Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the meaning of on demand publishing?

Self publishing, or on demand publishing implies editing, designing, illustrating, printing, marketing and distribution of books whenever you want it, in the same way as traditional publishers, without keeping you waiting; and without humiliating you with rejection of your manuscript.

2. Who will benefit from self publishing?

Anyone who wants to establish her/his name as an author.

• Speakers
• Life coaches, motivators, trainers
• Professional training institutions
• Professionals
• Poets
• Politicians
• Teachers, professors
• First time authors
• Young writers
• Writers who have a very specialized subject, with a very specific market
• NGOs
• Publishers
• Others

3. How quickly can I see my books in print?

In approximately 14 days, from the time we have the computer typed manuscript and your payment with us.

4. What is the objective of Self publish print on demand?

Self publish print on demand has a flurry of reasons or objectives. Here are six reasons why self-publish print on demand might prove just right for you.

Time saving factor with direct publishing

Traditional publishing is time-consuming. It takes a prolonged 18 month period to complete the production cycle. Unlike the traditional method, publish on demand services are ready within 2 weeks for the readers.

The book completes your publishing demands

Being an author, you will want your book look exactly the way you pictured Publish on demand services empowers you with the full control on how your book should be printed and directed. The best thing is you have the right to organize the entire set up of the book you want. No one except you can have the decisions made for publishing.

You can preserve rights to your books post publishing

Traditional publishing house snatches the rights to your books once you entrust them with the responsibility of publishing. In such case, self publish print on demand helps you to own rights of your books. Sometimes, you cannot rely on a publishing house since they can stop publishing abruptly for reasons and to keep consistency of the publishing process you have to buy back the rights from the house. Precisely, the books on demand publishing formula can only help you preserve the rights to your books.

Experimenting the market with self publishing formula

With self-publishing formula, you can experiment the market by targeting a niche of the mass. This will help in self-assessment of your ideas, concept and experiment of self publishing. It will help you determine how well your book will be accepted by readers.

A niche target

If your book targets a niche market, then there is no objective in relying on a big publishing house.

5. Self Publish print on demand- how does it work?

Power Publishers is a spearhead in this realm of self publish print on demand. It follows the complete process of the productions of book and the designing till the end to ensure a complete book. Its strength lies in professionalism and total help in the process of self publish print. However, Power Publishers offer you different packages for choosing the right production process, and you pick the one that suits your demands.

But first you have to submit your publishing materials which incorporate the ordering information, the text for both inside and outside of the book in a complete word-processing format and the images that you would like to include both for cover page and in the interior. The images can be given in digital or hard copies.

These are the outlines to help Power Publishers with the whole designing of your book. On completion of the book, you will get a copy of the whole book to have a glance at the interior and the cover sample to give your feedback. In case, there are issues with your final approval due to extra demands at nick hour, then you have to reimburse the additional charges for over-time. Hence, be sure to present the full manuscript to Power Publishers for end results without hassle.

Once you are happy with the publishing process, Power publishers will:

• Send to you a soft copy of the print-ready book and cover design. Review it carefully.

• Ask for your approval.

• Then, it will be published and brought into circulation for readers all over the country and the world.

• Give you royalties against each book sold.

Power Publishers has developed a template-based design system that enables it to build books quickly and efficiently at cost effective prices for the authors. It is perfect to match any application. Power Publishers is like the guideline and your problem of book publishing is solved with your ideas catered in articulate fashion by Power Publishers.

Do you think Power Publishers own right to your books post publication? Read this.

You own right to your books as long as you want. Power Publishers is just your assistant. It has the technology of saving copies and finding publication as many as it wants. Remember, that your books are books on demand publishing and they are always available.

6. Does on demand publishing close the door to major publishing houses?

Not, at all. Many publishing houses are vying for a grab of self-published books. Their targets lie on the shelves and the Internet domains.

7. Do I keep copyright with myself?

Yes.  Some of the schemes also allow you to get copyright registered.

8. Can I use my logo/brand-name instead of yours as the publisher?

By default our logo comes in books published by us, but if you want your logo to appear in your book, that is okay with us. This is especially good for publishers, training institutes and NGOs, who would want to use their own logo as the publisher.

9. There is at least one self publishing company that claims they self publish books for 'free'. What's the trick? Is it true?

Self publishing hard copy books is never 'free'. Any self publishing company misleading people to believe they are publishing books for 'free' is actually publishing an unchecked ebook version, which is nothing but a computer file of the book which can be downloaded on payment. It is not printed on paper, nor bound; nor can be held in your hand; not seen in bookstores. Ebooks are freely downloaded all over the world; do not have the grace of printed books; and have failed in India; ebook reading gadgets have also failed; so we do not deal in ebooks; nor mislead our authors to publish ebook versions.

