Motion Publishing - An Overview
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Motion Publishing is a different kind of publisher founded in 2010 by Phil Simon. It contracts experienced publishing professionals to handle editing, design, proofreading, and distribution for authors. Authors work directly with publishing professionals and pay for individual services, keeping intellectual property rights and the majority of profits. Motion Publishing offers an alternative to traditional publishers that reject most manuscripts and subsidy presses that often produce low-quality books.
Motion Publishing - An Overview
- 1. Motion Publishing A different kind of publisher
- 2. • Founder: Phil Simon, author of five non-fiction books, public speaker, and recognized technology expert • Simon contracts with a team of experienced publishing professionals for editing, interior and cover design, indexing, and proofreading
- 3. • Founded in 2010 by Phil Simon • First publication: The New Small, 2010 • Motion has published five full-length books, two of which have won awards
- 4. • Traditional publishing is broken and dying • Subsidy presses are inexpensive but usually produce low-quality books • • Fast, cheap, and good; pick any two of the three Self-published books still carry a stigma
- 6. • First-time authors • • • Traditional publishers typically reject more than 90 percent of manuscripts. They have not shown a proven ability to sell books Established authors and speakers • Readers don’t care about publishers; a book is not a car
- 7. • Through its partners, Motion can handle all forms of printing and distribution • • Kindle, Nook, iBooks, etc. Authors pay to play and then keep both the intellectual property and the lion’s share of the profits • Those with the desire to seek deals with proper publishers can then do so
- 8. • Authors work with a team of experienced professionals • Authors select services à la carte