Distribution
Only Girl Friday offers a full spectrum of robust publishing opportunities, from selective hybrid imprints to custom production that delivers our authors’ dreams.
Distribution Pathways
There is no one best path to publication—there is only the right path for your book. At GFP, we work to help you understand your options and make the best choice for you.
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Custom
HOW IT WORKS:
100% royalty
Your own imprint
Assisted self-publishing but you call the shots
Primarily sold online
Books are print on demand (offset print run optional)
Ideal for direct sales
IDEAL FOR AUTHORS WHO:
Desire total control over their project but need guidance through the publishing process and want expert, curated editorial, design, and marketing support. Authors using their book as a business card or to enhance thought leadership are ideal custom clients.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Author of award-winning historical fiction John Rhodes knows his community and how to target likely readers. Rhodes enjoys no up-front printing costs and receives 100 percent of his proceeds from largely online sales. Through five novels, Rhodes has depended on GFP to help him produce beautiful, well-crafted books.
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GFB
HOW IT WORKS:
80/20 royalty split
GFB imprint
Collaboration and consulting
Sold primarily through online retailers
Books are print on demand
IDEAL FOR AUTHORS WHO:
Want a publisher to partner with and the community of an established imprint. This includes first-time authors who don’t want the expense and logistics of a large print run.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Hospice nurse Penny Hawkins Smith (@hospicenursepenny) is selling her memoir mainly online, even her hardcover. Smith appreciates the support of a publisher without the up-front cost and responsibility of physical books that must be warehoused. Win-win!
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Flashpoint
HOW IT WORKS:
70/30 royalty split
Flashpoint imprint
Collaboration and expertise from Flashpoint
Ingram Two Rivers reps sell in to physical bookstores, plus libraries, specialty and gift, and national chains
Lead title + offset print run + distribution + warehousing
IDEAL FOR AUTHORS WHO:
Have an established community or established platform and a book that benefits from bookstore and specialty sales.
FOR EXAMPLE:
A natural fit for Flashpoint, author Megan Hansen is also an Instagram star, dietician, and CEO of The Metabolism Makeover. Not only can Megan sell her books direct from her website (earning a larger royalty), but she can also offer personalized discount codes to her hundreds of thousands of followers and coaching clients alike. She followed up her bestselling Metabolism Makeover, translated into multiple languages, with a prescriptive companion workbook.
10 international editions
Optioned for film
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#1 Amazon bestseller and winner of American Book Fest’s International Book Award
“I’m happy all my querying was for naught because I am positive that traditional publishing houses would not have given me a book that looks like this, and the experience would also not have been as fast or as pleasurable.”
Alexandra Chan, author of In the Garden Behind the Moon
DISTRIBUTION SUCCESS STORIES
Our team has collectively produced and published thousands of distinctive books, and our titles appear across the globe and in over a dozen languages.
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