Enspiren Press and Grace Publishing are not predominantly ebook publishers, in fact, we only stepped into the Ebook ring 2 months ago.

However, I know many authors who make more than $10 000 a year - and are 100% ebook authors. This doesn't mean that you can't get their book in print, it just means that they do not waste time trying to get their books into bookstores.

I am writing this post in response to trick fall's post about 5 big publishers who can offer an alternative to NY. The only thing I found 'twisted' in that article is that it makes it look like the publisher is the driving force behind book sales - - this has not been true for about 10 years. Authors sell books.

Grisham bought all copies of The Pelican Brief from the discount warehouse and sold them out of the trunk of his car. Anne Rice also spends most of her time promoting her books - most big authors do.

However, if you have a book and you want a publisher with major distribution and a proven track record, hen this list will help you. I have made 'bold' font any publisher that I can vouch for.

Publishers and retailers that contributed to the survey are: Abingdon Press/Cokesbury, Amazon.com, Inc., AOL Time Warner Book Group, Barnes & Noble.com, Bookselecta.com Ltd, Dell Magazines, Double Dragon Publishing, eBooks Corporation Ltd, Electric eBook Publishing, Ellora's Cave Publishing, Inc., E-Reads, Fictionwise (EnspirenPress is sold through this site and they do very well), Inc., Franklin Electronic Publishers, Hard Shell Word Factory, HarperCollins Publishers, Houghton Mifflin Company, Humana Press Inc, Laridian, Inc., Mind Like Water, Inc., Mobipocket, Mushroom Publishing, NUMILOG, OverDrive, Inc., Palm Digital Media, powells.com, RAND, Random House, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Spes Editorial, St. Martin's Press, The McGraw-Hill Companies, University of California Press, Walker & Company and Zondervan.

Remember that this is only ebooks - for example -

Company North American Sales (Books, Media plus cofee, etc:-)
Barnes&Noble / B. Dalton1 $4.61 billion
Borders / Waldenbooks $3.41 billion
Amazon Media (excludes electronics, services - books, includes books, music, DVDs) $3.58 billion (2006 was the first year Amazon outsold Borders in North America)
BN.com $433 million (Site also used to promoted stores)
Total Book Sales: $12.03 billion

So, if you go with a smaller publisher you want to ask them who they collaborate with. IE: Enspiren press collaborates with Amazon.com, Barns & Noble.com, Ebookmall, Moipocket, Borders, Target, and we are distributed through Ingrams and Gardners.

You also need to write a good synopsis to sell the novel

You also need to learn how to write a good synopsis to sell the novel

Don't measure a small publisher by the number of authors and books - or their contract.... ask about their distribution.

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