Success In the Self-Publishing Industry!

I have my first client for Collegiate Kids Books.  Incredible. I am blown away.  I found a rabid Texas A&M graduate.  He even has a house in College Station that he lives in during the football season.  Basically, the ideal person to do this book.  He and his daughter are writing the book, she is also a Texas A&M grad.   We have the artwork completed and they add the text.  With their input, we have created a fantastic book.

This Aggies book will have scratch and sniff, a fold out section, lifting flaps, multiple materials and moving parts.  This will be the first ever tactile interactive children's book for the Aggies once we have gone through the trademark and licensing process.  

We will be printing around 2500 copies.  It costs $4.85 per book, plus safety tests, shipping and customs (around $1,000).  Collegiate Kids Books, LLC will pay for the book design ($900).  This book will ship with around 3 to 5 other books so we get economy of scale with the shipping, safety tests and customs.  These costs being spread out over the other titles, it is kind of a moving target, but the more titles we combine it with, the lower the expense per title.  

Collegiate Kids Books, LLC will receive and warehouse these books. We will also be responsible for shipping them out and for getting them placed in stores across the great state of Texas.  The books will also be sold on Amazon and our company website. 

Every time a book sales to a retailer, our client will get his costs back, plus $1.00.  On direct sales that come off the company website, our new author will get his investment back plus $4.00.  On sales that come from Amazon.com, it will be the investment plus $3.00.  Based on past sales, we can expect that 1250 to 1800 copies are sold each year.   We expect him to get back his invest plus 20% in two years.  We have to report royalties to the schools every month, so every month, we will cut our client a check and report of how many copies have been sold and whether it was to retailer or direct to a buyer.

We must stress that our client is not doing it for the money.  

He is doing it because he loves his school and wants to be part of A&M history and directly contributing to an outstanding product that will help parents and fans all over the world, create rabid passionate A&M fans from an early age. To make money on the whole deal just sweetens the pot.  Everyone wins in this situation.  The client, the school and the publisher. This is how business should be done!

We are looking for similar fans and alumni that want to see their school's book come to life.  

We can help anyone that wants to self-publish a tactile children's book.  It does not have to be mascot based. If you have a great idea and want to see it come to life we can make it happen for you.  If it is a mascot based book, we can help get it licensed, published and placed in stores in that area. 

Gig' Em Aggies!

Bryan R. Jones
828-773-5398
bryan@collegiatekidsbooks.com