands of books each year. We work closely with Amazon.com to get your book its own online page. This is where readers can find all sorts of information about your book and even submit their own book reviews. Amazon.com is the premier place to promote your book, and we make it fast and easy. Royalties Learn More... We pay a royalty rate of 100% for all bookstore sales! We want you to earn back the investment of your time and money by giving you generous royalties. We are the only publisher who offers 100% royalty rate on all copies sold to bookstores. Click here for more information 100% 100% 100% Toll-free Order Service Learn More... We give you a toll-free number, answered 24/7, that you can use on postcards, brochures, and on radio and television. We take orders and then drop-ship them directly to the doors of your readers. Many Xulon authors use this service when they are traveling or doing publicity for their books. Christian Bookstore Promo Learn More... To get your book into the burgeoning Christian retail marketplace, we work with Spring Arbor. Spring Arbor is 27 years old and ships more than 431,000 Christian books, Bibles, videos, and CDs each day. Your book will be distributed by Spring Arbor, which means it will be available to Christian readers by the same distribution group that distributes best-selling authors like Max Lucado, Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, and many others. Books-In-Print Listing Learn More... We work with R.R. Bowker to make all bibliographic data about your book available to libraries and bookstores via Books-In-Print and BooksInPrint.com. The entire bookselling industry uses Books-In-Print, including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. It also gives bookstores real-time stock availability and downloadable title information. Your book will be part of the largest book database in the world! Bookstore Catalog Learn More... As a Best-Seller, you'll get the new release information about your book in front of leading Christian bookstores through our exclusive Xulon Bookstore Catalog. Each catalog is delivered to thousands of bookstores. Your book will be featured along with a short summary and a book cover design. We'll even let them know your book can be ordered through Ingram and Spring Arbor. Tradeshow Placement Learn More... Xulon Press attends four tradeshows each year. When you purchase the Best-Seller program, your book will be featured at one of these four tradeshows. The show your book will attend is based on when you submit your manuscript, your book to press date, and the available tradeshow inventory. Purchasing the Best-Seller program will ensure your book gets national exposure. Click here for more information Online Bookstore Page Learn More... Once your book has been prepared for publication, we add it to our popular online bookstore-the biggest on-demand Christian bookstore on the Web. Our bookstore receives more than one million visits each year! You get a free book page where your book summary, biography, and book cover graphic will appear. We take all major credit cards, and book orders are generally printed and shipped in 48 hours. Google Book Preview Learn More... Your book on the Internet is a great way to gain visibility for your book, and with Google Book Preview now people can read a portion of your book. It's just like going into the bookstore and picking up a copy to preview. We work closely with Google to make this happen. Google logs your book and shows a 20% excerpt to online readers. It will be fast and easy for readers to find information about your book via the Google Book Search program. This abbreviated online version of your book will appear on Google, with links to our online bookstore, Amazon.com, and other Internet booksellers. Espresso Book Machine Learn More... Imagine your book being printable IN bookstores and libraries on demand. Now it can be with the incredible new distribution channel, the Espresso Book Machine! Your book is manufactured right on the spot in about seven minutes (cover, text, et al.), and it pops out for the buyer to enjoy! Royalty rates for books sold through this new channel are the same as elsewhere. Only paperback books in the Best-Seller Program can be printed using the Espresso Book Machine. FREE! Year One Marketing Plan Learn More... Xulon's carefully selected marketing services included in the Best-Seller Program give you the most marketing "bang for your buck." But if you want your book to get the attention it deserves, you'll need more marketing. But what to choose? Where to start? No worries! We've put together a one-year marketing plan that takes the guesswork out of marketing your book—a plan made up of marketing resources and strategies that self-published authors have used successfully. Xulon wants you to succeed! Special Xulon's Elite Logo ChristianBooksTV Learn More... Video clips and trailers are the RAGE on the Internet and on social networking sites. We'll professionally produce a trailer for your book and post it online for the world to see on YouTube™, the premier video posting website, and even Facebook®, the premier social networking site! Imagine exposing your book to millions of potential viewers and book buyers through sight and sound media! Click