Quintin Publications "America's Genealogy Store" P.O. Box 65546 Orange Park,  Florida 32065-7605 Office: 904-375-1113

Author's Brochure

Definitions You will find the following definitions and explanations useful when reading this document.

• Publish: To have your genealogical work produced, advertised and distributed by Quintin Publications at no cost to the author or organization
• Reprint: To produce a certain number of copies of an out-of-print book which has fallen into the "public domain" i.e.  has and expired or invalid copyright or,  for which you or your organization owns the copyright.
• Electronic Version: To have a body of work published on CD-ROM or DVD
• Vanity Publishing: To have your genealogical work produced by Quintin Publications but advertised and distributed by the author. The author or organization pays all productions costs. Please see book printing for more details. 
• Typed Manuscript:  A satisfactory typed manuscript can be prepared with most electric typewriters or computer driven, letter quality printers. 
• Electronic Format:  We can accept both PC and Mac compatible files. We prefer either WordPerfect or MSWord but we can convert most other formats into one we can use. Submissions on CD, floppy or by e-mail are acceptable. 
• Camera-Ready Copy:  Camera-ready copy is copy that is completely finished and ready for photographing to make the printing plates. 

Overview Many genealogists have accumulated masses of related information. Often, after many years of research a genealogist or family historian wishes to have his research preserved in some format.
Quintin Publications is a full service genealogical publisher and distributor and, as such, is in a position to help all genealogists and family historians attain that goal. We can provide services
that will bring your research to market in either book or CD-ROM format, and many times, at no cost to you!

The Prospective Work  If you are seeking a publisher you are probably in one of the following situations: 

• You have a manuscript that is already prepared for publication
• You have an out-of-print book that you wish to bring back into print
• You have extracted information from some valuable genealogical source and want to have it published
• You, or your group, would like to reprint a book of local interest and are looking for a publisher to reprint it

Marketability Not all books have the same appeal. A genealogy book about the descendants of John Bien and Mary Smith (your grandparents) have limited appeal outside their immediate descendants while a book of all the Smiths in the United States has a huge appeal. This fact must be taken into consideration when having a book published by Quintin Publications. 

Our many years of experience have told us that the broader the topic and the further back in time the more the appeal will be. A listing of Rhode Islanders in the Revolutionary War will certainly have more potential readers than a list of Rhode Island soldiers who fought in the Korean War. We have found that the  books that sell the most are:

• Extractions of births, marriages, deaths or other vital statistics from all areas (the broader the better)

• One name studies

• Censuses, funeral home records, newspaper extractions, especially those not already widely available on the Internet or on microfilm

• Certain how-to guides. Dictionaries of related terms, research in ... etc

• Town or county histories with a substantial genealogical content

Overview  Genealogical Publications is an American company based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.  We have been in business more than 25 years and began our business with a specialty in French-Canadian genealogical and historical material. While French-Canada is still our special interest we do publish, stock and distribute a wide range of books and CDs from all areas of interest. Our main method of distribution is through our web site, one of the largest, if not the largest web site selling genealogical products. We constantly update our site - usually on a daily basis, and regularly submit the site to more than 1500 international Internet search engines assuring the widest possible audience for our products. 

Audience  Our target audience for books and CD-ROMS are genealogists, historians, libraries and genealogical societies. We regularly send e-mail notifications to such interested persons and do make targeted mailing to individuals and societies that might be interested in certain publications. Genealogical Publications usually has a presence at most major genealogical conventions and has been a full page advertiser in Genealogical Helper and other such Quintin Publications.

Getting Started Genealogical Publications suggests contacting us with your idea before you begin formatting and formulating your publication. We request that you contact us as soon as possible if you wish to consider Genealogical Publications as your publisher.  Our phone number is 1-904-375-1113 or you can e-mail us at info@quintinpublications.com . Please do not send any unsolicited manuscripts, photos or art work before contacting us.

Acceptance of Manuscripts We would like to accept all book proposals for publication but it is sometimes impossible if we cannot effectively market at least 100 copies of the printed book, however, if you have a manuscript that we feel has marketability as a CD-ROM we will consider that medium as it is much less expensive to produce than a printed version.

