Tier One Publishing Software Criteria
June 28, 2008
At Kensai we classify software solutions as Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 with Tier 1 being our highest rating. What are the criteria we use to assign a publishing software application to Tier 1? Read more
Audio Book Creation with AudioBrite
June 28, 2008
AudioBrite is a producer of audio books for publishers. They create audio books for large and small book publishers.
The cost? About $700 per 10,000 words. They use professional narrators and fine tune the audio recording to produce a clean and noise free recording.
They also help publishers to sell their book in CD format on Amazon.com and in downloadable format on Apple’s iTunes Store.
Visit www.audiobrite.com to learn more.
Author Videos from Authorviews.com
June 28, 2008
Authorviews provides publishers with professionally produced videos suitable for use on your web site, iTunes, YouTube, vAmazon.com, Barnes&Nobles.com, myspace, facebook, and Linked In.
The cost? $5,000 for five 15 minute video interviews edited to 2 minute web videos with motion picture quality video, lighting and sound.
Visit www.AuthorViews.com for more information
Market Leaders in Book Publishing Software
June 28, 2008
What are the leading book publishing software solutions for large publishers?
- For Order Fulfillment and Distribution functionality our ranking would be #1 IBS Bookmaster, #2 Vista
- For Online Ecommerce and Digital Publishing functionality our ranking would be #1 Vista
- For Editorial and Production Management functionality our ranking would be #1 Klopotek, #2 Vista, #3 IBS Bookmaster
- For Integrated Financial Management functionality our ranking would be #1 IBS Bookmaster and #2 Vista
Rights Software Overview
June 13, 2008
Publishers utilize rights software to market existing intellectual property and track the fulfillment of obligations by rights purchasers. Read more
Printer Book Distributor Service Advantages
June 12, 2008
Publishers may find that utilizing a pick, pack and ship distribution service provided by your printer can save you the cost of shipping books to your distributor. Read more
Royalty Contracts and Income Taxes
June 10, 2008
Many small and some medium sized book publishers overlook the income tax reporting reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. Read more
Royalty Contracts and eBooks
June 9, 2008
As book publishing consultants we have a birds-eye view of the problems that book publishers face, and one problem involves ebooks and royalty contracts. Read more
Audit 101 Accounts Receivable
June 1, 2008
This post is the first of a series on how to pass an audit of your book publishing firm with flying colors.
1. Accounts Receivable
When an outside auditor looks at your book publihsing trade A/R (accounts due from customers) they are likely looking for several things;
a. Are your A/R properly classified. Accounts with a credit balance (i.e. they have a credit balance, most likely for returned books) should be classified as a liability not an asset.
b. Do you resonably expect to collect on the amounts listed within one year?
c. Is your allowance for doubtful accounts a realisitc and supportable number?
d. Is your allowance for future returns a realistic and supportable number?
e. Have you reconciled the A/R balances of your major accounts?
