March 18, 2008
The road to success widens
LifeSuccess Publishing partners with New York Publisher
Dear Authors,
We are so pleased to share with all of you that LifeSuccess Publishing has commenced a most exciting partnership!
Effective immediately, we have signed a co-venture agreement with Morgan James Publishing.
"It is wonderful to join both our organizations creatively, rather than compete competitively. I feel great about the character of Morgan James and their staff. They are in complete alignment with LifeSuccess Publishing," says LifeSuccess Publishing CEO Ray Proctor.
Morgan James is a New York based book publisher, with an incredible distribution network with bookstores throughout the world. The family-run business also works with Ingram Publisher Services (IPS). Ingram has printers in the UK and the U.S. Ingram also sells to book wholesalers throughout the world.
Morgan James Founder, David L. Hancock, says, "We are very excited about this new relationship. Our Guerrilla Marketing training teaches us not to compete but rather create opportunities for collaboration. Morgan James and LifeSuccess Publishing have similar visions for and of authors. We bring value to each other. This incredible opportunity to work together for the benefit of the author and both publishers just makes sense."
Why did we do this?
As many of you are aware, LifeSuccess Publishing has gone through an incredible period of growth in the last several months. With that growth came a realization that we needed to improve upon the services we provide to you, our authors. Pairing with Morgan James was an ideal way to achieve this. “We looked at several different options on how we can improve service to our authors. While partnering with some of the publishing giants was discussed, we felt working with an established, niche, entrepreneurial author publishing company, such as Morgan James, would ensure our authors were not lost in a crowd of thousands of others. This partnership ensures that authors continue to receive service with the same vision as ours. Morgan James’ expertise in publishing and distribution is exactly what we were looking for to further the success of our authors,” says Proctor.
What does this mean for our authors?
Benefits, benefits, benefits. We are delighted with the many new doors this will open for our authors. For example, we will have improved printing schedules and warehousing of books, as well as greater exposure for our authors with the giants in the bookstore industry, to name just a few. As well, Morgan James is partnered with Rick Frishman of Planned TV Arts. You will be able to reap the benefits of the many services Frishman and his public relations team offer to authors, including teleseminars, Entrepreneurial Author University enrolment and publicity coaching. Furthermore, Morgan James offers Group Medical and Associated Benefit plans which will be available to our U.S. authors. Your titles will be marketed to the bookstores via IPS and are also placed in the Ingram Advance Catalog upon release. The Ingram Advance is a monthly catalog that is distributed to booksellers and libraries around the world.
How does this affect the current production of your book?
You are all in various stages of your book. Some of you have just come onboard and are writing furiously, others have already seen the fruits of their labor. The transition to having your books printed and promoted through Morgan James will depend on what stage you are in. Morgan James has its project management team for LifeSuccess authors in place and the transition of authors to the new team will begin next week.
Our ghostwriter, author promotion and website services will still be operated by the LifeSuccess team. In January, we began working with a new editing team and we will continue to use their services. A new series of sponsorship webinars will begin next week. As the transition takes place, each of you will get communication from your new project manager. These managers have experience in publishing and editorial, and will be of great assistance to you.
Our current project managers based in Arizona will continue to be a part of the LifeSuccess family. We are truly appreciative of the hard work and devotion they have given, particularly in this trying growth period.
We trust that you are able to share our excitement and see the tremendous opportunities that we see with this new venture. We are dedicated to making this transition as smooth as possible, however, we know there will be a few hiccups in the process and we ask you for your patience. We remain committed to continually improving our service of helping you change your life by publishing a book and will work diligently to make your experience in this process rewarding.
Your LifeSuccess Publishing Team
