Channel V Books: A New Publishing Model for a New Media Climate

 

 

You know how the book publishing model is broken and how getting a solid and credible book to market is a complete nightmare? Well, we've got a solution.

For the thousands of business-to-business authors and industry thought leaders looking for an alternative to self-publishing (but who aren't exactly excited about the limitations that come with working with a major publishing house), Channel V Books is that alternative.

Our new book publishing model offers the freedom and speed of self-publishing, as well as the credibility and ease of a big publishing house. Really...

Self-publishing may have lots of conveniences, but it still comes with serious barriers to entry and logistical difficulties-including editorial and production quality, distribution, fulfillment, online promotion and PR-all of which create major roadblocks (and eat into profits) for authors who go it alone. And with major publishing houses, not only can it take up to 18 months to produce a book, but authors are lucky to get even a few dollars on each book they work so tirelessly to write and promote.

Channel V Books' model bridges the gap between self-publishing and traditional publishing for industry thought leaders who need to publish good books in order to promote themselves and their businesses, solidify their credibility and attract new opportunities. (For a side-by-side comparison of all three publishing methods, see ChannelVBooks.com/at-a-glance.php.)

Enter Channel V Books.

• Channel V Books offers the best elements of both worlds. We give access to the highest production quality, all distribution channels, visibility, creative flexibility, and most importantly, profitability.
• We reward marketability. Big houses require you to have a platform, but they don't reward your marketability proportionately. Our authors make a high per-book profit on each book sold. A more marketable author sells more books and makes more money. It just makes sense.
• Profit margin. The profit margin for authors is one of the highest in the industry: up to 60% of the wholesale price of the book for every copy sold.
• Speed to market. Depending on the status of a book, Channel V Books can take a manuscript to market in as few as 60 days (in comparison to a publishing cycle of up to 18 months for traditional publishing houses).
• Return on investment. Depending on the author's upfront needs, our average author can recover an initial investment after only 1,000 - 1,500 book sales. After that all book sales are pure profit for the author.
• Author development. Because we focus on author development, we work with our authors well in advance of the publishing of your book-beginning with audience development and platform creation-in order to ensure an audience for the books we publish.
• No minimum orders. Past authors have told us that they have to order a minimum of 200 books every time they want to take advantage of a discounted rate. With Channel V Books, authors order as many or as few books as they would like at the cost of production. Order one a day if you want. We're all about convenience.
• Ease of management. We handle all royalty payments and online distribution for the life of the book. This means once a book is released, an author is free to focus on personal goals and needs rather than the business of the book.

For more information, visit ChannelVBooks.com. You can also follow us on twitter: @channelvbooks. We'd love to talk to you about your book.