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Protege Publishing & Promotion Services are available as combination packages and at individual services rates.

Combination Package : SilverGold [+ $1,000.00]Platinum [+ $3,000.00]

Each book and author has their own unique editing needs. This service provides invaluable advice regarding the editing needed for your book. Within 2 to 3 business days a Project Coordinator from Protege will contact you and set up a professional review of your book. This service provides a comprehensive review of your manuscript checking for tone, perspective, complexity, sentence fragments, spelling, syntax, punctuation, flow, and formatting. A sample edit will be provided to illustrate the level of editing needed for your book. Protege's team of professionals will then recommend the best editing package for you.

Package : SilverGold [+ $100.00]Platinum [+ $200.00]

The Silver Digital Global Distribution package includes distribution to iBookstore, Kindle, and Nook. The Gold Digital Global Distribution package includes iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, KOBO, Sony Reader Store, and e-books.com. For the best value and widest distribution, our Platinum Digital Global Distribution package includes iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, KOBO, Sony Reader Store, e-books.com, Google Books, and over 20 other specialty and international online retailers. Silver Package includes: iBookstore, Kindle, Nook Gold Package includes: iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, ebooks.com Platinum Package includes: iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, ebooks.com, Google Books, over 20+ other specialty and international online retailers

Package : SilverGold [+ $70.00]Platinum [+ $149.00]

A picture is worth a thousand words…. Your novel’s cover is your first impression to your readers, so make the most out of this opportunity by choosing the best cover design. Our professional designers can help you decide on cover design package. Contact us today to find out more. The Silver Cover Design allows the author to submit a pre-formatted image. We will format the cover to include the book title, author’s name and back cover copy (when appropriate). This level of service allows for one free revision. The Gold Cover Design provides you all the features of the Silver Cover Design, but with added flexibility. Authors can choose from our database of stock photos and 10 cover design layouts. This service includes two rounds of revisions. Our ultimate cover design package is our Platinum Cover Design. This package allows the author’s creativity to shine with a custom, one-of-a-kind cover created by our staff specific to your novel. Two drafts and two rounds of revisions are included in this package.

Package : SilverGold [+ $120.00]Platinum [+ $320.00]

Protege Publishing and Promotions can assist you in protecting your book with copyright registration from the US Copyright Office.

Let Protege Publishing and Promotion convert your print book to a digital book

Package : SilverGold [+ $100.00]Platinum [+ $200.00]

Formatting is critical to the success of having your novel accepted by online retailers. Protégé offers three main formatting options. The Silver Formatting package is for text-only formatting and is ideal if you have no images or illustrations. This service includes correction of extra white space, paragraph indents, mixed fonts, headers and footers, page numbering, proper order of front material, and table of contents. The Gold Formatting package is ideal if you are looking to add a few visual elements to your manuscript, 12 images or less. The Gold Formatting package will take your book to the next level. This service includes correction of extra white space, paragraph indents, mixed fonts, headers and footers, page numbering, proper order of front material, and table of contents. If your eBook contains many images, consider the Platinum Formatting package. This service allows unlimited images and illustrations; only limited by the maximum file size of online retailers. This package includes correction of extra white space, paragraph indents, mixed fonts, headers and footers, page numbering, proper order of front material, and table of contents. This service provides the most flexibility with design elements, such as a selection of fonts and page numbering styles. Note: Formatting services do not correct typos and misspellings, incorrect wording, incorrect punctuation or other editorial issues. For more about editing, please review the editing page. **When not included, additional images are $3 each and footnotes are $1 each**

Package : SilverGold [+ $50.00]Platinum [+ $300.00]

Ordering this option does not guarantee a 100% error free manuscript. Editors are human, too, and are allowed a small margin of error (typically less than 5%). Even so, the corrections made to your manuscript will be extensive and important. A final review by you, as you implement the editor’s suggested changes, will ensure as pristine document. We understand and respect the purity of your story. It is your responsibility to accept or reject the editor’s recommendations and make those changes to your manuscript. * prices are per 15,000 words

Package : SilverGold [+ $60.00]Platinum [+ $100.00]

A media kit, or press kit, has a long history in book marketing. A digital media kit is a way to give people in the media all the information they need about you and your book. Every author should have a media kit if they are interested in bringing their book to a wider audience. Your media kit will include digital formats of your: Author biography, Press Release, Testimonials, Photos of book and author, Sample interview topics, Published book list, and Summary of book.

