What is a cooperative publisher?
Recently, a hybrid of a book packager and a subsidy publisher, called a cooperative publisher, has emerged in the marketplace. Like the book packager, the author enters into a publishing agreement with the cooperative publisher to produce a fixed number of books for a fixed amount of dollars. When the printing is complete, a certain number of these books are the sole property of the author and the rest are used for joint marketing and sales. This agreement is for a fixed period of time during which, if the book sells out, the cooperative publisher will reprint the book at his expense. Royalties of 50% of net revenue on the initial printing are paid twice a year. As with the subsidy press, the author uses the cooperative publisher’s ISBN number. An example of this type of publisher is Rutledge Press, Inc. in Connecticut. NOTE: We can use remodeling your kitchen as an example to compare the Self Publishing.com method with the cooperative press. The easiest (and most expensive) method is
