FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS)

IN WHAT FORMAT DOES AKAKIA PROVIDE ELECTRONIC BOOKS?

AKAKIA provides electronic books in in a compressed file .zip format, which makes the title available for download in three different formats: in .mobi format for eBook readers such as the Amazon Kindle, in a .pdf format for PCs and Pads such as the iPad or Android tablets or in case the buyer wants to have a hard copy of the title printed, and ofcourse, in a .epub format for the most of ebook readers, such as Sony Reader, Kobo, Binatone, BeBook, Nook and Displex.

HOW EASY IS IT FOR ME TO PUBLISH AN ELECTRONIC BOOK?

At AKAKIA, the publication of electronic books includes only two steps:

1. Filling out the Publishing Application form with the simultaneous sending of your file, and
2. Depositing the basic amount of £150 and/or the amounts of optional additional services.

Details can be found in "Publish eBooks" page.

HOW EASY IS IT FOR ME TO PUBLISH A PRINTED BOOK?

At AKAKIA, the printed publication is supplemented as an added service to the electronic edition and not as is. It also includes only two steps:

1. Filling out the Publishing Application form with the simultaneous sending of your file, and
2. Depositing the basic amount of £150 plus the amount of £150 for the printed publication, and/or the amounts of optional additional services.

Details can be found in "Publish Printed Books" page.

WHAT DOES THE BASIC AMOUNT OF £150 COVER?

This basic amount of £150 includes the issuing of unique ISBN by Nielsen ISBN UK, the set-up for the electronic edition under the professional specifications of a printed edition, and that the creation of appropriate electronic files for publication and sale of the title.

WHAT DOES THE AMOUNT OF £150 BRITISH POUNDS FOR THE PRINTED PUBLISHING COVER?

This amount of £150 British Pounds includes the assignment of sale the Printed Publication of the book from Amazon, the printing and sending 6 copies to the British National Library in compliance with the Law, the printing and sending a copy of the Book to the Author and the printing of a copy for the archives of AKAKIA.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGES? WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL SERVICES?

There are additional optional services, which carry additional charges should you choose to take benefit of them. If upon completing the Publishing Application form, you also select copyright protection by CopyrightHouse.co.uk, an extra £90 British Pounds is added; if you select the Cover Creation by AKAKIA option, you should add an additional charge of £100 British pounds.

I WANT TO ORDER SOME PRINTED BOOKS. CAN I DO IT?

The Author may order as many copies as he/she wants for himself at a very low cost, by sending an email to AKAKIA.

DO I HAVE TO FILL UP THE FORM TWICE FOR BOTH AN ELECTRONIC AND A PRINTED EDITION OF A BOOK?

Fortunately not! To have the same book issued in both an electronic and printed forms, you only have to fill in the online Publishing Application once, select "Online and Printed Publication" and deposit the basic sum of £150 plus the sum of £150 for the printed publication, and the charges for any optional additional services. While requiring a different ISBN, the electronic and the printed edition do not require different set-up, and thus setup is done only once. Thus, AKAKIA issues the second ISBN free of charge and proceeds with the next steps for both editions. The publication process is very simple and detailed steps for each edition can be found in "Publish eBooks" and "Publish Printed Books" respectively.

IF I HAVE A BOOK IN THE TWO VOLUMES OR IN TWO LANGUAGES, DO I HAVE TO PAY TWICE?

Unfortunately, the cost for a book divided in two volumes or of a book issued in a second language, is double. This is because a second volume is considered a different book, let alone a book in a different language. Thus, each book receives its own ISBN and the set of volumes receive an additional second joint ISBN called SET ISBN, so that when sold together (as in an offer) the joint ISBN and not the volume-specific ISBN is automatically selected. Thus, for each additional volume or any translation of a book, a separate set-up is required, and so a separate Publishing Application form should be completed on line followed by a separate deposit of any required amount.

I HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK IN GREEK / ENGLISH. HOW CAN I TRANSLATE IT?

AKAKIA can undertake the translation from English into Greek and from Greek into English, always following a written agreement via email to the author regarding the cost of translation. An author interested in translating his or her work, must inform AKAKIA via email accordingly.

WHAT FILES SHOULD I SEND IN COMPLETING THE PUBLISHING APPLICATION FORM?

If on completing the Publishing Application form you select the "Cover Creation by AKAKIA" option for your book, then all you have to do is upload only the file with your text in .txt, .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. But if you already have a book cover saved in a .jpg or .png format, then you should upload both text and image files together in a compressed file format .zip.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE MY BOOK PUBLISHED?

With respect to both Electronic and Printed Books, once AKAKIA receives the electronic files and the required deposit it will need 5 to 15 working days to complete the set-up procedures, to issue the ISBN, register the title with the National Library of England and the creation of the appropriate files for sale.

CAN I SELL MY eBOOKS THROUGH AKAKIA?

Of course you can! Once AKAKIA prepares appropriate files for the electronic edition of the book, your book will automatically and immediately become available for sale on the online store and www.akakia.net and www.akakia.gr.

WHO ELSE MAY SELL MY eBOOKS;

All English-language eBooks published by AKAKIA will be available for sale on major sales channels of electronic books, such as Amazon, iTunes, Waterstones, WHSmith, Foyles and Tesco, and all Greek-language eBooks on e-Bookshop.gr.

CAN I SELL MY PRINTED BOOKS THROUGH AKAKIA?

AKAKIA does not distribute hard copy books through its website or any other bookstores, but only through Amazon.

AT WHAT PRICES CAN I SELL MY BOOKS?

The selling price of each electronic book will be chosen by the author when completing the online Publishing Application form and AKAKIA sets as a minimum selling price the sum of £3 British pounds for each book. The selling price of the printed books will be set by the AKAKIA Publications, since it depends on the production and printing costs.

WHAT WOULD BE THE PROFITS FROM MY BOOK AND HOW WILL I RECEIVE THEM?

AKAKIA will deposit 70% of only the net profit from the sale of electronic and printed books in British Pounds. In other words, the commission of the relevant service providers (Paypal, Bank Account etc) and / or the respective online retailer that manages the sale and the production online (ie. Amazon) will be deducted, including any withdrawal charges from AKAKIA’s Paypal Account to a bank or other Account if the author does not have own Paypal Account. AKAKIA recommends to all authors intending to submit their works for publication to AKAKIA, to create a Paypal Account, so that AKAKIA can easily deposit their profits. This will avoid the process of issuing cheques or other forms of money transfer which are time consuming and burden the author with additional costs. Author’s profits are calculated twice a year (January to June and July to December), whereby at the end of each period, profits will be deposited in the author’s account.