10. Does the author keep the film / movie rights for her/his book?

Yes, the author has 100% film rights for her/his book. The author has the full right to deal with any filmmaker, or film production company; sign deal with them and sell the film rights, without us stepping in. The author does not have to share her/his earning from selling movie rights with us. This means, if a filmmaker gets interested to make a movie out of your book and wants to deal with you; you have the full freedom to step into such a deal, without us poking our nose and if you earn for example Rs 10 lakhs from it, it is all yours.

This is in sharp contrast with many other publishing companies and at least one other self publishing company based in Mumbai, (who pretend to be a conventional publisher but are a self publishing company in disguise) who make the authors sign a contract of 50% -50% revenue sharing from film / movie rights (we have document evidence). This means nothing as of now, but if a movie is indeed made from your book, you will feel very unhappy to share 50% if your earnings with your publisher. With us, you retain 100% of your earning from this front.

11. Can I organize a book launching event / function / ceremony for my book?

Sure you can. Every book launching event / program / function / ceremony organized by the author, should be communicated to us (the publisher) and our advice about the date for such an event should be taken. There should be enough gap from the expected publication date and the actual event / ceremony date, to avoid a last minute rush for a hurried publication. It would be most advisable to receive your complimentary copies in your hand and then announce the launching event date.

12. Guess the names of famous authors who have self-published?

Authors who have resorted to publish print on demand at some point of their career:

• Rudyard Kipling
• James Redfield
• Stephen King
• Margaret Atwood
• Walt Whitman
• Ernest Hemmingway
• Mark Twain
• Carl Sandburg

13. Do you publish books in any language?

Yes. Presently we are offering typing/composing support for only English, Hindi and Bengali languages. For any other language, you can get them composed in the language you have written the book and then convert to PDF embedding the fonts. You can do PDF conversion here.

14. Is Power Publishers a vanity press?

Nope, it isn't. If you were to draw comparison between Vanity Press and power publishers, then you can realize the differences. Have a glance below:

Vanity Press: They are just printing presses, like your local printing press. They will not help you with the selling and marketing of the books. They will make you order and deliver you all the books printed, which is a truckload and will occupy your living space, and add to your frustration. You have to suffice with the one-time service provided by Vanity publishers; they do not offer after sales service.

Power Publishers: On the other hand, Power Publishers charges you reasonably providing you a complete package of editing, designing, illustrations, printing, marketing, distribution/selling and even sending your books to literary award committees. Power Publishers also offers flexibility to choose the scheme that fits your pocket.

It caters to selling of the books and provides support during pre and post publishing processes. Power Publishers also helps you get noticed by readers by offering search engine optimization service (offered with certain packages). You can count on Power Publishers for payment of quarterly royalty, support forever, registration of copyright, marketing support, editorial support, selling of books, website creation support and distribution support. Power Publishers also comes from Writer4me Digital Media Group; one of the most trusted service providers, operating several important websites (see about us).

Power Publishers are the best when you need self publish print on demand. Count on them to get your book customized yet well marketed in safe hands with your direction and vision.

15. Do you publish all types of books? Are there any books you do not publish?

We publish almost all type of books except the following. As a policy we do not publish the following types of books:

• Pornographic or obscene books. Power Publishers marketplace is viewed by visitors of all ages, a majority of who are children. We have an active policy to promote talented young writers. As such we will not be too keen to publish anything that is obscene for our very young visitors.
• Books that propagate the ideology of terrorist groups or their affiliates.
• Books that promote superstition and superstitious thinking, like astrology books, books on palmistry, feng shui, black magic, horoscopes, numerology, Vastu Shastra, etc.

16. What if there are errors in the published book?

In 99.99% cases our books are completely error free. Power Publishers takes every care to release the books free from any errors. In the schemes where we do not provide proofreading support, we are not responsible for errors. Under any scheme, if any errors are overlooked and approved by the author for print, Power Publishers will not be responsible or liable to make any changes or corrections, until the next edition is published.

17. What can be expected from 'proofreading'?

Our human editors will do a manual spell check of your manuscript if you have ordered schemes 2 and 3. Editing & Re-writing of your manuscript, in part or full, for language corrections/improvement, will attract extra charges. If you need to hire our paid editing service, please contact us for a quote after you send us your manuscript.

18. How many copies do you print?

That does not really matter. We print a few hundred copies in the first edition but it is our duty to keep the book available to readers as long as you wish to stay with us. If your books are all sold off, we will reprint it at our own cost to make it available in the market, and you will never be asked to pay for that again.

19. What will be the retail/printed price of my book? Who will decide that?

The printed price of your book will depend on the length of your book. Once we see the manuscript or if you let us know the number of words, we can calculate and confirm you the retail/printed price of your book within a few hours. You can also find that out yourself using this link http://power-publishers-pubwiz.com/ProjectRegistration.aspx

20. Do I earn royalty on extra books I order?

No. Your royalty is given to you as 'author's discount' for extra copies you order.

21. How do I pay?

Please click here to visit the payment page, that offers multiple options for payment.