For those of you who have experience publishing books

amother

Wed, May 31 2023, 2:54 pm

Curious how much of a percentage you made on the book, using a Frum publisher?

Please let me know!

amother

Watermelon

Thu, Jun 01 2023, 8:25 pm

amother OP wrote:

Curious how much of a percentage you made on the book, using a Frum publisher?

Please let me know!

I make ten percent on kids’ fiction. Not sure if the numbers shift based on age group. I’m sure it’s lower for picture books, though.

amother

Black

Fri, Jun 02 2023, 4:43 pm

Most frum publishers offer somewhere along the lines of 30% if you lay out printing and editing, 10% if they do.
Hatzlacha.

amother

Diamond

Fri, Jun 02 2023, 5:10 pm

We do all the production work— taking care of content, layout, editing and copy editing, printing — and the frum publisher distributes. We get 40% of the list price for however many they sell.

amother

Peru

Mon, Jun 05 2023, 10:23 pm

About 10 years ago I published a parsha book through one of the big frum publishers. I had to come up with all the money to cover editing, layout, and printing costs, and got I believe 35% of the official sticker price for each book sold, plus I could sell as many as I want and got to keep it all except for about 15-20% of each sale that went to the publisher. Don't know if this model is still in use today.