Book Publishing Software Guide
The 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
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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 and many vendors targeting this market offer 24x7
technical support.
Medium Publishers
- with sales of $500K to $30M
Book publishing software for medium publishers is priced in
the range of $10K
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 $0 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 obtain the best price from
these highly competitive vendors.
Tip 3: New book publishers should use QuickBooks Premier for
accounting and financial management until
their sales exceed $500K a year.
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