Book Publishing Software GuideThe vertical market publishing software solutions in this section are designed for the needs of book publishers with features including backorder management, consignment sales, customer relationship management, direct mail campaign analysis, inventory, returns processing, royalties, sales analysis, standing orders, stock reordering, and more. For information on our software selection process visit www.kensai.net Large Publishers - with sales of $30M to $1Billion Book publishing software in this section is priced at about $200K to over $5M for a typical implementation. Solutions offered by these vendors are highly scalable and offer more features than lower priced solutions. Implementation usually takes from six to eighteen months.
Medium Publishers - with sales of $500K to $30M Book publishing software in this section is priced in the range of $8K to $150K and offers publisher specific features not found in general accounting packages. Implementation usually takes three to nine months.
Small Publishers - with sales under $500K The software in this section does what you need it to - i.e. sales and royalties, but generally lacks the advanced features and accounting controls found in more expensive solutions. The price of publishing software targeted at this market segment ranges from $99 to $10,000.
Tip 1: Spend no more than 2% to 3% of sales for an IT solution. This means that if you are a publisher with sales of $10M your book publishing software solution should cost no more than $200K to $300K, including implementation. Tip 2: Review at least 3 software solutions prior to making a selection and tell the vendors which software solutions you are considering. This will help you to obtain the best price in this highly competitive market. Tip 3: New book publishers should use QuickBooks until their sales exceed $300K a year.
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