“Will I get published?”

Did you know that, over the years, many books on the New York Times Bestseller list were written by ghostwriters? Ghostwriting is a publishing reality of the first order. The newer Ingram-Amazon-based publishing model obliterates the former traditional model, which was far more restrictive.

So, if we ghostwrite your book will it get published?

Yes. You may want to try major publishing houses first. But should you decide to take the helm, with our considerable help, the potential of the new model is undeniable. Let us explain:

Manhattan Literary has its own publishing imprint, should you need it. If you request our publishing services, they are available to you under a separate contract. We have the capacity to publish your work professionally. We will assist and share our knowledge with you, obviating the snares and disappointments of the typical self-publishing mills. You will have the benefit of our considerable experience.

Critically important: We are affiliated with the Ingram Book Group (www.ingramgroup.com), the nation’s largest distributor of books, also a book producer. Ingram is the unseen engine underneath Amazon and other major book sales and distribution platforms. Their services are for publishers, not for individuals.

Years ago, before many of its competitors, Ingram realized the bright future of the print-on-demand publishing model — at least a decade before Amazon appeared. A key feature of this model is that it allows a publisher to produce small or large book runs at the same cost per unit.

We are proud to be connected to Ingram and can assure you quality book production — and distribution via their on-line model. Together, we take control of your publishing career by using these production and distribution tools to launch your work.

Here is what John Kremer, a famous author/analyst on our industry, says in a recent article about clients who link with a ghostwriter/publisher like ML to control their own destiny:

(From John Kremer’s Hall of Fame website🙂 “You could stock a superb college library or an incredible bookstore just from the books written by the some of the authors who have chosen to self-publish: Margaret Atwood, L. Frank Baum, William Blake, Ken Blanchard, Robert Bly, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Byron, Willa Cather, Pat Conroy, Stephen Crane, e.e. cummings, W.E.B. DuBois, Alexander Dumas, T.S. Eliot, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Benjamin Franklin, Zane Grey, Thomas Hardy, E. Lynn Harris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Robinson Jeffers, Spencer Johnson, Stephen King, Rudyard Kipling, Louis L’Amour, D.H. Lawrence, Rod McKuen, Marlo Morgan, John Muir, Anais Nin, Thomas Paine, Tom Peters, Edgar Allen Poe, Alexander Pope, Beatrix Potter, Ezra Pound, Marcel Proust, Irma Rombauer, Carl Sandburg, Robert Service, George Bernard Shaw, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Upton Sinclair, Gertrude Stein, William Strunk, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf.

This web site features many other amazing authors who have chosen to self-publish at some time in their careers. You would do well to be among this honored group.

http://www.selfpublishinghalloffame.com/

See the endless list of success stories.

A simple point to keep in mind: when you sell a book to a publisher you lose all control. The amount of money they put into marketing — if not agreed upon beforehand — is entirely up to them; as is whether the book stays in print. Years ago, the main reason to use a traditional publisher was their marketing muscle/infrastructure. But with the reality of Amazon — admittedly a mixed blessing because of their monopolistic tendencies — the hazards but also the benefits are a fact of life. The ‘traditional’ publisher of 15-20 years ago is veering more towards obsolesence each year. Manhattan Literary, you, Amazon and Ingram — a winning combination. The new author is greatly empowered.

In essence, this newer publishing model that started a good 20 years ago has obliterated the old market controls. But it is not a giveaway to the author/client: it demands that they exercise a great deal of initiative. We offer substantial tools for this process.