business plans for a book publisher?
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Hi - I work for Palo Alto Software, makers of Business Plan Pro, and I would be happy to help you.\n\nThe best way to approach the financials is to take it step by step. I would start with the Sales Forecast and begin by forecasting your expected sales for your first 12 months. If you choose to use the "units-based" sales forecast, you are going to forecast the number of items you plan to sell each month and then give each item a price that you expect to sell it for. This is the "unit price." Business Plan Pro will automatically multiply the number of units you plan to sell by the price to determine your total sales.\n\nThe next step is to determine your "cost of goods." This is essentially what it costs you to produce the item that you are selling.\n\nTo simplify the entire sales forecast, you can choose to do a "values based" forecast. This gets rid of all the discussion around "units" and allows you to simply enter in the total dollar amount of your expected sales each month.\n\nAfter you have completed your sales forecast, you should move on to the Profit and Loss. The P&L is simply a list of your monthly expenses. Add additional rows to list additional expenses or delete rows that aren't relevant to your business.\n\nOnce you have completed your Sales Forecast and your P&L, you will find that you are well on the way to a complete business plan. Business Plan Pro will automatically complete your Cash Flow and Balance sheet based on your data.\n\nThere's obviously much more to business plan financials than I can explain here, but I think you will find that there is a wealth of information available to help you right in the software. Let me summarize your help options:\n\n1. The Table Wizards can guide you step by step through each financial table. You can access the wizards by clicking on the "table wizard" link in the instructions area for any table.\n\n2. The help files that you can access from the Help menu in the software have detailed explanations of each table as well as a complete financial glossary to help explain financial terms. Use the search feature in Help to find exactly what you are looking for.\n\n3. "row by row" help is available for every single row in every table. Just click on a row and a description of that row will be displayed at the bottom of the table.\n\n4. Finally, we offer free monthly webinars to help you with the software. You can find a schedule of those webinars here:\nhttp://www.paloalto.com/training/\n\nGood luck with your plan and please let me know if you have any specific questions that you would like help with.
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Do you have a business plan? I am not looking now, so don't ask, but I have taken profit sharing plans in the past. One thing I always required was a detailed business plan. After all, if I'm doing the work, I want to know that I will eventually get something out of it.
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You get an account with book wholesalers such as Ingram Book http://www.ingrambook.com/ They have a page specifically for book sellers like you with the instructions on how to order from them and get an account with them http://www.ingrambook.com/new/booksellers.asp\n\nI also suggest you attend the Book Expo America http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/App/homepage.cfm?appname=288&moduleid=42 which is a major and definitely one of the biggest trade shows ever. Next year it will be in New York, so start making plans to attend. I attended this year's expo in Washington DC and all the book publishers big and small are represented in the expo. This is the best place to create accounts and meet book publishers.\n\nAlso, get a copy of the book Writers Market for listings of book publishers. Contact each individual publishers and create an account with them. For example, Time Warner Books (Hatchett Group) has a page on their website for Bookseller Services including their catalogs and backlists http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/catalog/index.shtml\n\nThe trade magazine Publisher's Weekly website has a list of important industry links http://www.publishersweekly.com/industryResources.html from publishing associations to publishing industry. \nhttp://www.publishersweekly.com/industryResources.html
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Start at Lulu.\n\nwww.lulu.com\n\nThere are forums there and you can publish parts of your book electronically for no cost.\n\nAll the best.  Having a book ready to publish is always exciting.  Been there. Have 5 published.  Working on 6th.
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You need a copy of either 'Writers Market' (US) or the 'Writers and Artists Yearbook' (UK). They list hundreds of publishers and agents in all fields. When you find one that looks as if they are interested in your kind of book then you need to send them a query letter. A professional approach is very important. There are quite a few sites on the internet that tell you how to write a good query letter (just type in 'query letter' or 'how to write a query letter' into a search engine).\nThere is also 'self publishing' but that means you pay the initial cost of producing the book and have to market it yourself. If you do go down that route you go to a 'bespoke publisher' but choose carefully because the level of service you get varies dramatically, as does the price (I know all about it, I am one).
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I recommend checking out the SBA, Entrepreneur, The Start Up Journal & Nolo. All 4 are great informational resources for the new/small business owner. I posted links for you in the source box.\n\nAssociations may be a good avenue to explore as well. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links. \n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\nFabJob Guide to Become a Bookstore Owner (FabJob Guides) by Grace Jasmine\nHow To Start & Manage A Bookstore Business: A Practical Way To Start Your Own Business \nby Jerre G. Lewis, Leslie D. Renn\nRetail Business Kit for Dummies by Rick Segel\nRetail Success! by George Whalin\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Ask a book store employee about consignment.  They may consider selling your book in the store if you can "sell" the employee on your work.  Just remember, they won't promote for you, you still have to do that yourself.
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Check out this site for self-publishing, they may be able to help you, http://www.lulu.com/
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If you have a particular bookshop in mind call the owner or manager and ask if you can interview him or her. Prepare a list of questions before you go such as : When was the store opened? Who was the owner? Why did they open it? What kind of books did they stock then? What kind of books do you stock now? Why the change? How you had any authors visit the store? Who are your customers? Are they different then the kind of people you have had in the past? And so on.\nAlso contact your local public library and see if they have or can help you get any articles on the bookstore. Have fun.
