Old-School Traditional Publishing

Morgan James Publishing®

Publisher maintains the Intellectual Property rights

Author maintains ownership and control of Intellectual Property rights

Books are brought to market usually in 18-24 months

Books are rolled out to market usually in 3-4 months for authors and eBooks and 7-12 months for bookstores.

Average of 4% to 15% Royalty, depending on mode of sale and is typically based on Net sales, paid twice a year, with an average advance of $1,500

20-50% Royalty across the board of Net sales, Paid Monthly and small advances paid

Books are given a custom designed interior and cover and all printing costs are covered. Publisher typically takes over editing and final manuscript content and quality

Books are given a custom designed interior and cover and, as you’d expect, all printing costs for distribution, are covered by Morgan James. Authors provide a fully edited, proofread manuscript that we then perform an Analysis on to ensure quality

Full Bookstore Distribution both online and off via Ingram Publisher Services or other reputable distribution solutions

Full Bookstore Distribution both online and off via Ingram Publisher Services

No Continuing Education

Our individual Entrepreneurial Vision Mastermind is included as well as the Morgan James exclusive Marketing Resources Guide to help with the business behind the book

Publisher takes over and makes all decisions

Authors become part of our trademarked Entrepreneurial Vision Mastermind to establish the best future for title

No Publishing Fee charged

No Publishing Fee charged, hidden or otherwise

Typically 50% of retail price and typically limited to a certain amount

Author may purchase books at print cost plus a percentage with volume and quantity discounts

Many major houses require authors to purchase 5,000 copies, or more, of the book upon its release, usually at a 50-60% discount off retail

Author is asked to commit to purchasing, during the life of the agreement, up to 2,500 copies at print cost plus $2 (non-fiction)

Average of 45+% bookstore return rates which are usually shredded for the tax benefit

Average of less than 25% bookstore return rates which are then restocked for resale, offered to the authors, or donated to Habitat for Humanity

Unless author is one of the top 6%, no PR Support is offered

Press Release posted to the Morgan James website, via social media and our exclusive Red Carpet Event each publishing season where each author will have their own individual moment on the Red Carpet being interviewed about who you are and what your message is.

Unless author is one of the top 6%, no Marketing Budget is offered

Co-operative marketing monies invested to the trade on every book published

Authors are sometimes treated as a partner

Authors are treated as valuable partners in the process and are the most important member of the mastermind group created for each project accepted

No cause related marketing is typically associated at the publisher level

A percentage of all sales across the board is donated to Habitat for Humanity and speaking opportunities available as well as international recognition for charitable works