How can I find out who ordered my book?

We are unable to provide any specific sales information as to which bookstore, retailer or library purchased the book(s). Christian Publishing House is a private, family-owned company and sales information for the retailer or library who purchased the book(s) is proprietary information and cannot be shared. In reality, we do not even have access to it. What we receive from the distributors is what country they were sold in and how many sales there were, as well as the total royalties we received.

When do I receive Compensation Payments for books sold through Ingram's Global Distribution Network?

The sale of the book is given to us by the printer and distributor 90 days from the end of the month in which the book was sold. You receive the payment the following month. In other words, when your book first starts making sales, you will not receive your first payment for four months. However, when you do receive it, it will be a monthly payment in an arrearage of four months. For example, if you sold books in January, February, March April, and May, you would receive January sales in May, February sales in June, March sales in July, April sales in August, and May sales in September. All payments are made through PayPal, so all authors must have a PayPal account. PayPal is the safest way to make online payments, and it is instantaneous.

How can my customers order my book?

Customers can order your book through physical bookstores, online retailer websites, and through the Christian Publishing House Bookstore. We usually mark the book down by about $2.00 on the CPH website. But if you are marketing and advertising your book on social media, direct traffic to Amazon. Why? (1) They are the world's biggest bookseller. (2) They are a trusted name, and they have superb return policy or money back if the book does not show up. (3) Customers will literally pay more for a book from a known source that gets a discount from a less-known source. (4) You receive more royalties from Amazon than any other store.

How does distribution work?

With Christian Publishing House’s Print on Demand service, books can be purchased through physical bookstores, libraries, and, retail outlets. They can be placed from any major online bookstore. The order prints, ships, and arrives at the customer or store within a few days.

How do stores know about my book?

The printer and distributor sends a metadata feed containing all the information and pricing for your book to more than 39,000 bookstores, libraries, and retail outlets all over the world. Ingram's customers and Print-On-Demand distribution channel partners will upload the metadata for your book to their website and will decide if they want to sell the book through their website. A store can search for your book on Christian Publishing House's website or other websites and see the metadata linked to it.

How long does it take for my book to appear on websites?

During the title setup process, once we click the enable button to add distribution services to your book, it can take 2-6 weeks before appearing on retailer websites or on a distributor or retailer’s internal ordering system. Generally speaking, it will become live as follows.

• The Amazon Kindle eBook will be live within 6-72 hours once we hit publish and the Google eBook with 6 hours, while the FaithLife eBook can take 2-3 weeks.

• The paperback will be live on Amazon first within 1-5 days once we hit publish.

• The paperback in all other stores can take 2-6 weeks to become live.

• The paperback in the computer system of physical bookstores can take 2-6 weeks but can go as much as 12 weeks.

How can I find out who ordered my book?

We are unable to provide any specific sales information as to which bookstore, retailer or library purchased the book(s). Christian Publishing House is a private, family-owned company and sales information for the retailer or library who purchased the book(s) is proprietary information and cannot be shared. In reality, we do not even have access to it. What we receive from the distributors is what country they were sold in and how many sales there were, as well as the total royalties we received.

When do I receive Compensation Payments for books sold through Ingram's Global Distribution Network?

The sale of the book is given to us by the printer and distributor 90 days from the end of the month in which the book was sold. You receive the payment the following month. In other words, when your book first starts making sales, you will not receive your first payment for four months. However, when you do receive it, it will be a monthly payment in an arrearage of four months. For example, if you sold books in January, February, March April, and May, you would receive January sales in May, February sales in June, March sales in July, April sales in August, and May sales in September. All payments are made through PayPal, so all authors must have a PayPal account. PayPal is the safest way to make online payments, and it is instantaneous.

How can my customers order my book?

Customers can order your book through physical bookstores, online retailer websites, and through the Christian Publishing House Bookstore. We usually mark the book down by about $2.00 on the CPH website. But if you are marketing and advertising your book on social media, direct traffic to Amazon. Why? (1) They are the world's biggest bookseller. (2) They are a trusted name, and they have a superb return policy or money back if the book does not show up. (3) Customers will literally pay more for a book from a known source that gets a discount from a less-known source. (4) You receive more royalties from Amazon than any other store.

How does distribution work?

With Christian Publishing House’s Print on-Demand service, books can be purchased through physical bookstores, libraries, and retail outlets. They can be placed from any major online bookstore. The order prints, ships, and arrives at the customer or store within a few days.

How do stores know about my book?

The printer and distributor send a metadata feed containing all the information and pricing for your book to more than 39,000 bookstores, libraries, and retail outlets all over the world. Ingram's customers and Print-On-Demand distribution channel partners will upload the metadata for your book to their website and will decide if they want to sell the book through their website. A store can search for your book on Christian Publishing House's website or other websites and see the metadata linked to it.

What is the Royalties % for the Author?

Before delving into the percentage, let's look at the brief publishing houses (e.g., Zondervan, Baker, Holman, Thomas Nelson, etc.). These big multi-millionaire and billionaire companies pay a mere 8-15% of the net profit. These big companies do not spend enormous amounts of money marketing a book because they only publish big named persons, and they live off the famous name of their authors.

• Royalties on Publisher’s Editions. For copies of the Work sold by the Publisher under this Agreement, Publisher shall credit Author’s account with the following royalties on Net Copies Sold:

• 20% of the Net Revenues on sales of any Electronic Editions

• 0% of the Net Revenues on sales when the author uses their discount.

• “Electronic Edition,” as used in this Agreement, shall refer to any Edition of the Work that is sold, distributed, or accessed in an electronic or digital format through the publisher’s distribution network.

• “Net Revenues,” as used in this Agreement, shall refer to money actually received by the Publisher from the sale of copies of the work, net of returns, after deducting Distribution and Freight Fees.

• “Net Copies Sold,” as used in this Agreement, means the sale, less returns, of any and all copies of the Work sold by Publisher through conventional channels of distribution in the book trade. It does not include promotional and review copies, or copies the author purchases directly from the publisher at author discount. Royalties on all eBooks sold will be paid at 20% of the Net Price (royalties received from the distributors).

• “Deep Discounts,” as used in this Agreement, shall refer to all sales in excess of Publisher’s normal wholesale discount. These sales may occur in high discount channels outside the normal book-purchasing channels, such as, but not limited to, brick and mortar bookstores, libraries, colleges, and universities, etc.

• At this time, the Publisher makes payments to the Author(s) by way of PayPal.