| Features | 1a | 1b | 2 | Sirius exclusive/nonexcl. |
| Setup fees | $500 | $299 | Free | $500 |
| Yearly fee | $25 | No | No | $25 |
| Corrections | $99 | $99 | $99 | $99 |
| Royalties | 20% | 20% | 25% | 50%/40% |
| Free copy | yes | yes | no | yes |
| ISBN | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Listing with
Amazon, etc |
yes | yes | no | yes |
| Author's
Discount |
25% | 25% | 25% | 35% |
| Graphics | extra | extra | extra | no fee |
| Copy Editing | no | free | $250 | Included |
| Author
Hands-on* |
no | no | no | yes |
| Personal touch** | no | no | no | yes |
* Author Hands-on refers to the author's participation in decision making
about their work.
** Personal touch refers to our help with marketing, author's access
to the publisher, easily reaching a human instead of an auto-responder.
Note- These are major companies. These are all exclusive agreements
except company 2. You cannot publish your book elsewhere. With Company
2, many services you might wish to add on (such as marketing help) are
offered for a fee of $50 and up.
Under Sirius Publications non-exclusive agreement, you pay some extra
fees but then you can publish anywhere else you choose (of course that
would be anywhere else that offers a nonexclusive contract).