"How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company" begins where many self-publishing books leave off. Peter Hupalo, author of "Thinking Like An Entrepreneur" and the owner of HCM Publishing, teaches the business aspects involved in operating a small book publishing company. "How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company" will help you understand: Inventory Accounting In The Book Trade; Just-In-Time Inventory Management; Turn-Key Fulfillment Solutions; Tax Deductible Costs In Publishing; The Basics Of Sales And Use Tax; Profitable Book Pricing; Standard Terms In The Book Industry; Working With Distributors And Wholesalers; Cover Design And Book Layout; Book Promotion And Marketing; How To Select Profitable Authors To Publish; The Printing Process; Printing On Demand (POD); The Power Of A Strong Backlist; How To Value A Copyright; And Much More!
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780967162430
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: HCM Publishing
Publication Date: 08-30-2002
Pages: 164
Product Dimensions: 9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
So, You Want To Self-Publish Your Own Book?
Fiction Versus Non-Fiction Getting Things Done. Of Flow And Thrashing Success Stories In Self-Publishing: Bestselling Authors Who Began As Self-Publishers
Just-In-Time Inventory: How Many Copies Should You Print?
Just-In-Time Inventory Change Is Good You Don’t Need To Print All Your Books At Once! A Book Riddle: The Power Of Reinvestment Of Earnings Selling Your Book To A Major Publishing House And Big Publisher Sales Dealing With Company Growth...Pallets, Forklifts, Book Storage, And Insurance Just-In-Time Distributor Payments Printing On Demand (POD) Ingram Lightning Source POD Replica Books And iUniverse.com
Book Marketing
Direct Mail. Just Say "No." More About Titles Keywords In Titles Success Begets Success Influence How To Select Authors Selecting Topics For Publication Mini Case Study...Selling 100,000 Cookbooks A Year Planting Editorial Material Online Book Marketing Affiliate Marketing Free Publicity And News Releases Book Reviews Getting Books Into Bookstores Book Promotion And Turn Key Fulfillment
Book Pricing And Book Industry Terms;How Not To Lose Your Shirt!
Setting Your Discount Schedule Prepayment Versus Credit Book Pricing Returns And The Book Trade 90 Days To Payment; Cash Flow Problems In The Book Trade Business Ratios Inventory Turnover Keeping Track Of Accounts Receivable Bankruptcy Of Distributors Consignment Sales And Perfecting A Security Interest Collection Ratio Success Can Kill You Of eBooks And Cash Flow Business Structure Sole Proprietorship...Schedule C, Schedule SE, and Estimated Tax Payments DBA S-Corporations Reporting Author Royalties Sales Tax Questions And Use Tax Questions
Sales Tax CCNOW.com & Sales Tax On The Internet Sales Tax And Book Design Services Use Tax
Deductible Costs In Publishing. Inventory Accounting
Cash Basis Accounting vs. Accrual Basis Accounting More About COGS And Inventory Valuation LIFO vs. FIFO Deductible Books Deduct The Cost And Nothing But The Cost! Other Deductible Costs In Publishing Travel And Entertainment Book Production Cover Design, Book Layout: Costs, Options & Do-It-Yourself Of Text And Type And Postscript Postscript, The Language Of Printers Buy A Postscript Laser Printer For Testing Your Files Sweet Sixteen Choose Your Cover Spine Bulk Name That Paper! Of Dust Jackets And Dust 1/16 Of An Inch, 1/32 Of An Inch, And More Damn Math PMS Colors And Cover Design Color And Meaning Photo Scanning ISBN Numbers Bar Codes
Record Keeping In Publishing
Sales Ledger Payments (Cash Received) Ledger Expenses Incurred And Expenses Paid Debits And Credits Crediting Sales Accounting Programs And Publishing Databases Sources Of Other Income Review Copies Given Away The Power Of Accounting
The Holy Grail Of Publishing
The Power Of Trademarks, Copyrights, And A Profitable Series Valuation Of A Copyright Annuity Valuation Ball Park Estimates Of Advances And Revenue Streams Self-Publisher Break Even Backlist...Revenue Stream Per Book Remainder The Duds Have A Bestseller Trademark And Copyright Conclusion