WordPlume eBook Publishing Services

Your partner in e-publishing

Self-publishing an eBook can be a time consuming and isolating experience, with a lot of new skill sets to develop including technical capabilities, accounts with sales portals, sales experience and marketing know-how. If that all sounds a bit daunting, you need a partner like MetaPlume.

Flexibility

Our e-publishing services are really flexible. If you know how to work in ePub already and just want a partner for promotions, we can work with you. If you already manage an eye-raising line-up of followers but don’t have a clue what ePub even is, we can handle the conversion and publication and then let you carry on with the promotion. We’ll tailor a partnership that works for you.

Who we can work with

• a manuscript ready for publication
• a manuscript you think it ready for publication!
• a print book you want to re-publish as an eBook
• print publishers
• a blogger who wants to re-package their writing
• a website that wants to leverage content
• an expert wanting to capitalise on their knowledge
• published writers
• unpublished writers
• niche topics
• anyone with quality content and a desire to succeed in their e-publishing

eBook Preparation

MetaPlume does all the fiddly time consuming work of:

• Copy editing
• Formatting
• Cover page design
• File conversion to html, PDF, ePub

All versions can be checked and pre-approved by you before publication, giving you control without investing a lot of time.

We are experienced in:

• Attention to detail
• Producing designs and layouts that look great on Kindle, iPad, tablets, and various other eReaders
• Handling diacritics used in various languages
• Creating eBooks with images
• Cover design that stands out on eBookstore menus

WordPlume Choice Program

Publishing

We publish to Amazon and Lulu, and will soon publish to Kobo and the Apple iBookstore.

Promotions

At MetaPlume, the process of promoting a new title is about finding the right audience and getting noticed by them through genuine interaction. We make use of social media quite heavily, but we don’t waste time blindly ticking the Like and Follow boxes to build up meaningless numbers. Instead we spend time building an active online profile promoting an author’s expertise and/or popularity, and making up a valuable mailing list which is used to promote an eBook and to build up a genuine following with the right crowd.

Here are just some of the things we consider and do to promote our eBooks …

TARGET

Who was this eBook written for?

Where can they be found online?

What keywords would they use when they search for information on this topic, or a new read in that genre?

CONNECT

Find them on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Linked In, blogs, groups and organization websites

Answer questions, Ask questions

Follow, Like, Retweet, +1, Share

CAPTURE

Get the cover design right

Engage; become part of the discussion

Share information about the author

PROMOTE

Use tools: Press Releases, PowerPoint sharing websites, Online classified ads

Offer special deals

Blog, tweet, post, write

REVIEW

Nothing recommends a purchase more than a thumbs-up

Carefully select reviewers; find reviewers specific to the topic or genre

Distribute special sample copies

Unlike most eBook publishing services, we don’t promote set package deals that lead to eBooks being published and/or promoted in ways that aren’t appropriate for the topic or title. Some authors need their public profile to be developed, others already manage their own. Some clients only need help with formatting of a print book for eBook publication; others need full distribution services. Make contact with MetaPlume today and a Project Manager will be assigned to you to discuss a package that specifically meets your eBook publishing needs.