Creating America's Most Beautiful Books for Over 30 Years
We Offer More Services To Help Your Business Grow
At Petersen Books, we spend far more time talking directly with our clients on the phone than inpersonal email. Why? We understand that the most important part of a relationship is knowing exactly what our clients desire. It's takes one-on-one dialog to get to know a new friend and their needs. We are not a cookie cutter company. Our greatest gift is our friendships with our clients, helping them to become more successful.
We offer over 75 services for our corporate, publsher, and author clients. Which services are best for you?
Ship-On-Demand Fulfillment? Worried about where you are going to store your books? Worry no more! You do not have to send them anywhere. Your books can stay right here in our dedicated fulfillment center ready to ship-on-demand. We offer tiers of fulfillment services from a simple monthly storage option to automated seamless order generation via integration with your online marketplace’s shopping cart(s). Simple storage is as low as $10/month. The cost for shopping cart integration requires analysis and assessment on an individual basis as each circumstance requires customized mapping. Most customers utilizing our fulfillment services input orders directly into our inventory management system via a web portal. It is protected by 128-bit encryption and can be accessed with any device capable of operating a standard browser and connecting to the internet. Traditional pick & pack and kit assembly is the staple of our fulfillment center. The default target for shipment of fulfillment orders is 48 hours following order receipt. The fulfillment center holds the same business hours and schedule as our other departments.
- EBooksConverting your book into an eBook is easy. We will use your print-ready files to convert your book into one of the following file formats:
- ePub – reflowable content, meaning that an ePub reader can optimize text for a particular display device. Use for Kobo eReader, BlackBerry devices, Apple’s iBooks app running on iOS devices, Google Books app running on Android and iOS devices, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Reader, Adobe Digital Editions, Lexcycle Stanza, and various other lesser known readers.
- Mobi – reflowable content, meaning that a Mobi reader can optimize text for a particular display device. Use for Amazon’s Kindle and any other Mobi-capable devices and software.
- Fixed layout PDF – can be used on any device but the pages are fixed, meaning the content does not flow from page to page.
- Flip book – Browser Based Flip-book, if your e-reader or other device has a browser (computer, iPhone, iPad, Xoom, and Android) pay one fee and read it on any of those devices. Realistic page turning. Gain valuable analytics about the reading behavior of the user.
Additional Services Used by Authors, Publishers and Companies for Various Kinds of Publications
Some of the services below such as good designing and editing are used on almost all project, where
other services are needed only for the more complex projects, such as photography, publicity, etc.
other services are needed only for the more complex projects, such as photography, publicity, etc.
- Senior manuscript consultants
- Senior editors
- Editors
- Book evaluators
- Marketing researchers
- Writing coaches
- Ghostwriters
- Script writers
- Pitch persons for movie deals
- Book and product sales organizations
- Proofreaders
- Senior design managers
- Cover designers
- Text designers
- Typesetters
- Book, CD, DVD, collateral materials, and point-of-purchase display manufacturers
- Packing designers
- Cartoonists, illustrators, product photographers, and other artists
- Foreign rights publishing contract negotiators
- Publishing contract negotiators
- Publishing industry attorneys
- Retail book marketing analysts
- Public relations firms
- Literary agencies
- Library system representatives
- Grant writers
- Book and product distributors
- Pick-and-pack facilities
- Fulfillment
- Warehousing
- National and international shipping companies
- US and foreign customs brokers
- Book translators for foreign sales
- Inbound telemarketing 24/7 book and product orders
- Seminar speakers and lecture bureaus
- National and international promoters
- Travel agencies
- Set designers
- Ticket box office agencies
- Box office managers
- Stage managers
- Security companies
- Ad agencies
- Booking agents for TV, radio, and live shows
- Endorsement and corporate sponsorship agencies
- Web developers
- Social networking developers
- Accounting staff
- CPA firms to track all sales, costs, and royalties
- Book publishing sales tracking firms
- Personal managers for travel and special accommodations
- Scriptwriters for speeches, talks, radio, and TV
- Video and post-production team for YouTube, author documentaries, author’s website, and other filming needs
- Producers, directors
- Production studios and live sound recording for audio CDs
- Voice-over readers for authors’ audiobooks
- Electronic media experts to convert author books to electronic platforms such as the iPad, Kindle, etc.
- Manufacturing contract analysts and negotiators
- Writer, producer, and director for authors' podcast and podcast radio submissions
- Technical sound advisor for radio, TV, live appearances, and other recordings
- Recording studio
- Catering companies for events, lectures, book signings, parties, etc.
- Blog, newsletter, and website writer
- Road manager
- Personal photographer