If you are a new or experienced author whose dream is to sell your book to the widest possible audience, then Rum Runner Publishing wants to work with you in creating, publishing and selling your work - spectacularly.
Rum Runner Publishing is not a subsidy publisher. We are a new type of publishing house looking for writers who are serious about their success.
Rum Runner Publishing is young. We have a boatload of ideas on how to help authors earn real money and become famous. So, if you are an author and you have a great idea up your sleeve, it’s time to start talking.
Let us help you make that draft into something more.
It’s not just publishing but making a name for yourself
Author Benefits
- Dual publishing in print and eBook formats
- Print on Demand for quick turn around, high profitability
- Increase market exposure through the world’s largest distribution channel
- A customized, proven, high voltage marketing strategy
- Publish and sell books and ebooks in a secure environment
- Complimentary enrollment in Book Publicity 101: How to Build Book Buzz course
- Slash marketing time and effort by up to 60%
- Improve cash flow by launching your book successfully to your target audience
Why Print on Demand and online publishing?
In the past, if you wanted massive readership, you had to be J.R.R. Tolkien, Tom Clancy, or even Dan Brown - or you had to have the inside scoop on a sordid celebrity scandal.
For other people, getting their book published was an exercise that required massive amounts of money, contracts, contacts and patience. The average traditional printing process takes more than a year from manuscript approval to publishing. For many authors, the wait is too long and the money too little.
But the Internet has leveled the playing field for authors.
Today, you can write a book on any topic and publish it as an eBook and have a possible readership of millions! Just like that. What’s more, the Print on Demand technology with Lightning Source allows you to fulfill high quality printed orders in less than 24 hours. This amazing speed allows you to meet target requirements promptly, thereby earning maximum revenue from the existing market. It also accounts for the tremendous demand for ebooks.
EBook sales were up 108% in the last quarter of 2008 when compared to 2007.
The popularity of eBooks continues to grow as more and more people consider the Internet their primary source of information.
It is this expanding demand for ebooks as a convenient source of information and entertainment that Rum Runner Publishing seeks to capitalize on.
However, eBook authors compete against millions of authors and dozens of hundreds of alternative information options. In the absence of proper marketing and promotion, any ebook, no matter how well written, becomes just another nondescript document gathering dust in cyberspace. A viral marketing campaign and the flexibility to sell in print expands readership significantly.
At Rum Runner, we understand that as a writer, your job is to write, not deal with the countless demands of devising a successful marketing campaign. We go a step farther and help you develop a marketing campaign that directly targets and reaches your potential readers.
You will still perform your own marketing, but Rum Runner will show you exactly how to get your name and book publicized. From brainstorming to publishing and marketing, Rum Runner Publishing will be your end-to-end publishing solutions partner.
Your five-stroke
success formula:
Target - Write Publish - Publicize Earn
Target:
We
are looking for works of fiction and in the nonfiction “How To”
category that cater to a well defined, renewable readership of one
million plus. We will work with you to identify your target audience
and their specific information needs so you can address these needs
more quickly and with less effort. (See Submissions/ FAQs for more
information) Write:
Our
editors will work with you to ensure that you develop a quality product
that fulfills your target goals and caters to your target audience. We
will work with you on your manuscript to help you meet professional
standards. Publish:
The
finished book will be edited, professionally laid out with high quality
cover art, assigned an ISBN number and published in print, PDF, and
Amazon Kindle formats. Rum Runner Publishing uses Print on Demand (POD)
technology through Lightning Source, allowing you to fulfill sales
demand quickly while keeping printing costs low, thereby boosting your
royalties. Publicize:
Rum
Runner is unique in that every launch is accompanied by an innovative,
custom made, predefined marketing strategy that leverages the insider
expertise gained by author, publisher and owner Ken York. Print on
Demand, direct distribution and aggressive online marketing increase
your revenue streams and profitability. Accessing the world marketplace
through distribution channels like Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Ingram,
Barnes & Nobles and others takes every book to a massive reading
populace in the shortest possible time. Earn:
Rum
Runner does not offer advance royalties. Instead we provide royalties
based on success. As a Rum Runner author, you will earn a substantial
royalty of 35% based on net sales. We can pay you handsomely because
our cutting edge printing and publishing technologies help keep
overheads low while maximizing revenue. Additionally, with every book
you publish or print, you can create multiple streams of income from
websites, blogs or speaking assignments. In the end, it all boils down
to a simple equation: