Great editing is the key to great writing. Authors who believe they have no need of an editor are not serious authors. Every writer needs an objective pair of eyes to see the flaws in the manuscript. There are always flaws, in grammar, spelling, syntax and usage. There are always flaws in scope and sequence, facts and details, even descriptions and names of characters. There are always flaws in how the book lays out. Working without editorial help is like walking a tightrope without a net: if you fall, you fall far, and if you live, you will be damaged.

Nightengale Press offers comprehensive editorial services within the scope of new contractual packages. We have a team of trusted, talented and experienced editors who work with our authors to make their books the very best they can be.

Our SOUP-TO-NUTS program became the most successful offering we ever provided to prospective authors. We believe this is so because serious authors intuitively know that the careful editing of their books is a key element to the book's future prospects in the marketplace.

As always, all the components of our publishing, web & video, and publicity services are all inclusive. From now on, we offer separate publishing, website & books video and publicity services, in order to enable you to choose from these services to fit your own needs. Please select from the publishing options listed below. Then, for Website & Book Video options, and our  Publicity options, select from the respective menus providing all the details.

Publishing Services for the ALL our SOUP-TO-NUTS Trade Publishing Agreements between Publisher and Author for Trade Hardcover and Softcover Editions include these items:

• Upload of fully edited and proofread, publishing ready digital text files to Lightning Source Inc., our preferred printer for purposes of creating the best possible product of the Work 
• Cover conceptual art 
• Interior Layout of the Work 
• Cover Layout of the Work 
• Upload of publishing ready digital cover files to Lightning Source Inc., our preferred printer Publisher for purposes of creating the best possible product of the Work
• One PDF proof copy of the Work for approval or changes 
• One PDF revision copy of the Work after changes 
• Conversion of the digital publishing ready manuscript and cover to .PDF format;
• Management of the project from start to finish 
• ISBN number registration with RR Bowker, and wholesale distribution with Ingram and Baker & Taylor
• FREE Author’s copies of black and white interior book, or color interior books as detailed in each listing
• A promotional listing of the Work in the Nightengale Press online store and the Author’s biography listed on the Nightengale Press website nightengalepress.com 
• A listing of the Work on amazon.com, borders.com and BN.com. 

Publishing Services for the Soup-to-Nuts BASIC Trade Publishing Agreement between Publisher and Author for Trade Hardcover and Softcover Editions includes:

• All the services detailed above  
• Complete LIGHT copyediting, which means to correct all errors in grammar, spelling, syntax and usage; point out wordy paragraphs and passages to the author for revision;
• Detailed proofreading of the work to produce a near-perfect product
• Fifteen (15) Author’s copies of black and white interior books, or seven (7) copies of color interior books 
• For illustrated Children’s Books with little text, the editing fees may be applied to artist illustration of the book instead of to the text editing and proofreading services.

Publishing Services for the Soup-to-Nuts DELUXE Trade Publishing Agreement between Publisher and Author for Trade Hardcover and Softcover Editions includes:

• All the services detailed above   
• Complete MEDIUM copyediting, which means to correct all errors in grammar, spelling and syntax and usage; point out wordy paragraphs and passages and supply suggested revisions;
• Detailed proofreading of the work to produce a near-perfect product
• Twenty (20) Author’s copies of black and white interior books, or ten (10) copies of color interior books 

Publishing Services for the Soup-to-Nuts PREMIUM Trade Publishing Agreement between Publisher and Author for Trade Hardcover and Softcover Editions includes:

• All the services detailed above   
• Complete HEAVY copyediting, also known as developmental editing, which means to correct all errors in grammar, spelling, syntax and usage; rewrite wordy paragraphs and passages as well as working with the author to bring the manuscript to its highest potential both as a literary work and as a marketable work;
• Detailed proofreading of the work to produce a near-perfect product
• Thirty (30) Author’s copies of black and white interior books, or fifteen (15) copies of color interior books

NOW FOR THE TWO BIG TICKET ITEMS.

Publishing Services for the Soup-to-Nuts PLATINUM Trade Publishing Agreement between Publisher and Author for Trade Hardcover and Softcover Editions includes:

• All the services detailed above   
• Complete HEAVY copyediting, also known as developmental editing, which means to correct all errors in grammar, spelling, syntax and usage; rewrite wordy paragraphs and passages as well as working with the author to bring the manuscript to its highest potential both as a literary work and as a marketable work;
• Detailed proofreading of the work to produce a near-perfect product
• Fifty (50) Author’s copies of black and white interior books, or twenty-five (25) copies of color interior books

PLUS

• A fully enhanced Author Website with all the bells a whistles from WEB4W.com  
• The Top Level Publicity Package

Publishing Services for the Soup-to-Nuts TITANIUM Trade Publishing Agreement between Publisher and Author for Trade Hardcover and Softcover Editions includes:

• All the services detailed above   
• Ghostwriting the book, which means to write an original manuscript or rewrite the author’s original manuscript for the author to its highest potential both as a literary work and as a marketable work, while also providing complete accuracy in grammar, spelling, syntax and usage.
• Detailed proofreading of the work to produce a near-perfect product
• Fifty (50) Author’s copies of black and white interior books. Not available for color books.

PLUS

• A fully enhanced Author Website with all the bells a whistles from WEB4W.com  
• The Top Level Publicity Package

ALL INCLUSIVE PUBLISHING FEE STRUCTURE:

All pricing is offered at a 20% discount and payment solutions are available upon request.

• Soup-to-Nuts BASIC Trade Publishing Agreement: originally $3495,  20% discount = $2796.

