The primary avenues for placing a book into print have been traditionally limited to mainstream publishing houses or self-publishing by authors. Today, however, there are major advances in modern print technologies and large increases in the varieties and types of publishers. Writers now have several different ways to place their manuscript into print as, for example:
- trade publishers
- professional and scholarly publishers
- educational and university presses
- cooperative and independent publishers
- e-books and audio-books
- subsidy and vanity presses
- local and regional presses
- self-publishing
- fulfillment house
- local print shops
Defining Southern Lion Books
Southern Lion Books, Inc. is an independent cooperative publisher who strongly believes in providing exceptional customer service to a select clientele.
What is cooperative publishing?
This revolutionary concept represents the future of the industry and places publisher and author within a cooperative, team effort. The author provides financial investment and is involved in the creative and marketing aspects of the project. The publisher coordinates the project and employs professional graphic designers, typesetters, and printers. The publisher supervises the project from start to finish and works for the best interest of the author. Authors are informed—and involved—in every step of the process. The ultimate goal for the entire team is to produce a volume of the highest quality and in a timely manner. And through this cooperative process, the writer is learning how to become an established author. These major differences set cooperative publishers apart from self-publishing and other mainstream presses.
What does the author receive for their investment?
Southern Lion Books has established relationships with outstanding graphic designers, typesetters, and printers from around the country. This special association provides competitive pricing to our customers along with the best in design, production and printing services. The graphic artists who create our book covers also do designs for
many of the larger university and trade presses. In addition, we use national printing companies that manufacture books for many of the larger publishing houses.
Registrations of ISBN numbers, barcodes, and Books In Print are provided. We offer marketing assistance by creating a personalized web page and by registering your title with amazon.com. A trade distribution program is available for qualified authors though PMA, the largest independent book publishers’ association in America, to market your title with national distributors such as Baker & Taylor, Border’s, and Barnes & Noble.
While Southern Lion Books is a regional press, we are interested in a broad array of diverse manuscripts that attract an audience with wide interests. We also promote the titles of other quality publishing houses and firmly believe that the reprinting of quality antiquarian literature is important for historical preservation.
Does Southern Lion Books accept all manuscripts submitted?
Absolutely not! Our company holds the right to refuse to publish any manuscript that we deem to be unworthy of our imprint and this includes any manuscript that does not hold, in our estimation, cultural, historical, educational or spiritual merit.
Writers must be the sole owner of the copyright and the contents of their work and guarantee that their book is not an act of plagiarism or in violation of anyone’s privacy; and, is not injurious, obscene, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise a violation or infringement of any U. S., state, or local laws, statutes, or codes.
In addition, our company has declined the publication of some good and worthy manuscripts because the authors were primarily interested in finding a distributor; they were not interested in working to sell their books. Our primary business is the creation and production of quality publications for distribution by independent authors and educational, historical, and benevolent organizations.
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