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The HANDS Digital Publishing Project is a collaborative network of authors and narrators to promote and sell ebooks and audiobooks directly from author websites. Authors benefit from linking their sites to HANDS landing pages and from book listings on a shared online storefront showing all participating books and authors, providing a unified platform for discovery and purchase. BookFunnel is used for efficient ebook and audiobook distribution. The goal of the project is to enable authors to retain up to 80% of net retail book revenues as their sales and fan base grow, ensuring a sustainable and profitable model for long-term success.
Authors
Authors
(also Narrators who have audio rights)
80% Book Revenue Plan
Books are listed on your website with HANDS sales page links, in addition to whatever retailer links you currently use
You receive 80% of the net book revenues.
You do not need to manage credit card services, shopping cart, sales tax, mailing list, distribution of ebooks and/or audiobooks
Purchaser contact and detailed sales information provided to you.
Transparent sales reports
Access to vetted narrator pool and audition services
Potential narrator Royalty Payoff contracts or Per Finished Hour contract
60% Book Revenue Plan
All of the features above, but you receive 60% of the net book revenues, plus …
Twice monthly video consultation for campaign planning
All narrators are available for Royalty Payoff contracts
Services done for you:
Landing pages
Advance Review Copies administration
Book Gifting
Bulk Delivery (for potential Kickstarter campaigns)
Group promotions
Author list swaps
Social media discounts for follower-sharing of promotional posts
Print Codes for selling ebooks and audiobooks at book fairs, local bookstores, or for gifting
Mailing list automations and strategies
Royalty Payoff - When a narrator works on a Per Finished Hour (PFH) basis, the narration service is billed at the narrator’s hourly rate times the audiobook’s total hour length. This amount constitutes the basis that is paid off by splitting the net book revenues at a split agreed upon by author and narrator until the PFH amount is paid off. Gross or net (according to the plan) revenues from that point on go to the author exclusively. See this HANDS payment spreadsheet for examples of potential negotiated contract arrangements.
Narrators
Narrators
Small roster, application by invitation only
Confidence that Royalty Payoff contracts will be accompanied by active promotion/marketing effort
Audition opportunities
Rates and Royalty Payoff terms negotiated with author
Vetted authors
Must provide high quality, production-ready audio files
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