Mercury web publishing puts you in charge!
The odds are stacked against an author making a decent living from their work. As you will know well, even once your book is accepted by a publisher, it can take up to two years to get to market. Once there, you may make only $1 on every $20 book! Web publishing through Mercury, by contrast, could see your book up on Amazon in less than 10 weeks and a 55% return on list price (for sales over 200 copies) - yes that's $11 for every $20 book!
Get used to acceptance, not rejection!
Having spent perhaps a year writing their book, many authors submit their manuscript to over 50 publishers and are most likely to get 50 rejection letters back! This is true even for many established authors with books already in print. Usually the letters are polite; your book is simply not what they are looking for! Mercury serves you - not an editorial prejudice. If you can demonstrate a proven track record and have a complete manuscript, we will do business with you!
Get to market 12 times faster
Assuming your manuscript is accepted by a publishing house, it can take up to two years to get your book to market! The publisher manages a huge and inefficient supply chain of printers, shippers, wholesalers, distributors, marketers and booksellers! Mercury, by contrast, can get your book up on Amazon and other sites in less than 10 weeks (complete with cover images and metadata).
Make 11 times the income
If the list price of your book is £20, the new author share (a 10% royalty on a discounted “net” price) would be: £20 x 50% discount x 10% = £1 per book! So if you sold 2,000 copies (a very good sales figure) you would receive £2,000 for all your hard work! You’ll also have to wait! Typically, you get your cut up to 120 days after the actual book sale! Many publishers will also withhold up to 20% of your cash as insurance against unsold books. If the retailer returns say half of their copies, you will then have to refund 100% of their value (deducted from your account)! Mercury, by contrast, will remunerate you after 90 days with nothing witheld! Settlement is instantaneous, by PayPal, from where you can move the money quickly to your own bank account.
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