Our account managers are at the center of our operations. These people are specialists in print, design, editorial, and web processes. One-on-one they work with you to develop a brief that can explain what is required to everybody who will work on your project. This step is important, whether it’s a simple layout or a complex catalog linked to web – Sharp Print Management is your one source for the project. Once you agree with the brief, your account manager will oversee the process. Different customers have different needs when it comes to the creative process: some prefer the account manager to do everything after the brief has been clearly delivered; other clients need to be closer to their project and want to talk to the people involved and observe the stages of the process more closely. Either way is fine with us, tell your account manager how you would like to work, and we will work that way. Think of an account manager as a specialist member of your staff, like your personal air traffic controller bringing the plane in for a landing.
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A print manager is a committed and capable specialist who safely navigates your project from development through completion of the printing process. Our staff represents you, our client, they are not employed by the print companies they represent and receive no compensation from them. A print manager has specialized knowledge of manufacturing, materials, processes, workflow management, judgment on timing, printing plant capabilities, bindery operations, and shipping procedures. In addition, each print manager fully understands the digital alternatives available and knows when it is appropriate to swap between more traditional sheet-fed and web production to a digital production process.
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Yes, many of them are. If this is important to you, then the complete job can be put through ISO and FSC shops. ISO is a strong family of standards for quality management systems. We support the efforts of the Forest Stewardship Council and those who strive to improve the practice of managing forests around the world and protecting our environment.
We have been preparing work for print since 1987. Many larger publishing projects can be produced at overseas locations in Canada, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. It always depends on the project, its budget, and the time frame.
Communication and processes are the keys to success in any international project. We do volume business with international companies. As a result, our printers look after our clients. We handle shipping, airfreight, and final customs processing on your behalf. This is especially valuable when working with international companies and the requirements of the shipping and customs documentation process. Communication with freight forwarders and shipping personnel on a regular basis forms a relationship which improves the accuracy of documentation and timely delivery. There are many players on the global print production stage. We have a core group that provides excellent quality while offering the economy that is associated with international print production.
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Book packagers (also known as book producers) generally contract to publishing houses and those people who work to put together a book. They manage authors, designers, editors, photographers, and even printers. Publishing houses or small presses often don’t have enough in-house resources to handle all of the books they want to publish, so they out-source certain projects to packagers. In addition to assembling the other components necessary for a finished book, these packagers are responsible for hiring authors to write manuscripts.
Sometimes packagers pitch their own ideas to publishers, and other times the publishers hire packagers to develop projects they’ve originated. Packagers function as an interesting conglomerate of agent, editor, and publisher. They are an integral part of the publishing industry, yet even major book distributors aren’t aware that the books they carry were created by companies other than the publishing houses.
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"ISBN" stands for "International Standard Book Number." An ISBN is a number, not a bar code. One agency per country is designated to assign ISBNs for the publishers and self-publishers located in that country. The U.S. ISBN Agency cannot assign ISBNs to publishers and self-publishers located outside the United States and its territories. The ISBN identifies the title or other book-like product (such as an audiobook) to which it is assigned, but also the publisher to be contacted for ordering purposes. If an ISBN is obtained from a company other than the official ISBN Agency, that ISBN will not identify the publisher of the title accurately. This can have implications for doing business in the publishing industry supply chain.
ISBNs are assigned to publishers and self-publishers as follows: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, or 100,000 numbers. When participating in the ISBN standard, publishers and self-publishers are required to report all information about titles to which they have assigned ISBNs. For more than thirty years, ISBNs were 10 digits long. On January 1, 2007, the ISBN system switched to a 13-digit format. Now all ISBNs are 13-digits long. If you were assigned 10-digit ISBNs, you can convert them to the 13-digit format. A 10-digit ISBN cannot be converted to 13-digits merely by placing three digits in front of the 10-digit number. There is an algorithm that frequently results in a change of the last digit of the ISBN.
Depending on the services you pick from Sea Hill Press, you will have an option to have your own ISBN for your own press or be assigned a number from our allocation.
Once a number has been assigned, a bar code is then required.
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When a book is self-published through a big digital publisher (Authorhouse, iUniverse, Lulu, Xlibris), its distribution plan probably amounts to selling through Amazon.com -- and wherever you can get a few copies on a table or shelf.
If you have a website and good traffic, then you have another distribution outlet.
Some publishers distribute through warehouses including Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Brodart and other national distributors.
But the better choice is to use a small press or self-publishing company that has established a network for sales beyond these channels. A company with a national distributor has a sales team that distributes the publisher’s catalogue to buyers, chains, independent bookstores, and libraries. Sea Hill Press has this type of sales network.
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Everyone wants to know the magic number of books to print. How many books will give me enough to sell and make a profit (or at least to break even), but not so many that they sit in my storage for years?
Well, like many things in life, that’s a mystery. Luckily, your publisher has a pretty good idea of how many books to print. This number is based on preorders, market research, and the more books you print, the cheaper the unit cost will be. Of course, the more you print, the more expensive the print cost will be too!
Sea Hill Press staff work closely with our Authors and distributors to establish the best quantity to meet the perceived demand. Contact us today to discuss more.
