BUUKS is a self-publishing company that simplifies the author’s journey by providing an easy to use publishing platform. Headquartered at Chennai, we help authors publish, print, distribute and sell their books globally and offer 100% royalty.
BUUKS is a self-publishing company that simplifies the author’s journey by providing an easy to use publishing platform. Headquartered at Chennai, we help authors publish, print, distribute and sell their books globally and offer 100% royalty.
While the author creates the manuscript, there are a host of other things that need to be done to get a book market-ready. For example, an author who only has the manuscript ready will require services such as cover designing, typesetting, eBook creation, print and distribution services to successfully sell his/her eBook & print. If you chose BUUKS, you need to pay only for the services that you choose to buy.
You can use our Royalty Calculator here to determine how much royalty you’ll make on successful sale of a printed book in India. We will be able to provide you with a detailed working of the royalty calculation, when you choose to publish with us.
In traditional publishing, the publisher will hold copyrights for your work, pay a royalty up to 15% on an annual basis and will take about 1 to 2 years to publish your book.
In Self-Publishing, you will hold 100% copyrights for your work, earn 100% net royalties on a monthly basis and can publish your book in less than a month or two.
Your book will be published in about a month or two, based on the services/package that you choose.
Once your book/eBook has been made available on our partner book stores, you will be able to track the sales of your book under “Dashboard” section of the BUUKS platform.
You will own 100% rights of your work and a certificate will be issued by the Registrar of India, Copyrights Registration Department if you choose to buy Copyrights service.
At BUUKS, we work on a Print-On-Demand model where we print books based on customer demand. You don’t have to pay for printing up-front as printing charges will be deducted only after a sale is complete. Based on the package that you choose, you will get a fixed number of free copies.
The sale of a book is completely dependent on the merit of the content and effective marketing.
Authors have the complete authority in pricing their book. Few things to consider before pricing your book will be:
Our Project Managers compare price of other books in the same genre to the price of your book to arrive at an ideal MRP. This will help your book to be priced competitively in the market.
Self-publishing is not a business that has a fixed timeline for ROI and it works differently for every author. Few authors take months and few authors take years to meet their ROI. Despite all that, we will support our authors by offering marketing services to drive the sales of your book.
Marketing means creating awareness, visibility and publicity for your book and Distribution means making your books available on leading eBook and Print book selling platforms for your readers to buy.
You will receive the Print Ready Files of your book, before your book goes for print. Only on your approval, the files will be sent for Printing. This way we can avoid errors in the book and produce the book the way you desire it.
Yes, You can publish eBooks on Kindle devices and apps in Hindi (हिंदी), Tamil(தமிழ்) , Malayalam (മലയാളം), Marathi (मराठी), and Gujarati (ગુજારી). Contact us to know more about our conversion and publishing services.
We have an author dashboard that keeps you updated about your royalty history. This dashboard can help you track everything related to your book’s distribution in India on online distribution channels like Amazon and Flipkart.
Apart from publishing, we also provide book marketing and distribution services. BUUKS has a highly competent team to help your book get maximum reach with the right audience. All you need to do is choose the publishing package that also covers book marketing. We adopt various marketing strategies like KDP Select Free Promotion and marketing through Amazon sponsored ads, social media ads, and Quora ads.
No, KDP eBooks and print books are available only in the United States (Amazon.com), Canada (Amazon.ca), the United Kingdom (Amazon.co.uk), Germany (Amazon.de), France (Amazon.fr), Italy (Amazon.it), Spain (Amazon.es), and Japan (Amazon.co.jp). KDP doesn’t support eBook content as well as paperback distribution in other countries.
Yes, BUUKS also provides a digital version of the printed book, depending on the type of publishing package chosen. With our efficient team of publishing experts, we can help you create professional, well-formatted, and affordable. To know more, contact us at hello@buuks.com.
Self-publishing is a book-publishing method in which an author invests in his own book to publish it. The author owns the copyrights to his book and, hence, has higher control over the royalty. The responsibility of creating the book, distributing it, and marketing it usually falls on the author’s shoulders itself. An author usually works with many people at every step in this whole process. BUUKS provides sensible publishing solutions, guidance, and support to help you do this successfully.
Proofreading is not a part of publishing packages. The author needs to opt-in for editing and proofreading separately to get his/her book copyedited/proofread.
For a manuscript that doesn’t require editing, we take 20–25 days. For a manuscript that needs editing, we take 40–45 days. Yet the timeline is subject to the complexity level of the manuscript, and the author’s turnaround time.
MS Word. If it has images, the author has to provide the same with quality of at least 300 dpi.
For center-pinned books: 20–60 pages; for paperbacks: 60–800 pages; for hardbound books: 100–900 pages.
For e-books, there are two royalty options: 35 percent and 70 percent. For the 70 percent royalty option, the e-book should be exclusively available only in KDP and should be enrolled for KDP select.
ISBN stands for international standard book number. An ISBN will be provided only as a part of the package.
Choosing the paperback version of the book is highly recommended, and the black-and-white version is best to keep production costs to a minimum.
Have more questions? Please write to us at hello@buuks.com to get them answered.