• Soup-to-Nuts DELUXE Trade Publishing Agreement: originally $4495, 20% discount = $3596.

• Soup-to-Nuts PREMIUM Trade Publishing Agreement: originally $7495, 20% discount = $5996.

• Soup-to-Nuts PLATINUM Trade Publishing Agreement: originally $11,000, 20% discount = $8800.

• Soup-to-Nuts TITANIUM Trade Publishing Agreement: $25,000, 20% discount = $20,000.

OUR AUTHORS COME BACK TO PUBLISH MORE BOOKS

Returning Author Soup-to-Nuts BASIC, Soup-to-Nuts DELUXE, and Soup-to-Nuts PREMIUM Soup-to-Nuts for second, third and thereafter titles are discounted 30% of original fee (or an additional 10% of the new discount fee structure) with no further discounts offered. This pricing includes all the same services as the originally contracted version of our Soup-to-Nuts Trade Publishing Agreements. PLATINUM and TITANIUM Trade Publishing Agreements cannot be discounted for returning authors.

• These prices include all work through the upload of the finished and author-approved files. Any changes requested by the author after the upload of the book will cost $225 per revision for the cover and $225 per revision for the interior of the book.
• Authors bringing multiple titles at one time may receive a per additional work discount to be quoted at the time of contract creation, and this discount will be consistent with the returning author discounts listed above. 
• All pricing subject to change without notice.

100% ROI ROYALTIES

If an author does not feel able to actively sell his books, he should not publish a book.

Also, all authors will benefit from our 100% ROI (Return On Investment) book purchase program, where all authors earn 100% royalties until their publication fees are recouped.

Typically, this can be accomplished with the author's direct sale his books purchased at the ROI price schedule of print cost plus shipping and handling. This method typically affords $10 or more in profit per book, after payment of print cost and S&H. Also, sales from all other sources (main stream online stores, our online store, bookstores, etc.) are paid at the 100% royalty until the publication fee is recouped.

Our authors are NOT required to purchase in bulk. Authors can purchase in smaller increments if desired. Typically, our authors purchase 50 to 100 books to start, but there is no minimum and no maximum purchase. If you want more than 1000 books at one time, we will provide a quote for offset printed books, where the per unit cost goes down as the total number purchased goes up. In this case, authors can recoup their publishing fees even more quickly.

• To recoup the BASIC package, you will need to sell 350 books at author direct 100% ROI pricing.

• To recoup the DELUXE package, you will need to sell 450 books at author direct 100% ROI pricing.

• To recoup the PREMIUM package, you will need to sell 750 books at author direct 100% ROI pricing.

• To recoup the PLATINUM package, you will need to sell 1100 books at author direct 100% ROI pricing.

• To recoup the TITANIUM package, you will need to sell 2500 books at author direct 100% ROI pricing.

Once the author's royalties have recouped the publication fee, all contractual publisher/author royalty splits go into effect. The author can purchase books at print cost plus 30% of retail and resell the books at 100% retail to earn a 70% royalty per book. All books sold online from any source or through bookstores will provide the author a 50% royalty. These royalties are the highest in the industry.

eBooks for the iPAD: The iPAD has 87% of the global tablet market share, eclipsing all others.

There are new innovations being created for the iPAD on a continuing basis. As these become available, we will add them to this listing. Coming soon, read-along audio and animation for children's books.

For Nightengale Press authors with TEXT-ONLY or BLACK AND WHITE INTERIOR titles published in tradepaper, your books can be converted for a revision fee of $325. This pricing assumes the page count does not exceed 500 pages. If it does, then add $.75 per page.

• Conversion of the interior text  to accommodate the ebook specifications required by the Apple iPad.
• A new ISBN assigned to your eBook.
• Inclusion of the book's front cover on the iBooks store listing.

For Nightengale Press authors with COLOR INTERIOR titles published in tradepaper, your books can be converted for a revision fee of $375. Why more for color books? Because all the color imagery must be reworked for the iPAD conversion. And, please note that only the story portions of these books can be converted. Games, puzzles and other complex layouts cannot be used. These can be offered on your websites as printable, PDF downloads, however, and this will drive action to your sites.

• Conversion of the interior text and images to accommodate the ebook specifications required by the Apple iPad.
• A new ISBN assigned to your eBook.
• Inclusion of the book's front cover on the iBooks store listing.

For NEW AUTHORS who want only an eBook created for the iPAD

For NEW Nightengale Press authors with TEXT-ONLY or BLACK AND WHITE INTERIOR titles not published in tradepaper, your books can be created for eBooks only for a publishing fee of $675. Editing and proofreading is not included in the fee but can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

• A complete layout of the your book's interior to accommodate the ebook specifications required by the Apple iPad.
• A unique ISBN assigned to your eBook.
• Creation of the book's front cover for inclusion on the iBooks store listing.

For NEW Nightengale Press authors with COLOR INTERIOR titles not published in tradepaper, your books can be created for eBooks only for a publishing fee of $850. Editing and proofreading is not included in the fee but can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Why more for color books? Because all the color imagery layouts require a more complex process for the iPAD. And, please note that only the story portions of these books can be converted. Games, puzzles and other complex layouts cannot be used. These can be offered on your websites as printable, PDF downloads, however, and this will drive action to your sites.

• A new layout of the your book's interior to accommodate the ebook specifications required by the Apple iPad.
• A unique ISBN assigned to your eBook.
• Creation of the book's front cover for inclusion on the iBooks store listing.