Your book needs care and quality to make it stand out. Our professional staff provides the services you need, from editorial to artistic, to the formatting, Each book receives the care it needs.
First, we must insert the shameless plug here, you know… the one that says Angry Eagle Publishing is the best provider for the services you need to take that precious manuscript to the presses.
Why would you want our help? With a wide range of service providers on staff, options, and formats, we have the tools and expertise you need to publish your book your way. At Angry Eagle, we put each manuscript through a series of transformations to guarantee that it is both accurate and attractive to read, worthy of a prime spot on any bookshelf.
Many utilize the option to self-publish their work, but there is a perception that turning your Word document into a printed book is a simple process. It can be, but for it to look professional takes so much more. For those who want to do it themselves but lack the formatting, cover, & editorial skills to polish it. We do offer editorial, creative, and formatting services for the do-it-yourselfers. This is not a vanity publishing service but a place to find quality service providers you may hire.
The publishing process is one you will consider long and hard. The decision to use traditional publishing (including the small press model), self-publishing, or a hybrid approach will depend on many factors. The timeliness in which you hope to hold that coveted literary masterpiece in your hands, the royalties you will receive, what you want to see for a cover, or even the amount of hands-on work you wish to do, can all be factors that will offer you the most confusing experience of your life.
You could send your manuscript to a traditional publishing company, but self-publishing allows you to make all the choices right? Things like the cover art, interior design, even story content–based on your vision, and your goals. These are what is important, so make your choices wisely.
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How do you do it? Why… One Step at a Time of course. First, fill out the form on the Submissions page. Next, you will be put in contact with one of our publishing consultants; they can explain the process, and describe our procedure They’ll help find the options that are best for you and your book. We don’t need to publish every book, we want you, the author, to choose the path that is right for you.
We need to see what you are working on, so by sending us a sample of your work, we will better know you and how to help you reach your goals. A lot of things come into play during this time so don’t fret if you don’t hear back in ten minutes or less. Here we will assess the work with several different criteria, none of which will impede the publication of your book. It is meant to assess things like style, marketability, amount of editing that will be required. These are all factors that go into these first steps.
Here is where we help you decide what is best for you. Not all books are chosen for publication through Angry Eagle, but don’t let that stop you. Perhaps your ideas are different, we have service options to help you self-publish as well. We can share our staff who… shhhh don’t tell them we know. Excellent cover designers, editors, and formatters that you can hire separately to do what you need them to do.
Here is where the magic happens, you submit the full manuscript and it is sent to our content editors and readers. Here they will read it as a whole and offer feedback and tell the legal staff its needs so that your contract can be drawn up and an offer made.
Once the book is accepted, the first of the edit recommendations will follow. It will be returned to you with markups and recommendations for edit. Following these edits, the markup and formatting process can begin.
This stage varies in processing from simple changes such as removing additional spaces. If there are any images or photographs in the text, relevant adjustments are made to ensure these are of sufficient quality to be printed. It is formatted for print and e-book publication and sent to the proofreader. This is your final editor who will check it for grammatical issues, typos, and other finishing
Your work is done, right? Wrong… This is where your marketing plan is so crucial. We’ve helped you go from idea to realized goal but now you must sell it. While we will showcase and advertise you, it is up to you to go to events, share this monumental achievement, and get your authorial platform up to snuff.
As part of our Author services, we can also help you to build this platform, where you can showcase your pizzaz. We do market your book to our network but ultimately it is you who needs to market yourself. We help you by outlining places to be, author pages to claim, ideas for visibility and we will help you set up an ARC team. All to help you share the work you’ve created. Wait, you don’t know what an ARC team is? Well then let’s get to that, this is a team of Advance Readers who get a copy (for free of course) that will read your work and have reviews prepared before the book is released.
***We have our own team of ARC readers who read many things but those who like your books and your genre will be the best to enlist for this task.
The path to publication is not difficult and we strive to give you a swift and pleasant experience. Sometimes things arise, edits take longer, backlog, creative issues, scheduling and many other things will impact the timeline so we cannot say how long except it might be six weeks to eighteen months. Many projects go quickly, but some take time. The timing fits with your project and your project alone.