FIVE STAR SPECIAL EDITION

Our marketing team has the professional experience and industry contacts necessary to spearhead a customized campaign to effectively target and market your work to prospective buyers. For those who would prefer to spend their time on more creative pursuits than selling, we have created the Five Star Special Edition. This comprehensive package includes a publisher’s quality softback edition of the work and a promotion package that utilizes the experience of publishing professionals to ensure that your work reaches the widest possible audience of readers and resellers on a national level. The complete package is detailed below. If you want your work to have the look and feel of the kind of books you see in your bookstore without having to deal with all of the confusion and uncertainty of book promotion in today’s competitive market, this is the plan for you!

Production Specifications

Trim Size:  5½ x 8½ inches, 6 x 9 inches, or 8½ x 11 inches

Text Pages:  64 page minimum, may be increased in increments of 8

Text Printing:  Black on 50# or 60# white offset, or other paper stock

Cover:  2-color, no bleed, printed and laminated one side on 10 pt. coated cover stock

Quantity:  1,000 copies

Binding:  Perfectbound

Imprint:  American Literary Press Five Star Special Edition

The specifications listed above are flexible. Alternate specifications may be arranged by contacting our Director of Publications at 800-873-2003.

Marketing & Promotion Specifications

• Notification of publication/ordering information sent to more than 200 national & regional key contacts, i.e., bookstore chains, library distributors, retail chain book sellers, wholesalers, major online book sellers, book reviewers, trade publications, newspapers, trade journals, and specialty book markets

• All titles are available through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Borders.com, Books-a-Million.com, and our online catalog at www.americanliterarypress.com

• Professionally written press release master

• Review copies of book sent to book buyers, book reviewers, and print and broadcast media

• Professionally designed book promotion flyer master

• Professionally prepared guidelines on promotion and publicity for author

• Professionally written and designed advertising master(s) for two standard ad sizes

• 100 promotional copies of book provided to author

• Placement of barcoded book data on each book in accordance with industry standards

• Copyright of book in author's name

• International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and Library of Congress Card Catalog (LC)

• All warehousing, order processing, fulfillment, collections, and accounting performed by American Literary Press

• Semiannual sales reports and royalty statements

• 50% royalty on net sales

• Discounts on reprints

• Contract provides services for one year (renewable upon endorsement of author and publisher)

If you feel that our Five Star Special Edition is the perfect match for you, indicate your interest by checking the appropriate box on the enclosed Specifications Form. You might also want to consider publishing your work under the hardcover Noble House imprint.

Dr. Essie P. Knuckle
Other People’s Rotten Kids