Protege Publishing & Promotion Services are available as combination packages and at individual services rates.

Combination Package : SilverGold [+ $1,000.00]Platinum [+ $3,000.00]

Book Video Trailer Video marketing helps you engage your audience on a level they can’t ignore. A well-produced book trailer, just like a well-produced movie trailer can generate interest for a new film months before it is released. A book trailer can serve as a great marketing tool in creating pre-release anticipation of your book using images, music, text, video and voice-over we can create a minute long book trailer that gives away just enough about your book to leave your viewers wanting more. This service includes up to 20 images, customized text, an appropriately themed soundtrack, professional voice-over and royalty-free stock images or author provided images. Your website and information about where to buy your book is listed in the credits of your trailer. You will be provided with a rough-cut of your trailer and will have one free round of revisions. Your finalized book trailer can be posted to YouTube, Facebook and other websites of your choice. Don’t forget, family and friends would enjoy sharing your book trailer too. It is a great tool to use in conjunction with our other marketing services. Silver Package includes: 30 second video with music, text, and up to 10 images Gold Package includes: 45 -60 second video with music, text, and up to 20 images Platinum Package includes: 60 -90 second video with music, text, and up to 20 images and professional voice-over. Revisions: You will be able to make one round of revisions to your video at no additional cost. Copyright: You will own all the rights to your book video trailer and will be provided with the final video file.

Package : SilverGold [+ $200.00]Platinum [+ $700.00]

Book reviews are an essential and valuable tool for promoting books to literary agents, traditional publishing houses, booksellers and potential readers. Receive a professional, candid review of your self-published book from ForeWord Clarion Reviews. Use all or part of your review to enhance your marketing materials and choose to have it archived in a variety of title information databases used by booksellers and librarians who make purchasing decisions.

Review : Standard (8 weeks)Expedited (4 weeks) [+ $150.00]

Book reviews are an essential and valuable tool for promoting books to literary agents, traditional publishing houses, booksellers and potential readers. The Kirkus Indie program gives independently published authors the opportunity to obtain an unbiased, professional review of their work. The Kirkus Indie program is written in the same format as a traditional Kirkus review. This service provides honest evaluations of books, whether positive, negative or anywhere in between. If the reviewer gave your book a poor review, it provides you an opportunity to take a deeper look at your work. It is best to make any changes to the manuscript before investing in your marketing.

Review : Standard (7-9 weeks)Expedited (4-6 weeks) [+ $150.00]

Our publicity team will provide you with a professionally written press release. You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire to help learn more about you, your book and your goals. We will schedule a half-hour call with you to review your questionnaire and will provide you with a creative and personalized press release. This service includes one round of revisions. Our marketing team will start promoting your book with a professional book press release ready to send to newswires, and used in sell sheets and in e-mails to media contacts.

QR Codes get customers attention! They can be used to instantly connect your customer to your information. QR Codes are becoming an important tool for engaging customers, building brand loyalty and capturing new business. QR Code Benefits: Link to website Link to purchase products Link to reviews Link to Social Media pages Link to videos Make donations In 2012, QR codes usage increased by 617%. We can help you design, market and track your QR Code and its usage, for only $35!

Professional social media pages, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Flickr, Linked-In, and YouTube allow you to create an environment where people interested in the topics contained in your book can connect with your work. Developing author pages is the first step in building an online social media presence for you and your book. In addition, you will be able to announce book signings, link to your sales page, and interact directly with your fans. Your readers are using social media, shouldn’t you? Our social media networking experts can craft your page to appeal to social media users. This service provides all of the set up work needed to get you organized and managing your own professional social media presence. We will use your book cover, author photo and biography to create professional social media pages. This service provides two rounds of revisions to ensure that you have the opportunity to incorporate your feedback into the design.

The Silver Digital Global Distribution package includes distribution to iBookstore, Kindle, and Nook. The Gold Digital Global Distribution package includes iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, KOBO, Sony Reader Store, and e-books.com. For the best value and widest distribution, our Platinum Digital Global Distribution package includes iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, KOBO, Sony Reader Store, e-books.com, Google Books, and over 20 other specialty and international online retailers. Silver Package includes: iBookstore, Kindle, Nook Gold Package includes: iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, ebooks.com Platinum Package includes: iBookstore, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, ebooks.com, Google Books, over 20+ other specialty and international online retailers

Package : SilverGold [+ $70.00]Platinum [+ $149.00]