Mandorla's Author-Centric Publishing Model

Instead of a publisher-centric model where the publisher keeps 90-95% of the profits on sales of the books and pays out 5-10% in royalties to the author, Mandorla Books uses an inverted, innovative, author-centric business model, where authors pay a one-time fee for book layout, cover design, ISBN registration, Amazon and other online retail store placement, e-reader conversion, and promotion on Mandorla’s website. After publication, authors retain 100% of all sales royalties.

What this means for authors.

Let's say you set your book’s cover cost at $19.95. Your publisher may sell the book to Amazon at a discount of 55%, roughly $9.00. Your royalties, at the typically highest rate of 10%, would be 90 cents per book.

Publishing with Mandorla Books, where you keep all the royalties, means YOU would earn roughly $9.00 per book. This means you earn 10 times as much PER BOOK with Mandorla. If you sell two hundred books with a traditional publisher, you would earn $180 total. With Mandorla, you would earn $1,800.

An author publishing authors. It more than makes cents.

Other benefits of publishing with Mandorla for the author include...

• Complete approval of all elements of the book design, including title, trim size, cover, interior layout, etc.
• Quick turnaround from manuscript to book
• Print and e-book options
• Complete transparency about production costs and earnings ratios for your chosen sales price
• Monthly royalty returns direct to your banking account
• You own 100% of the rights to your own book, including the right to pull the title if a mainstream publisher takes interest
• Print on demand means your book will never go out of print
  
• Personalized attention from a publisher who cares
  

Please note: Mandorla is a curated press. Unlike other small subsidy publishing companies who will publish any title in exchange for a fee, Mandorla rejects manuscripts that are not mission-centered or ready for publication. Editing services and/or referrals may be provided. Consultation is free. Please submit your query below to begin the conversation..