Traditional Book Publishing

If you’d like to submit your work for Traditional Publishing consideration, email us first with a brief description of your book. Include the title, author, genre, word count and a description of the work in 500 words or less. Send email submissions to the address at the bottom of this or any page with “Submission” in the subject line. You may also mail your submission via USPS in the manner described above to the address listed on the About Lauric page. Do not mail complete manuscripts unless we request them. We do not read unsolicited manuscripts. We do not return any manuscript submitted by mail unless you include an appropriate self-addressed package and postage.  If we are interested, we’ll contact you within 6 weeks. Please include your query and your submission in the body of the email. We do not open email attachments from unknown sources.

Should we decide to publish your manuscript, we will ask you to sign a contract allowing us to do so. The contract will outline the rights we plan to acquire. That might include only the printed version, printed and electronic version and/or local or international rights to print and pay your royalties, or  other options.

In the traditional publishing model Lauric pays royalties based on book sales. We pay annually in January based on the previous 12 months of sales for which proceeds have been received at that time. The percentage we pay varies based on the book genre and method of publication. All terms will be outlined in your contract.

Manuscripts we publish include: men’s action adventure, women’s action adventure, fiction with strong male or female characters, non-fiction relating to geopolitical issues, finance, relationships. We are interested in strong, intelligent, thought-provoking books. We are interested in publishing books relevant now that will also be relevant 10 years from now.

The Vast Opportunities for Print on Demand

Print on Demand is flourishing and there are many solid reasons to select this publishing model. Once the only financially feasible option was to  printed thousands of copies and hope the book sold. Marketing, storage, returns all were risks the publisher assumed. 

Print on Demand has changed that. Now you can print one book at a fairly competitive. The savings gained from not having to store the book, or from being able to print it–say in Australia or the UK to fill local orders there– vs. in the US and having to ship it internationally, makes Print on Demand a very cost effective and very “green” way to print and distribute books. With the rapid rise in popularity of Amazon, E-Bay and second-hand bookstores moving their inventories online, the book industry has become a whole different animal than it was only a few years ago. Never before have potential customers had so many ways to acquire and read a book, or so much control over where they buy. Never before have prices and sources been more competitive. Once books were a luxury that you invested in and kept. You wanted them quality bound so they would last several lifetimes. Now books are almost disposable. Many publishers have resorted to printing on poor quality paper to reduce the number of resales the book can withstand in an effort to sell more books and keep printing a reasonable alternative to electronic publication. You buy, you read, you resell. And often you can buy second-hand books for pennies in seconds online.  The entire world of publishing is evolving even as I write this.

Very respectable authors see the value in Print on Demand. With a little help you can have your book on the shelf at Barnes and Noble, on Amazon in hardcover, paperback or e-book right beside traditionally published books, while avoiding the the problems of large print runs that don’t sell through. You get similar exposure at a fraction of the investment, and you retain more of your earnings once the book is published.

E-Book Publishing

E-book sales continue to grow at lightning speed. There are several companies that publish and distribute e-books. All have different file formatting requirements, and software and setup recommendations to make the books display in the best possible way on computers as well as on a host of portable devices.  Software to convert traditional books so they will seamlessly download to all these devices should be simple to operate in theory, but in reality it can be fairly complicated. Most authors are interested in writing, not in learning the software required to completely reformat their book so it will display well on an e-reader. The reformatting required can be extensive, time consuming and frustrating if you are unfamiliar with the process. Because we work with these companies on a regular basis, we know the software and the requirements and can take the sweat out of converting your book so it will satisfy the requirements for e-readers of all types. So if electronic publishing is what you’re after, contact Lauric for details.

For more information about what publishing option might be right for you, email questions to:Jane@LauricEnterprises.com