All acceptances of manuscripts, are, of course, tentative and dependant upon the acceptance of our editorial committee and a signed contract. The review process can usually take 30 days so please be patient. We will send the recommendations of the editorial committee by e-mail and/or US mail. Our typical responses are:

• Acceptance, at which time a standard contract will be mailed to you for signature
• Tentative Acceptance, at which time we will make specific recommendations to format, content or style. This is usually reserved for manuscripts that might need to have a different format such as a different font, font size, layout etc but will not substantially ask that any text be changed
• Direction to our Vanity Publishing department. Certain types of genealogical manuscripts have an interest to only a small group of family members. Quintin Publications feels that your manuscript falls into this category and, as such would be best brought to book format using our Short Run Book Printing pricing.  

Royalties Our publishing contract is quite standard. Genealogical Publications normally pays a royalty of 15% - 20% in exchange for the publishing rights to the work. This royalty is based upon the actual selling price of the books or CD-ROMs, both wholesale and retail. Royalties are paid in US funds and paid quarterly in April, July, October and January. The author further receives 5 free copies of the book or CD-ROM and is able to purchase additional copies at Genealogical Publication's normal wholesale discount.

Acceptable Formats If your manuscript is accepted by Genealogical Publications  you will have to provide us with at least  one of the following:

• the manuscript in an electronic format such as WordPerfect or MSWord

• a camera-ready copy

• in the case of a reprint an existing book or reprint  

• a typed manuscript

Nuts and Bolts: 

• Photos: Normally photos do not reproduce well in printed form unless they have been screened and reduced to fit their actual position on the printed page (they are no problem to put on a CD-ROM).  These are called line separations or positive half-tones. A half-tone is basically shooting a picture of the photograph through a screen so that the photo is separated into a series of tiny dots (much like a newspaper photo). This process can be done in house (at additional expense) or your local photo store should be able to do it.
• Book Format While 5.5." x 8.5" books fit well on the shelf and pack well in boxes we feel that they do not look as professional as a 6" x 9" or 7" x 10" sized book (These are the preferred sizes in the academic world). Our books are printed in those sizes as well as 8.5" x 11" where necessary. Binding is "perfect binding" which is a standard soft cover binding. All our "perfect bound" books have a laminated cover to protect the cover as well as lend a professional appearance. Our covers are normally printed in full color. We have the capability to print as few a 11 copies of any book but our normal print run is at least 100 copies.
• Page Size: If submitting a typed manuscript all material should be typed in a uniformly standard ink on regular white, bond paper with equal margins (1") all around.
• Page Numbering: Each page should be appropriately numbered. Front matter (table of contents, dedication, preface, introduction etc.) should be numbered with lowercase Roman numerals ( i, ii, iii, etc.); the remainder of the book should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). Each new section should begin on an odd-numbered page; blank pages must be inserted when necessary to accomplish this. Each blank page is counted as if it were a regular numbered page. See "The Chicago Manual of Style" for sample page numbering and other reference details
• Number of Pages: There is no set number of pages for any book however please be aware that books of less than 64 pages cannot have the title printed on the spine. Books larger than 500 pages can be split into 2 or more volumes as necessity warrants.
• Reprinting an Existing Book: To successfully accomplish a good reprinting we need a complete clean copy of either the original book, or a clean copy of the previous reprint. Please keep in mind that we can make the printing plates a little darker than the original but not much.  Light copies of books generally produce a poorer quality reprint than a nice, dark print original. 
• Cover: Our art department can insert appropriate cover art to a small extent. If you have specific art or designs that you wish to use feel free to submit them.  You certainly can design your own cover. We can typeset the title around any kind of art work or photo.
• Copyright: The copyright notice will appear on the back of the title page along with other publishing data, but we do not register the copyright with the Library of Congress. If you feel that it may be necessary to legally defend the copyright at some time, then you must officially register the copyright. You may obtain information about the law, registration form, and fee from the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559.
• ISBN Genealogical Publications provides an ISBN number for all of its publications. This assures the author that his work is included in all major Books-in-Print catalogs making it easier for interested individuals, bookstores and libraries to purchase the book.

May we hear from you?
Genealogical Publications suggests contacting us with your idea before you begin formatting and formulating your publication.
We request that you contact us as soon as possible if you wish to consider Genealogical Publications as your publisher. Our phone number is 1-904-375-1113 or you can e-mail us at info@quintinpublications.com . Please do not send any unsolicited manuscripts, photos or art work before contacting us