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Why self publish with YPS?
YPS is a well-established, reputable company. Our staff have been providing a comprehensive range of services to leading publishers for more than thirty years. We now share our knowledge and experience with people who wish to publish their own books. We provide practical advice that will avoid the expensive pitfalls and mistakes which anyone new to publishing can easily make..
There are many companies offering self publishing and shared investment publishing, however with YPS:
- We make no extravagant claims about how many copies you will sell.
- We do not request payments in advance.
- You are the publisher, you are just as important as the major publishers we work for.
- All the printed books belong to you.
- All the sales belong to you.
- We produce self published books to the same high quality as we do for established publishers. Our aim is to offer professional production values to small or first-time publishers. We will give you help, advice and assistance at all stages and provide competitive quotations in advance.
- If you decide to commission us to produce your book, you are the publisher (with your own publishing name or imprint).
- You will have complete control over all stages of production, you will own all the books you publish (and the copyright) and the revenue from the sales.
No wonder people are choosing to self-publish with YPS!
We work in a market with a tarnished reputation. On a regular basis we hear horror stories from authors who have been deceived into making large payments for the publishing of their books. Claims of exorbitant marketing campaigns and sales forecasts are made, flattering authors with dreams of fame and fortune.
YPS strive hard to differentiate themselves from such companies. We do not make unrealistic claims about the sales you will achieve, we clearly point out all the pitfalls, indeed we have been known to talk authors out of self-publishing.
We pride ourselves on our integrity, and we want authors to self-publish with their eyes wide open.
A definition of self-publishing
For a book to be genuinely self-published, a name designated by the author as his/her publishing house must appear on the copyright page of the book as Publisher’ and the book’s ISBN must be registered by the ISBN Agency to that author as publisher.
Any company which publishes books under its own name or imprint cannot, by definition, claim to help authors to self-publish. True self-publishing gives authors much greater control over the production and dissemination of their books.
Source: Johnathon Clifford is an authority on self-publishing and vanity publishing and won the Daily Mirror Good Service Award’ in 2002 for his work in protecting the rights of Britain’s authors’.