ESSENTIAL PACKAGE

Based upon your feedback, our staff of graphic designers will create a full-color, custom cover design for your book. Since it is the very first, and sometimes only, thing many potential book purchasers will see, the cover design needs to quickly convince readers to buy your book. A professional cover design is key to making your book stand out on bookshelves. Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover!

In addition to a print edition, your book will also be available as an eBook, available for digital reader devices like the Amazon Kindle, the Apple iPad and iPhone, and the Barnes & Noble Nook. We handle the complex process of converting and coding your book into the required digital formats of the leading eBook retailers.

Having a sufficient number of your books on hand can be a vital tool in your marketing efforts. These copies can be offered for sale, used in a contest, or given to people who can expand your network. If you run out of these copies, you can always take advantage of the Author Discount Program to ensure you always have enough on hand!

Our authors enjoy steep discounts based on the number of books being ordered. The discounts start at 40% off the cover price and increase to even more savings based on the number of books ordered. This will give you the freedom of offering books directly for sale, along with some wiggle room in your profit to run your own discounts, sales, and promotions.

Every book is assigned an ISBN (International Standard Book Number), which is a unique number given to all books sold with a barcode in bookstores. Each version of your book is given a specific number that represents each format.

All Hawes & Jenkins books are made available in eBook format for distribution through Amazon (for the Kindle and Kindle Fire), Apple (for use on all iOS devices like iPhones and iPads), and Barnes & Noble (for use on Nook devices).

Even the most spellbinding book has little chance of success if it is not made available to major retail book outlets in North America. For that reason, all Hawes & Jenkins books are distributed through the Ingram Content Network, the largest and most well-respected wholesaler of books in North America. Ingram has distribution agreements in place with nearly all retail stores in North America as well as Amazon, which means that your book may reap the benefits of those same distribution agreements.

Hawes & Jenkins will create a custom web page featuring your cover art with links to retailers selling your book.