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Try this link: \n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
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there is different requirements, depending on what type of business it is.  a good place to start is at a book store, like Barnes&Noble, they should have a book whith guidelines.
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Everything depends on your record in the market. Have you done this before? What were the results? You will have to sell your services to a publishing house and an author and the book stores. What experience do you have in publicizing events. I don't mean to be rough but these are just some of the questions you will be asked. The people won't even talk price until you have a track record. I am a published author and still deal with this.
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Hello,\nStart by writing a businessplan where you specified the nature of the business projected revenue and cost.
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Suggestions For Building Your Subscription Business\n\nAs an Independent agent of  , your opportunities are unlimited to build your subscription business. As an agent, you are authorized to use magazine covers in any of your own promotional material. You are allowed to market your business any way that you want. Here are a few suggestions to help build your business.\n\n\n(1) Think large for the long term, but think small in the beginning. Start your business by contacting people that you know ( friends, family, neighbors etc. ). Let these people know that you are in business, and explain to them what a convenient service you provide. Sample promotional letters are available upon request. For example:  Since the average household takes approximately six magazine subscriptions, by ordering and renewing through you, they would only have to write one check, one time, to you, for all of their subscription needs. The customer also does not have to deal with any customer service issues, so if there is a problem, you can handle it for them (by contacting our office ).\n\n(2) Network your subscription business as a fund-raiser. Contact local schools, churches, civic groups etc. who want to raise money for their organization and keep a percentage of sales as your profit.\n\n(3) Take advantage of any gift giving occasion ( holidays, birthdays, engagements, graduations, etc.) Keep a log of all special occasions for your customers. For example:\nWhen it is the birthday of the mother of your customer, contact the customer and suggest a subscription as a gift. Not only will your customer had not thought of previously. Again, you are providing a service and your customer will probably be glad that you called and made the suggestion.\n\n(4) Contact local business who having waiting areas (family doctor, pediatrician, dentist, beautician, mechanics etc.) More than likely, these offices have someone who is designated to handle magazine renewals in addition to their other job responsibilities. This is an excellent opportunity for you to offer your service at little or no additional cost to the customer.\n\n\n(5) Ask existing customers for referrals. Most businesses get their start this way. For example: Your beautician built his or her client base from referrals of existing customers. Word of mouth is the most powerful form of advertisement.\n\n(6) Contact your local Chamber of Commerce to get a listing of businesses ( and their address / Phone Number) in your area. Write a letter of introduction, or use our suggested letter of introduction, to contact them. There may be a small fee to get this list.\n\n(7) Contact large businesses in your area. These employees not only have reception areas, but the management staff usually receive a variety of subscriptions.\n(8) Keep updates on new residents in your area. Write a letter to welcome them to the community and tell them about your service. Form a business relationship with a local company that deals with major purchases ( real estate brokers, car salesman ). Suggest that they give a gift subscription to any new customer who makes a purchase. If you deal with a real estate broker, you will know who the new residents in the community are, and you can contact them for other subscription business.\n\n(9) Build relationships with your customers. Follow up with existing customers on a regular basis ( every 3 mos. ) to make sure that they are happy with their subscriptions. And there are NO problems. Hint: Customers follow up is crucial to your business. If you do not follow up, your credibility can be destroyed. If you only call your customers once a year (when it is time to renew ), they will be less likely to renew through you if there have been problems and you were not available to handle them throughout the year.\n\nHere is a suggested contact schedule:\n\n1st Contact - Make the subscription sale. Let the customer know that you will be contacting them in approximately 3 months to verify arrival of
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I am not sure what you mean by "contingency plans". But, go online to McGraw-Hill Publishing, Primis Online section. Also, do a google search for publishing for more information beyond textbooks.\n\nCheck out DanPoynterParaPublishing.com, you may want to be your own publisher...he makes a good case as to why.
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Bplans.com has a free sample business plan on photography, but it is for pets. Nonetheless, you can get some ideas on how you can create a business plan through this example http://www.bplans.com/spv/3004/\n\nHere are some general resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nYou may also want to read the article Starting a Home-Based Photography Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol56/photography.htm for a general direction on how to start a photography business.\n\nSome recommended books:\n\n- How To Start a Home-Based Photography Business \n- How You Can Make $25,000 a Year With Your Camera \n- The Business of Studio Photography : How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio \n- How to Operate a Successful Photo Portrait Studio \n- Photographer's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion \n- Sell & Re-Sell Your Photos : How to Sell Your Pictures to a World of Markets a Mailbox Away \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Build a online website and market that. Hire a S.E.O to get traffic to your site. Since your not in the U.S your probably going to have to offer long runs of 100k and above to get any business. It doesn't make sense for anyone to order from you except those living in India to print from you becuase of the turnaround time and the shipping cost. So larger runs are what you are looking at.\n\nAlways test the waters in your area before taking on the world. Make sure the press is color calibrated, cutting machine are in working order, customer service is trained and all the other things needed to run a printing company.