Traditional Publishing or Self-Publishing?

If you want to go with a traditional publisher, first you must find an agent who will agree to take you on. This is no small task and can take hundreds of letters and up to or more than a year. Your agent must then successfully place your book with a publisher, (a process that can take several more months to a year or more). Your agent will then negotiate with the publisher for an advance on signing for you. Advances are good, but don’t forget that an advance is just an interest-free loan, and as compensation for her efforts, your agent will take 10 – 20%.

The publisher will then design and produce your book, but the days of big marketing launches for unknown authors are gone. Publishers now look for authors who have a built-in following and they expect you to take on a good portion of the marketing responsibility. On top of that, when the book sells your compensation for your efforts is a 10 – 15% royalty on the net cost of the book.

Because traditional publishing is so difficult, many new authors will turn to self-publishing. With self-publishing, the author hires her own editors, and works through manuscript revisions. She finds and hires her own designer who will design the interior of the book and the front, back, and spine of the cover. She registers her own copyright and buys her own ISBN’s and does her own metadata research. She launches and markets the book and when it sells, she keeps all of the royalties!

But, what if you don’t know how to hire a first-class editor and you overpay for someone who does not add significant value to the manuscript? What if you aren’t happy with the designs your designer provides but you have no recourse, and you spend hours teaching yourself about metadata research knowing that in the end you don’t even know what you don’t know? You may learn the hard way that self-publishing is not for everyone.

If you want to publish a high-quality, professionally edited and designed book, but can’t find an agent and don’t want to publish it yourself, Bold Story Press may be the publishing partner for you.

At Bold Story Press, we work only with expert editors and designers with years of experience, and we understand all of the details that must be right in order to publish a successful book.

Our covers are competitive with publishing leaders, and our expert editors give you better attention and care than you would receive from a traditional publisher.

At Bold Story Press you’ll have a direct relationship with the publisher, Emily Barrosse. Our creative team makes sure your book has commercial appeal and that it is positioned to sell well against the competition. Every part of your book’s editing, design, and production will follow industry standards, and nothing will go overlooked.

At Bold Story Press you share in the risks by paying a flat fee at the beginning of the process to underwrite costs associated with editing and design. However, when the book publishes you receive the large majority of the royalties as your book sells.

We are a team and a community of women who care about the books we’re publishing. We don’t just want to help you publish a book; we want to help you achieve your professional, personal, and creative dreams. 

We promote your books on BoldStoryPress.com, on relevant social media, and everywhere we go to talk about Bold Story Press.