Abuzz Press

How Does It Work?

We take the initial financial risk and you agree to take the reins on book promotion.

In other words, Abuzz Press pays the design and publication fees, which include: interior formatting assistance, professional cover design (no boring templates), ISBN and barcode, printer setup, and print proof (the first printed/bound copy of your book, which will ship directly to you for approval). Also includes ebook formatting/conversion. (See distribution information below.) Once the book is on the market, we will provide you with our free marketing guide and then you start promoting the book. Since Abuzz Press is taking the financial risk, you agree to give Abuzz exclusive publishing rights for a period of three (3) years.

If you prefer to pay the fees up front, and not assign exclusive rights, please contact our publishing services division, BookLocker.com. 

 Abuzz Press agrees to:

• Assist with professional formatting and conversion of your manuscript for print and ebook publication.
• Offer original cover design. You will work directly with our designer to ensure your cover is what you want. (Yes, you can forgo our designer and submit your own cover if you want.)
• Assign an ISBN and obtain a barcode.
• Publish the print edition in paperback.
• Format, convert and publish the ebook edition. Abuzz Press formats and converts all ebooks by hand. We don’t use cheap conversion programs because they always produce errors.
• Distribute your book –

Print Edition – We will list the book with Ingram, the world’s largest book distributor. Our print books are listed on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, BooksAMillion.com, Chapters.ca and many other online bookstores, both domestic and foreign. Any bookstore with an Ingram account can pick up Ingram’s feed so you’ll find your book listed in stores you’ve never heard of. Most bookstores use Ingram’s database to find and order books so readers can ask their neighborhood bookstore to order your book as well.

Ebook Edition – Our ebooks are listed on Amazon.com (for the Kindle), BarnesandNoble.com (for the Nook), Apple (for iPads, iPods and iPhones), Kobo (Canada’s popular ebook retailer), and Overdrive, which sells ebooks to more than 40,000 libraries and schools worldwide.

• Fulfillment – We will perform customer service, offer technical support, process credit card and mail orders, manage sales taxes, etc. You can buy copies of your own print book at a discount to sell but we don’t require authors do so.
• List your print and ebook editions for sale on our online bookstore located at BookLocker.com.
• Provide a password protected online author account where you can check your sales, and communicate with the company’s owners directly.
• Mail monthly royalty checks once your unpaid royalties reach $40 or more.

In exchange, you agree to:

• Submit a quality manuscript. (Abuzz Press does not provide in-house editing services but we can refer you to professional editors we know if you need one.)
• Provide a manuscript that does not violate any United States laws. You are legally and financially responsible for the content of your book.
• Give Abuzz Press exclusive publishing rights for three (3) years. If you want to continue on with us at that point with no interruption in service, listings and printing, you will be converted to a BookLocker.com contract, which pays higher royalties. BookLocker.com contracts are non-exclusive, and can be terminated by you at any time.
• Actively promote your book – We’ll give you a free copy of 90+ Days of Promoting Your Book Online.
• Accept royalties of 40% of what we are paid for print book sales (our net profit) and 30% of what we are paid for ebook sales.
• Not publish a competing book elsewhere during the term of your Abuzz Press contract. Non-competing books are fine.
• Understand that you will have a chance to make any corrections or changes for free before any files are finalized or converted. However, you will be charged if you want to make additional alterations after you send your initial corrected file back to us because that will require us to go backwards in the process. This is a flat fee of $98 if the files haven’t been uploaded to the printer yet and $199 if they have. Ebook changes vary based on the complexity of the formatting but, in most cases, they are a flat fee of $99.

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