Publishing Assistance
Wool Street Publishing assists individuals and organizations with the preparation, production, and distribution of self-published books.
We are an especially attracitve self-publishing option if you plan to distribute the majority of your books personally and on-line. We will arrange for you to purchase books directly from the printer with no markup, which means that you will get the lowest per-copy price.
Self-Publishing Package
A fee of $850 covers the following coordination services:
- Coordination of custom cover design
We will arrange for the design of your book's cover, with your input and approval, of course. The designer will invoice you directly, without any markup for our services. Custom cover designs typically cost $1,000 to $2,000.
- Coordination of interior layout (typesetting)
We will coordinate the interior layout for you and arrange for you to pay the typesetter directly, without any markup for our services. The cost of interior layout generally ranges from $1,000 to $2,000.
- Coordination of printing
We will secure quotes from reliable, professional printers and help you chose the one that's best for you. The printer will bill you directly, without any markup added for our coordination services. Because you'll have a direct relationship with your printer, you'll be able to order additional copies of your book at any time at the printer's price.
Printing costs vary according to the size of the book and the length of the print run. The per-copy price decreases as the print quantity increases.
Printing 500 copies of a soft-cover book of 150 pages costs approximately $1,000 ($2.00 per book). Printing 300 copies costs about $800 ($2.50 per book). Naturally, hard cover books cost more.
Very small quantities can be printed rather economically using print-on-demand (POD) services.
- ISBN & bar code
We will provide these for you.
- Copyright registration
Your book is automatically copyright-protected as soon as you write it, but copyright registration provides an additional level of protection. As part of our self-publishing package, we will register your book with the U.S. Copyright Office.
- Books in Print listing
Bowker's Advance Book Information (ABI) service ensures that your book will be listed with Books in Print and several other directories. This is advisable for authors seeking wide distribution. If you desire, we will provide this service for you.
- Library of Congress filing
If you plan to sell your book to libraries, you will need a Preassigned Control Number (PCN) from the Library of Congress. If you need a PCN, we will handle this for you.
- Amazon.com listing
If you desire, I will submit your book to the Amazon Advantage program. This service includes writing the promotional copy and fulfilling the first order for Amazon's inventory.
We will be glad to fulfill future orders from Amazon.com, or from your other customers, for our normal rate of $9.00 for the first book and $1.50 for each additional book in the same shipment. Of course, this charge will be partially offset by the shipping charges you bill to your customers.
- Marketing assistance
To help you gain maximum return from your self-publishing investment, we will provide marketing advice as seems helpful and appropriate. If you desire, we will also recommend marketing consultants and other resources to help you increase the success of your marketing efforts.
Professional Proofreading
As your ghostwriter, I'll do my best to make sure your book is free from grammatical errors. However, it is advisable to have an experienced proofreader look over your final manuscript with a fresh pair of eyes before your book goes to press. The cost of this service will vary depending on the size of your book, but it's typically in the $200 to $400 range.
Distribution Services
Wool Street Publishing can arrange for distribution of your book to bookstores and other outlets, if desired. Inquire about details.
Contact Us for More Information
Michael J. Dowling, President Phone: 912.230.5051. Fax: 912.634.5777
E-mail: MJD@WoolStreetPublishing.com.
PUBLICATIONS
Bottom Line Focus provides 18 proven, practical steps you can use to:
- Dramatically boost your company's revenues
- Improve your organization's focus, momentum, and teamwork
- Cut your costs and increase your profit margins
- Make better decisions faster
- Reduce your personal stress
Martin Harshberger is president of Measurable Results LLC, a coaching and consulting firm that specializes in taking businesses from "surviving to thriving." He has dramatically improved the profitability of scores of businesses, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
In Bottom Line Focus, Mr. Harshberger gets right to the bottom line. Follow his no-nonsense advice, and you'll like what happens to your company's bottom line.
Price: $19.95
Professional women face unique challenges.
