What is required for the World Portals?
World Portals will revolve around the story you create and will give fans a deeper look at what you have written. Each author will fill out a form to give me details about their story, additional behind the scenes, character descriptions for fan art, and any bonus content that you can give me. The more in depth we can go, the better.
What will I have to do for the bonuses?
The majority of the bonuses will be created by us, but we will put out an open call for authors to contribute to the bonuses. We’re planning preorder bonuses for fans, special giveaways, contests, etc to build up our marketing. These things will typically be cost-free and we have a ton of resources to help you create these bonuses.
Will these be in print or just ebook?
The anthologies will be in both print and ebook and will be distributed wide.
What happens to the royalties?
We’re pricing the book just above the minimum required by the printers and distributors. Any royalties we make will go to cover additional costs for the book. We often price the ebook as free to get attention, but not always.
How much does it cost to participate?
We’re asking for $50 from each participant to help cover the cost of the cover, website, graphic design, marketing, editing, formatting, etc, though you’re welcome to donate more so that we can book more ads and do more creative things.
How long will we be required to market after the anthology is released?
We ask that all authors actively market through their social media for a minimum of one month after release so that we get the best initial sales that we can get!
Will the release date change?
Only if we all happen to be rocking people who get stuff done super early. If everyone handles their part of the deal and the anthology is ready to go early and everyone is on board, we have no problem bumping up the release and using it as a surprise marketing tactic. We’ve definitely released short stories before with zero warning and have hit bestseller in multiple categories several times, so we’ve got this marketing things down.