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About Xlibris
Our Publishing Services
Your Rights, Your Book
Book Availability, Distribution, and Lightning Source
Ordering Books
Set Your Own Price (SYOP)
Bookstore Returnability Program
Volume Discounts
Shipping
Submissions Process
Random House and Xlibris
My Xlibris Sales and Royalty Listings
About Xlibris
What does your name mean?
How long have you been in business?
Where are you located?
May I visit you?
Is Xlibris a publisher?
What is a publishing services provider?
Is this vanity publishing?
What Xlibris does that a vanity publisher does not.
What is print-on-demand publishing?
How do you make money?
Our Publishing Services
Do I have to buy any copies of my book?
How does the 'Add-On Services' list work?
Should I pay for corrections when I submit?
Will my book have ISBNs?
What will my layout be like?
Who designs my cover?
What if I need to correct typos that were in my original file?
How much will my book cost?
How will readers find my book?
Will my books be registered for a copyright certificate?
Will my book have a Library of Congress Card Catalog Number?
Your Rights, Your Book
Once I've published my book with Xlibris, who owns the rights?
What do you mean by 'Rights'?
Can I still publish my book elsewhere?
What would happen if an agent or editor saw my book and wanted to publish it?
Are there any fees to discontinue my Xlibris editions?
Can I come back to Xlibris when my book goes out of print?
Book Availability, Distribution, and Lightning Source
Where will my book be available?
Will my book be placed on bookstore shelves?
Do traditional retail outlets like B&N, Waldenbooks know about you, and do they order from you?
Do you pursue sales with them?
What distributors do you use?
Will my book be available on Amazon?
Do people have to buy my book on the Internet?
How many copies does the average Xlibris book sell?
I already have printed copies of my book. Will Xlibris sell them for me?
When will information about my book appear in Ingram Book Company's database?
Can libraries order my book?
Will the Xlibris, Lightning Source, Inc partnership affect my royalty accounting?
Ordering Books
How do I order a book?
Is there a minimum quantity for orders?
How much does a book cost?
Is there a discount for booksellers?
How much does the author pay for books?
Who sets the price for my book?
What happened to your ebooks?
Set Your Own Price (SYOP)
Why should I be interested in purchasing SYOP?
Can anyone take advantage of SYOP?
How does SYOP work?
How much does SYOP cost?
How often can I change my SYOP book price and or royalty amounts?
Do my hardcover and paperback royalties have to be the same amount?
Bookstore Returnability Program
Why should I sign Up for Xlibris’ Returnability Program?
Why is it important to be listed as returnable with Ingram Book Company?
When I select the returnability program, how long will it take for my book to be listed as returnable with the wholesalers?
Is the subscription mandatory?
Is the subscription included in the publishing packages?
I have a hardback edition of my book. Do I have to spend $699 / year, per ISBN?
If I purchase this program, how long will my book be listed as returnable?
My book was published last year. Is this program available to me?
Will my royalties be affected?
Why is Xlibris providing this service?
Volume Discounts
Who is eligible to receive volume discounts?
How are the author volume discounts calculated?
Are these books printed offset?
Will the offset-printed books look different from the POD books?
How will delivery work
Can I be billed for these orders?
Can I split the order between different titles and still get the discount?
Does it take longer to produce these large volumes of books?
What if I would like to get more than 3,000 copies of my book?
Are there similar discounts for hardcovers?
Shipping
How do you ship?
Will you ship to a post office box?
What are the shipping costs for books?
When will I receive my order? What is the shipping time?
How do I check the status of my order?
Submissions Process
Should I format my book according to your specifications?
How will I know that you have received my submission?
How should I format my text?
What is a graphic?
How should I submit my graphics?
Random House and Xlibris
Has Xlibris been bought by Random House?
Does this mean my book is now being published by Random House?
What about my book's rights?
Am I still free to talk to other publishers?
My Xlibris Sales and Royalty Listings
When do book sales appear on my sales and royalty page?
How is the sales and royalty page organized?
What is an 'Order ID'?
Why do two items have the same Order ID?
Why do you only show the city and state of the customers who purchased my book?
I keep seeing an address in LaVergne, TN on my page, with "LSI Wholesale". Who are they?
My friend bought a copy of my book
through an online bookseller.
Why don't I see their sale and their address
on my sales listing?
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