E-BookTime LLC Information

E-BookTime is the book publisher who can turn your dream of becoming a published author into a reality! We offer authors the ability to quickly and easily have their book published as a print on demand paperback and as an ebook for Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook. If you are not familiar with print on demand, it is a process where the printer can create a single copy on demand for shipment to customers. It costs only $395.00 to publish as a paperback and ebook if you choose none of the optional services. You will also receive five free copies of the book. Following are the key features of this service:Royalties of 30% for paperback sales from our store (direct sales) and 15% for sales through other retailers (wholesale sales). A higher royalty rate is paid if you set a retail price above our minimum. Click here for more information. For ebook sales we pay 50% of the amount we receive from retailers. We believe you will find these rates compare very favorably to those offered by any other paperback POD book publisher. We pay royalty fees every month regardless of the amount, normally within 15 days after the end of the month. Special discount prices for sales to authors for use in promotional events or personal sales programs. Note: Royalties are not paid on these sales. Paperback books are listed for sale by Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com as well as other major online retailers and are available for special order through most walk-in bookstores. eBooks are sold by Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. An ISBN is assigned to the paperback edition which means inclusion in Books In Print. If you want to have your copyright registered, we will be happy to submit the application for you. We charge $125.00 for this service which includes payment of the registration fee. Please be advised it generally takes six months or longer to receive the registration certificate from the US Copyright Office. Registration of your copyright is not required for us to publish your work. If your manuscript has pictures, illustrations or other images there is a fee of $5.00 per image. Please be aware that all interior pages of books are printed in black and white only. If you submit images in color we will convert to grayscale for printing. There is no fee for pictures or other artwork to be used on covers. A Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) is not required for publishing, however, you may want one to be assigned. The LCCN is a unique identification number assigned by the Library of Congress to the catalog record it creates for each book in its catalog system used by most libraries. While assignment of a number does not guarantee libraries will acquire your book, libraries seldom acquire books without an LCCN or CIP data. For a $50.00 fee we will arrange for assignment of an LCCN to your book and submit a copy of it to the Library of Congress. Your published book will be available for sale from our store approximately one to two weeks after you approve the proof copy of the text and cover files we email to you. That generally means your book will be available for sale within four to six weeks of the day we receive your manuscript and payment. Because of the number of parties involved and their own time schedules, it may take an additional two to three weeks for your book to be available through Amazon and the other online retailers, but it is usually sooner. You retain full rights to the book we publish. We acquire no right of ownership to the work. You have the right to directly sell the book and to enter into other publication and sales agreements without restriction. Copyedit service is available for authors who think their manuscript needs some extra polishing work to make it ready for printing. This service is only $.01 per word. Click the green Copyedit button at the top for more information about copyedit services. Fee includes a $12.00 initial cataloging service charge. There will be an annual catalogue renewal charge of $12.00 for books which did not have at least $100.00 in sales during the preceding year. Because of the printing costs involved there is a minimum retail price for paperback books depending upon the number of pages, however, you can set a higher price if desired. For eBooks there is a minimum retail price of $5.95. You can set a higher eBook price, not exceeding our maximum. See table below for a list of current minimum print book prices and maximum eBook prices. Our standard book size is 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", however, we can also publish in a 6" X 9" size if desired. They have full color laminated covers. The interior pages are printed on high quality, acid-free, book-grade paper stock. Authors have the choice of light creme or white paper. Total interior page count must be no less than 24 and no more than 550 pages. Interior content is black and white only, sorry, no color. If images or diagrams are included they are printed as grayscale. Please note that if the number of interior pages is less than 108 we cannot include print on the spine of the cover. Free cover templates are available. We will add the book title and author name. If you wish, you may supply a small photograph or other image in a jpeg file for overlay onto the front, back, or both covers, for example, a photograph of the author for the back cover. Of course we welcome custom designed covers. If you would like to provide a cover, please ask us for cover specifications. The following table lists book prices and royalty rates for paperback editions at the minimum retail price. A higher royalty rate is paid if you set a retail price above our minimum. Click here for more information. MinimumAuthorAuthor RoyaltyMaximumPagesRetail PriceDiscount PriceWholesale Sales (15%)Direct Sales (30%)eBook Price