PUBLISH PRINTED BOOKS

AKAKIA handles the full works of publishing printed books for English speaking and Greek speaking authors from all over the world, and makes them available for purchase through Amazon, using the specialized service of Create Space. The printed publication is supplemented as an added service to the electronic edition and not as is.

With the minute additional cost of £150 GBP, the book will be available for sale through Amazon, without the obligation of the author to buy a specified number of copies that would have cost a lot of money. In reality, every time someone orders the book from Amazon (amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.fr, amazon.de, amazon.it etc.) the book is printed the same day by Amazon with the process of Print On Demand and is sent to the buyer. And yet the Author may order as many copies as he/she wants for himself at a very low cost. Thus the author saves both time and money, since he is not required to pay in advance for a huge number of books, but the cost of production is deducted from what is sold from time to time. Also, as it happens with the Electronic Book, the Author earns 70% of the net profit from each book, having, of course, previously deducted the cost of production and the Amazon profit. That is, if for example, a book of 60-100 pages with a coloured cover (e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/To-Kseskoto-Fr-Savvas-Vasileiadis/dp/1908362812/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355255788&sr=8-1) has been published and is being sold at £9-£10 GBP, deducting the cost of production and the 30% of the AKAKIA Publications, the Author’s profit comes to £2.50-£3.00. In other words, not only he pays £150.00 to have his book published in a printed form, but he also has a profit every time a copy of his book is being sold. The selling price of the printed books will be set by the AKAKIA Publications, since it depends on the production and printing costs. The books will be in the form of soft cover paperback, like the majority of the books on the market; in white inner pages and their dimensions may be suggested by the author. The usual dimensions of the books printed by AKAKIA are 14cm x 21cm.

For AKAKIA to proceed to a printed publication, the author must take two simple steps, exactly as in the case of an electronic publication.

Step 1

The Author, having carefully studied the AKAKIA’S Terms of Usage & Agreement, he fills the electronic Publishing Application form, clicks on the «Electronic and Printed Book» at the end of the form, uploads the required text files, in .txt, .doc, .docx, or .rtf or in the form of a compressed .zip files in case the Author wishes to also send us the already existing cover and sends the Form to us by clicking «submit».

Step 2a

Immediately afterwards, the author is automatically transferred to the second step, that is the paying of the basic £150.00 GBP plus the additional cost of £150.00 GBP for the printed publication, trough the paying gateway Paypal, in which sums are included:

• The registration of the ISBNs for the electronic formats and for the Printed Book
• The setting up process
• The establishment of electronic formats (.epub, .pdf and .mobi)
• The assignment of sale of the Electronic Book to large selling distribution networks (Amazon, iTunes, Waterstones, WHSmith, Foyles, e-Bookshop.gr)
• The assignment of sale the Printed Publication of the book from Amazon
• To send 6 copies to the British National Library in compliance with the Law
• To send a copy of the Book to the Author
• The printing of a copy for the archives of AKAKIA

Step 2b

If the Author, when filling up the Publishing Application form, has selected Copyright Protection in the Intellectual Property Protection Agency CopyrightHouse.co.uk, then the Author must deposit the additional charge of the service of £90 GBP. Alternatively, the Author may independently seek to register his or her Copyright, and add the Document Copyright Registration Number when filling the Publishing Application form. Also, if the Author selects Cover Creation by AKAKIA, in the electronic Publishing Application form, then the Author will have to deposit an additional amount of £100 British Pounds.

As soon as AKAKIA receives the completed Publishing Application form, the required files for publication and the required deposit, AKAKIA will initiate the publication process. This process includes issuing a new and unique ISBN for the book by Nielsen ISBN Agency, UK, the complete professional standard set-up, transferring the necessary electronic files in .epub, .pdf and .mobi formats and uploading the complete book file for sale.

At the same time, the creation process for the necessary files for the printed version of the book and its distribution through Amazon commences.
Each book will be sold at AKAKIA Publications' website in a compressed file .zip format, which will make the book 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 and should the the buyer require a hard copy of the book printed, in an .epub format for the most of eBook readers, such as Sony Reader, Kobo, Binatone, BeBook, Nook and Displex.

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, Tesco and all Greek-language eBooks on e-Bookshop.gr.

In the case where the Author wishes to order a number of copies of his books at a low price can contact AKAKIA via email for further information. AKAKIA does not store or keeps stock for any of the printed books, of any Author. AKAKIA does not distribute hard copy books through its website or any other bookstores, but only through Amazon. Advertising of each book may also be undertaken by AKAKIA, if it so agreed with the Author, but advertising of printed books does not lie within AKAKIA contract obligations to cooperating Authors.

If an Author wishes to publish a book which consists of two or more volumes, or sequels, the Author should follow the same process for each separate volume. The electronic Publishing Application form and related costs specified above are related to only one book.

Please note, that AKAKIA also undertakes translations from English into Greek and from Greek into English, always following a written agreement with the Author concerning the translation’s cost. An Author, who is interested in translating his book, should contact AKAKIA via email.