PREVAIL PRESS LLC
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Who is Prevail Press? : Still the gold standard. The traditional publisher assumes all the costs and all the risk. When they accept an author, they give an advance against royalties. Advances range from zero to millions of dollars, depending on how many books they expect to sell. They handle editing (less so, now), design of the book and cover, provide an ISBN, and manage the publishing process. Best of all, they provide publicity, with inclusion in wholesale catalogs for booksellers, great placement on Amazon and Barnes & Nobel, and may involve print, digital and media advertising. I recommend you always try to secure an agent and traditional publisher. Your agent may come back to you and say she couldn’t generate interest. That could mean you have a bad agent, OR, your book may not be a mega-seller. The opposite of traditional publishing, you do everything yourself. You assume the costs, you design the book and cover, and you handle the distribution. Easier than ever today, and you can hire designers and editors to make your book as good as possible, but how do you know it’s good? You may like the cover and design, but that doesn’t ensure it’s appealing to everyone. You’ll also handle the publicity and advertising, with no brand association. If you’re a sales professional and get excited about selling, this is a good option. If you are a speaker with a wide platform, this can also work for you. : This is a company that mimics traditional publishing, but without assuming any of the risk. Instead of an advance, the author pays for editors, designers, printers, and advertising. Some can get you into bookstores, some just say they can (remember, all they can do is send a catalog to booksellers, typically with a no-return policy; they can’t make the bookseller buy it, and they likely won’t if they can’t return it if it doesn’t sell, as bookstores can with traditional publishers). Still, if you have an established platform where you sell back-of-the-room books, it isn’t a terrible option. The best vanity presses have good consultants who give solid advice. Is your book the best it can be? That depends on how much you pay, and the quality of the writing you’ve put in. This is NOT a good option for authors who do not have a platform or burning desire to hit the road and sell, sell, sell. The key differentiators are no bookseller promotion; all books are offered as eBooks and POD (Print on Demand) books through Amazon. It’s worth noting that just as the Internet has revolutionized publishing, digital technology has done the same for printing. Print on Demand is a valid option, and any print runs under 500 or so will be digital productions with a flat cost-per-book. Higher quantities can go to offset printing, where cost-per-book drops. For friends who have gone the vanity press route, they have cases of books sitting around. Digital printing  cut down on physical inventory, because you only print what you expect to sell. There is no reason to buy hundreds of books. Should your book catch fire, and a bookseller wants to carry it, they can easily do so by looking up the ISBN and contacting the micro-publisher. The micro-publishing emphasis is not to amass as many paying authors as possible; it’s to cultivate a community of authors, each of whom draw people to their author page under the publisher banner, where they find other books as well. Turnaround to launch is as little as a month, depending on the services required. I started Prevail Press as an author with knowledge of publishing. I’m aware of the pitfalls of self-publishing, and can streamline the publishing process. While I would love to make scads of money with my own books, I don’t intend to make vast wealth through publishing. I’d rather be able to provide a platform for good writers, many of whom I know and others I have yet to meet. Brand quality is important to me, so I won’t publish every author who comes to me. In fact, if a truly powerful book comes my way, I will encourage the author to go the traditional publishing route. Prevail Press should not be your first stop if you have a blockbuster book. As a Prevail Press author, you will have access to reasonably priced designers and editors, if required. We will handle the backend publishing stuff most authors don’t even know about, including getting your book on Amazon. You will have an author’s page on www.prevailpress.com/ If this sounds good to you, click below for submission guidelines.  Prevail Press Prevail Press is a micro-publishing company; we cut out the middleman and deliver our titles through Amazon as paperbacks or ebooks.  We're dedicated to helping authors who have great books, but could not secure a traditional publisher. Our criteria is high, so you can be assured of a good read. Our stories are often faith-themed, but not always. We do aim for uplifting, affirming, and grace-filled books, whether overtly Christian or not. For more information about micro-publishing, see our Prevail Press Authors