1. Publisher Content vs Mechanics Part 2
Publishing companies will have the three editors mentioned above working on the text before publishing it. Their goal in mind defines the major difference between working as a publisher or an editor. Same statistics as Editors since “more than half [of the editors] work in publishing companies” (
$59,000 per year (Salary Search, 2014)
BA degree minimum
Internships needed, shows that you know what you’re doing. Best places include a popular publishing companies like Pearson, Random House, and Penguin publishing.
However, if you can’t get into these major companies, smaller ones like working for your school or small companies will work just as well.
Content vs Mechanics
Part 2

2. As an author trying to get published, going through these publishing companies might be a good way to go.
Traditional Publishing
Company buys the rights to the manuscript
Turns around and sell it in large amounts in bookstores and online.
Company earns their pay from the sales
Pays the author royalties, between 8-12%.
The author receives no charge; submit a smart enough text for the company to decide to publish it .
How should I publish?

3. Self Publishing Subsidy Vanity
However, depending on what type of book the author wants to print will depend on how they publish it. There are many different types of self publishing.
Subsidy: You pay for the book’s printing and binding process. The publisher pays for a portion of the cost to edit, distribute and market the book
Vanity: You pay for all services, but own the book and receive the profits. Best option for hobbyists and those whose personal goal is to see their own work in print

4. Self Publishing Print on Demand Self Publishing
Self-Publishing: You pay to produce, market, distribute and warehouse the book. Perfect for authors with an established fan base and those with time-sensitive manuscripts.
Print on Demand: Use your own money to produce books one at a time through a company. Good choice if you are writing a family history, memoir, or poetry and have a limited audience

5. Authors Quotes from people=>make easier
Brittany Oldryod, a student at BYU-I and author of the book Segolia, recommends more people editing and reading the novel before sending it in to the publisher
Dr. Babcock, a professor at BYU-I, he relates a different experience. He suggests that there wasn’t anything he could do to make his novel easier to publish. “You just got to push through it,” he says.
Book publishing takes a long time. Between 1-2 years depending on the document and how it’s published.

6. Review Editors Publishing Authors Content Subsidy Editing Line/Copy
Vanity
Proofer
Self Publishing
Print on Demand

7. Questions

8. Credit