Important Benefits of Book Printing Services
In today’s advanced technology, printing of books may vary depending on the ordered quantity, format and authors designed requirements. Most modern book publishing company offers more convenience in a wider array of options than before. Innovation of printing becomes digitally advance such as e-book publishing and print-on-demand (POD) services are now in service to allow the author to choose if traditional publishing will not fit the requirements they need. Furthermore, it also offers to design their own book and pursue their own publication, using a web-based publishing platform that accord to their individual needs, goals, circumstances and skills. Using this print-on-demand method of printing, the ordered books were printed using digital technology in few quantities, while the traditional offset printing methods will print in a large volume of quantities.
As of today, although POD or print-on-demand is the most requested or favored procedure in book printing, still traditional or offset printing are also in-demand today. Here we discuss the advantageous benefits of both printing procedure and their services.
Below are some of the advantages of traditional book printing services will include:
Wages and Compensation:
Most of the traditional book printing services will typically pay their writers in advance, depending on the royalties they expect to earn, the balance will be followed based also on the royalties based on sales. The royalties is range on different amount and set normally by the publisher. Almost all writers prefer to receive a lump sum at once and this will consider as an advantage of traditional publishing companies.
Editing Responsibilities and Services:
The author of the book is relieved from other expenses and responsibilities of editing obligation of the process. The traditional method is the publisher will accept the book manuscript for publication services and the in-house editor will complete the work particularly a thorough edit. In this situation, most publishing companies will require their editor will bear a bachelor’s degree, preferably english or journalism to ensure a competent editing.
Cost of Printing and Publishing:
Another benefit of a traditional book printing services is the publishers will cover all expenses in printing and publishing cost and assume all responsibilities including risks. This is another advantage to the author since the actual cost of the printing is highly expensive.
Marketing:
The publisher of the traditional publishing companies generally administer their own book marketing, though there much expectation that the author will cooperate in promoting, publicizing and marketing their titles.
Most of the people had observed that traditional marketing is more legitimate than self publishing, moreover, books released by big publishing company is more credible than self-publish or less known author.
Another important advantages were noted below of self-publishing book printing services that includes:
Fast Publication:
Self-publication books are faster than traditional printing publication, it reaches to market in just a few months, unlike traditional printing services that took as long as two years, while the e-book is more faster of all due to the internet interference that significantly speed-up the process.
Publishing Control:
The e-book company or the self-publishing company has full control to complete the planning, editing, publishing and marketing process. Print-on-demand however typically offers less control.
Rights Retentions:
All rights of the self-published books belong to the author alone and he can decide whatever he wants, while in POD publishers, author,s rights is moderately limited.
No Essential Excess Inventory:
With the popularity of the print-on-demand (POD) custom printing, the option of printing independently allows the author to print books as needed. Ordered individually print books prevents authors to store large number of books.