Today I would like to introduce you to Sylv, my PA. she has worked with me for over two years, helping to get word out about my books on social media as well as creating my newsletters and alongside her partner Joe, formatting and uploading them onto Amazon.
At Sylv.net, we like to keep things simple and 95% of our clients have come to them through word of mouth from other authors.
In 2012, we started to notice that there were a number of companies who were charging huge amounts of money for authors to receive their services, something which has not changed, it only seems to have got worse.
We decided at that time that we could do what these companies were doing, but we could do it at a price that made the services accessible to many more authors. We do our best to keep costs low, but we do have to charge a fair price for what we do. No matter what, our prices and the services we offer are much better than these other companies.
We have also noticed that there are many ‘publishers’ out there who are charging fees for everything that a traditional publisher would do, and then taking a percentage of the royalties just as a traditional publisher would do, however, this is not how publishing works. If you have a publisher, they will take the risk on your book being a success and not charge you for the work they do, this payment comes from their percentage of your royalties.
We work differently, we provide all of the services a traditional publisher would provide, but the book is published by you. You pay us for the work we do, and you keep all royalties.
The services we provide include:
Editing
Proofreading
Cover Design
Digital Marketing
Ebook/Print Book Formatting
Book/Cover Upload to Amazon/Draft2Digital
Author PA Services
Website Design
Audiobooks
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