Welcome to our publish-self department/Welkom by ons selfpublikasie afdeling
You have just written a book and are now searching for a publisher for your book. You are probably dreaming of having your manuscript accepted by one of the Big 5 publishers in South Africa. Creating a book is an extensive process and you don’t want to put years or months into a book only to find that non of the established publishing houses is willing to publish your book. What a disappointment! This is when you should seriously consider going the self-publish route. De Novo Publishers can help you achieve your dream.
Access to books is a basic human right
Selpublikasie word al meer gewild omdat dit die skrywer in volle beheer plaas van die produksieproses. De Novo Uitgewers se span begelei ons kliënte deur die hele proses en help hulle om hul lewensdroom te verwesenlik.
Lees verder om uit te vind hoe jy tewerk moet gaan om jou boek self te publiseer en hoe De Novo Uitgewers jou stap vir stap sal begelei totdat jou boek (of e-boek) voltooi en gereed is vir bemarking.
Ons dienste
De Novo Publishing verskaf die volgende dienste aan skrywers:
Redaksionele versorging en proeflees
- Regstel van tik- en spelfoute
- Stelwyse wat verbeter kan word
- Woorde of frases wat binne die konteks van die teks nie gepas is nie
Boekontwerp
- Formatering ter wille van die visuele aantreklikheid van die teks
- Konsekwente toepassing van lettertipes, skrifgrootte, lyn spasiëring en geblokte teks
- Invoeg van bladsynommers
- Invoeg van kop titels (headers)
- Opstel van ‘n outomatiese inhoudsopgawe
- Skep van drukgereed pdf of e-boek
- ISBN en skep strepieskode
Omslagontwerp
- Skep van gepaste grafika wat aansluit by die tema van die boek (Kan weggelaat word as jy self ’n ontwerp het of die grafika vir die ontwerp voorsien)
- Skep hoë resolusie pdf voorblad vir e-boek
- Skep drukgereed hoë resolusie grafika vir omslag vir gedrukte kopieë
Druk van boeke
- Vir skrywers wat verkies om hul boeke ook in gedrukte formaat uit te gee, verskaf ons ’n afsonderlike kwotasie vir die drukkoste
- Koerierkoste om gedrukte voorraad by skrywer te kry
Bekendstelling en bemarkingondersteuning
- Plaas van boek in ons aanlyn boekwinkel met bestelvorm vir kopers
- Bekendstelling van boek by wyse van ons maandelikse nuusbrief
- Plaas van inligting oor boek op De Novo se Facebook en share na ander FB.
- Skep van digitale advertensies
As jy verkies kan ons selfs jou eie blog vir jou skep waar jy jou boek kan bekendstel en verkoop.
How does self-publication with the help of De Novo Publishers work
To publish your book with the help of De Novo Publishers is very easy. Email us your manuscript in MS Word format, we’ll scrutinize the manuscript and provide you with a quote. If you accept the quote, we’ll put the wheels in motion and you will have your book in no time (as compared to 5 months to a year or more with big publishing houses.) This is not where the process ends. The next important step is the marketing, distribution and selling of your book.
Marketing
The responsibility to market your book will rest with you. You will need to invest some time building a mailing list, using social media and getting your own website or blog in order to achieve the widest reach for your book.
In terms of traditional marketing and publicity, De Novo Publishers will act as your marketing consultant. Here are some pointers to consider. :
- Arrange with the owner of your favourite coffee shop and arrange a book launch to which you invite all your family, friends and colleague from work, your book club or whatever. If possible get someone to speak about your book and have enough copies at hand to sell at the launch.
- Use you Face Book page and Twitter account to advertise your book. Ask your friends to like your page and to share it on their pages.
- Start your own blog where you can write articles about your book.
- Book a stall at a art market/festival where you can display and sell your book.
- If you are comfortable speaking at meetings, try to arrange to be a speaker at a club or organisation that meet regularly like Rotary or the WAU branch. Take enough copies along to sell af ter the meeting.
This may seem like hard work which in fact it is but if you believe your book is good enough then no trouble putting it in the hands of readers will be too much.
E-books
More and more self publish authors are switching to e-books. If you want to publish your book as an e-book, De Novo Publishers can do that for you in two ticks. We transform your manuscript into a digital e-book at minimal costs. Our e-books are in flip page format which can by read online on your computer, tablet or cellphone. An e-pdf version (“clickable pdf”) can be downloaded from the flip book version an saved on your computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone te read off-line.