In Blazing Your Own Trail, business coach and consultant Joan Walsh offers concrete, encouraging guidance about how to overcome these challenges and achieve extraordinary success. She augments her personal knowledge with insights gleaned from in-depth interviews with three highly successful, trail-blazing female executives, and from the real-life experiences of clients.
This book is for you if you're...
- A woman who aspires to a more successful career and a more fulfilling life.
- A man who wants to know how to better encourage and support professional women as boss, mentor, colleague, coach, husband, or friend.
Price: $20 plus $5 per order s/h
To order, visit www.blazingyourowntrail.com
Hospitals, like other businesses, can get sick. In 2001, the Southeast Georgia Health System was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. It was losing more than $13 million per year.
Just twelve months later, the hospital emerged from intensive care earning annual profits of over $11 million!
What was behind this amazing $24 million turnaround? Read the thrilling and informative account about how strong leadership and sound management enabled one organization to recover from the critical list to become the best large hospital in the state of Georgia!
Price: $20 plus $5 per order s/h.
To order, visit www.healingahospital.com.
In this insightful, practical book, Joan Walsh presents solid, proven strategies for bringing focus, balance, and accomplishment to your life. She has helped hundreds of professionals – from entrepreneurs to managers to executives of large corporations – accelerate their success and experience deeper fulfillment than they ever before imagined. She can do the same for you!
Joan is co-founder of FSMI, a firm specializing in helping individuals and organizations create plans, set goals, and implement actions to achieve extraordinary success. Through coaching and consulting, she has guided and supported hundred of clients from a wide variety of industries in discovering their passion and pursuing it, so their lives overflow with increased energy, enthusiasm, accomplishment, and satisfaction.
Price: $20 plus $5 per order s/h
To order, visit www.readysetplango.com
Never before in history has the business environment been so demanding…and so dangerous! Hyper-paced change and flattening organizational structures hurl career-threatening challenges at today’s executives. Only those who are alert to the dangers and committed to personal and professional growth will survive and excel; the rest will fail.
You need this book if you’re a busy executive – at any level, in any type of organization – who wants an insightful, quick-read diagnostic tool that will guard you against failure and guide you toward accomplishment.
Price: $15 plus $5 per order s/h.
To order, visit www.tenpointfive.com.
FLIP ALONG FUN is an interactive, colorfully illustrated children's storybook that stimulates the imagination, educates the mind, and provides hours of fun. This whimsical mix and match board book for children ages 2 to 6 has received enthusiastic praise from parents, grandparents, educators, psychologists, and pediatricians.
Written by Michael J. Dowling, Illustrated by Sarah Buell Dowling
Price: $17.95
To order, visit www.flipalongfun.com
A good-natured, tongue-in-cheek spoof of the self-help craze!
Written by Michael Dowling, with forty humorous illustrations by Sarah Buell Dowling.
“…the feel-good book of the year! We highly recommend “Boosting Your Pet’s Self-Esteem.”
Andrea Vincent, talk show host,
WJKN Radio, Jackson, MI.
“I’ve had hundreds of guests on the show, and yours was one of the very best humorous approaches I’ve ever heard.”
John Reed, host, Hollywood Pets
Talk Radio Network
(syndicated on 60 stations)
“Michael Dowling is a gifted cultural critic. He has that rare combination of insight, foresight, hindsight, and nearsight.”
Anonymous Optometrist
96 pages, 40 amusing illustrations
$9.95 each, plus $5 per order S/H.
To order, call 912-634-5777
ABOUT MIKE
Michael J. Dowling, president of Wool Street Publishing, earned an MBA from Columbia Graduate School of Business in New York City, where he was a Harriman Scholar. He's the author of three books, including Flip Along Fun, an interactive, educational children's book that has sold over 20,000 copies (http://www.FlipAlongFun.com), and Boosting Your Pet's Self-Esteem, a humorous parody of the self-esteem craze.
Mike also provides professional writing, editing, and ghostwriting services for organizations and individuals. To learn how Mike can help you, visit http://www.MichaelJDowling.com.