Inscript Self-Publishing

About Us

Inscript Publishing Services is a self-publishing and copy editing service of Dove Christian Publishers. Inscript helps to get undiscovered authors to the market by providing affordable self-publishing services, including printing, binding, copy editing, cover design, interior design and distribution of their books. However, Inscript differs from the typical self-publishing company in the following ways:

• The author receives all production files, enabling them to re-publish their books elsewhere, if needed, without incurring additional costs from us.
• The author retains all copyrights.
• Unlike other companies, we do not accept everything that comes in the door.
• As we are committed to publishing quality product, we are selective as to the books that we publish. See acceptance criteria.
• Our pricing structure is simple, allowing you to easily determine the final cost of your project. No hidden fees or unnecessary charges.

There are many “synonyms” of self-publishing services in the book industry today, including author service companies, vanity publishers, subsidy publishers, and increasingly, independent publishers (although independent publishers can apply to small or medium-sized publishers who are not connected to a large corporation). No matter what you call it, self-publishing is when the author finances all or the majority of the costs of a book.

Inscript’s mission is to assist authors who have challenges with being accepted by or succeeding with a traditional publishing company. Some of those challenges are:

• 1) Non-existent or limited platform. A platform is an audience of people who care about you and what you write. For instance, best-selling authors may have a platform of thousands, if not millions, of people who follow them and diligently support their work. New authors may have a platform consisting only of family and a few friends.
• 2) Limited promotion or marketing experience. You may have no idea how to promote a book. Since many of today’s traditional publishers require authors to promote and market their works, lack of promotion or marketing knowledge may cause traditional publishers to avoid you like the plague.
• 3) Limited time to promote. Successful authors take time to promote their works. If you are so busy that you do not have time to set up book signings, attend trade shows, or diligently update your social media accounts, among other things, it may be difficult to land a traditional publishing contract.
• 4) Your book appeals to a limited niche market that would make it difficult for traditional publishers to accept your work. For example, if the target audience of your book is veterans of World War 2, that audience is so limited that you may have trouble getting a traditional contract with such a book.
• 5) You need to get to market quickly. Traditional publishers can take up to a year and a half to get a book to market, while some self-publishing companies can get your book to market in less than two months.

Of course, it is erroneous to think that self-publishing companies, in general, do not care about the challenges above. However, since the book is being financed by the author, they are more likely to accept an author with these challenges.

Although Inscript is a young imprint, having been established in 2017, our team has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. Inscript is headed by Louis Jones, who, in addition to his publishing duties, is also an author, minister; and entreprenuer.

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