Choosing the right publisher for your book ultimately defines that book. Below are some questions to help you make sure you are working with a true self-publisher, and not a vanity/subsidy or Internet scam.

Ask yourself, Can I ...

• Know all my costs up front?
• Set the price I want to charge for the book?
• Have input on cover design?
• Have input on interior layout and design?
• Know the cost per book before signing a contract?
• Choose the number of books I personally receive?
• Keep all rights to the book in my name alone?
• Choose the options I need (and not pay for package items I don't need)?
• Decide for myself the quality and type of paper, binding, finish, etc.?
• Understand every word in the contract?
• Sell the books without going through the publisher?
• Choose for myself when or if the book goes out of print?
• Have the option of using an editor or proofreader that I choose ?
• Sell to bookstores at no extra fee (code-named "Returnability" by some companies)?
• Take my book to a different publisher if things don't work out?

If you must maintain a relationship with a company in order to get copies of your own book, you are dealing with a vanity or subsidy press, not a self-publisher.

In self-publishing, you make all the decisions you want to make, get expert advice at all stages of the process, know all costs upfront, authorize all work before it is done, see proofs at several stages including every time changes are made, keep all rights to your book, choose the options you need, and are free to take the book elsewhere if you are unhappy.

If you choose Evanston Publishing, Inc., you receive a guarantee of quality. Your job is to write. Our job is to turn your manuscript into a book you are proud to claim as your own.