here for more information $299 - $699 FEATURE TRAILER $499 Value! Press Release with Newswire Blaster Learn More... If you can get the news media to write about your book, or if you can get interviewed on a radio or TV program, it's like getting free advertising! Publicity like that sells books, and hundreds of Xulon authors have benefited from news coverage of their books. Click here for more information $299 Christianity.com Banner Ad Learn More... Get Your Book Advertised on the HOMEPAGE of Christianity.com! Xulon Press is offering an incredible opportunity to get your book advertised on the homepage of the premier Christian website, Christianity.com! Guaranteed 10,000 views of your book's banner ad! Only Xulon Press offers ad space on the homepage of Christianity.com! $399 3 Ads $1,197 Value! Christian Book Browser Catalog Learn More... The Christian Book Browser will promote your book to 10,000 Christian bookstores and churches all across the USA. Your book's full color ad and order info included with just 104 others mailed to 10,000 Christian bookstores and churches and a digital version of the catalog on our website and on crosswalk.com! 2 Ads $598 Value! Copyright Service Learn More... Imagine opening up a book written by another person and seeing your words inside (the words you worked so hard to write). Then imagine how powerless you'd feel if you couldn't do anything about it. Or imagine your book selling hundreds (even thousands) of copies with no royalty! Xulon Press will: $179 value Prepare and deliver to the U.S. copyright Office all legal documentation. Track the filing throughout the copyright process until you receive an actual Certification of copyright. Deliver 2 copies of your book for permanent placement in the United States Library of Congress. $179 $179 $179 Graphic Fees Learn More... Remember to include $15 or $25 with your submission payment for each graphic element you want included in your manuscript: $25 per graphic for properly sized graphics we need to scan, $15 for graphics that come to us electronically. (Charges are subject to change without notification.) $15-$25 each $15-$25 each $15-$25 each 10 FREE! International Distribution Learn More... Make your book available in the United Kingdom and to bookstores throughout Europe. When you select the International Distribution package, your book will be listed with distributors overseas. When orders are placed, copies of your book are actually printed and shipped on-demand from the United Kingdom! This is a fun and easy way to reach readers in foreign countries. $89 $89 Paperback Book Return Program Learn More... Did you know that bookstores are allowed to return unsold books back to most publishers for a full refund? This helps reduce a bookstore's risk in taking on more new books. Think about it: If you owned a bookstore, would you stock a book by a new or unknown author? Probably not—unless you knew the book was fully returnable! Select this package and we'll notify bookstores that your book is fully returnable—just like all the other books they stock. First year price is $199 and Annual Renewal Fee is $149. $199 $199 Rush Service Learn More... Want a book sooner than 90 days? Select this optional program and your book goes to the front of the line! We can get your book published in about 45 days. Keep in mind that from time to time circumstances beyond the control of Xulon Press may cause production to exceed those time periods. But we'll work twice as fast to get your book published. $299 $299 $299 Hardcover Edition Learn More... If you'd like to make your book available in a quality paperback and deluxe glossy hardcover edition simultaneously, choose this optional package. We'll take the same file we use to print your book in paperback and turn it into a hardcover edition. Many authors choose this program to offer a nice hardcover edition to friends and family. The retail price of your hardcover edition will be higher. Dust Jackets are not available. $169 $169 $169 $169 Hardcover Book Return Program Learn More... Did you know that bookstores are allowed to return unsold books back to most publishers for a full refund? This helps reduce a bookstore's risk in taking on more new books. Think about it: If you owned a bookstore, would you stock a book by a new or unknown author? Probably not—unless you knew the book was fully returnable! Select this package and we'll notify bookstores that your book is fully returnable—just like all the other books they stock. First year price is $229 and Annual Renewal Fee is $179. $229 $229 $229 Editorial Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here

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Before you submit your manuscript, follow our Manuscript Preparation Guidelines and Submission Checklist. This will make the process faster and easier. Your manuscript must be in final form to begin production. Once you submit it, only minor changes will be accepted. If you make changes afterwards, additional time and fees will be incurred.

Remember we will design your book cover and format your text. If you’ve already designed your own book cover, or if you’ve already composed/typeset your text, please refer to our Print Ready Guidelines. Otherwise, we’ll take care of it for you!