How to Start a Publication Company
Starting a publication company is a great idea especially for those people who have completed their manuscripts but have failed to grab the attention of any publisher or publication company. Starting your own publication company helps you in getting attention of many authors who fail to get their work published because they fail to get attention of leading publication companies. Many people think to start their publication company but hesitate as they do not how to do it in an appropriate manner. If you are also confused about that, then take guidance from this article.
Instructions
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First of all, you need to get information about the regulations that need to be fulfilled for starting a publication company. Get a business license if your states requires for a publication company.
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Decide the name of your publication company and take help from your family members, friends or teachers in this regard. Get the name of your publication company registered with the state agency that deals with publication companies.
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Then you should design a logo for your publication company and make sure it should be unique and easily recognisable by everyone.
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If you want to incorporate your publication company, then you need to file papers for that purpose. Take guidance from a professional in this regard.
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After that, you need to contact R.R. Bowker for purchasing International Standard Book Number (ISBN). Every book that you publish through your publication company will have a unique ISBN and you should purchase it from R.R Bowker, the only authority in U.S.A that offers ISBN for books.
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After that, you need to select an appropriate software program which will help you in laying out your books. Usually Microsoft Publisher, WordPerfect and Microsoft Word are used throughout the world.
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Then you need to choose a software program for designing the cover pages of the books of your publication company. Usually Quark Xpress, PageMaker and Adobe InDesign are the best software programs for designing cover pages of books.
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You can also join an established organisation like Small Publishers Association in North America because it will help you in getting recognition to your publication company on a greater level.
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You should also sign up with the leading book distribution companies like Baker & Taylor which will help you in increasing the sales volume of your books.
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Employ different marketing strategies for getting more clients which will help you to establish your publication company within a short span of time.
