This article consists of content obtained from the PublishAmerica website, as well as additional information gathered from the book, “The Fine Print of Self-Publishing: The Contracts & Services of 48 Major Self-Publishing Companies—Analyzed, Ranked & Exposed.” Information contained in this article was current at the time of publication.

PublishAmerica, a self publishing company based in Maryland, VA, is involved with acquiring, editing, producing and printing books. Like BookPros, PublishAmerica takes time and effort to turn around your book to make sure that it is ready for print. However, with BookPros, we endeavor to coordinate the publishing of your book with prime publicity opportunities. We work diligently with our sister company, Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists, to ensure that you can publicize your books through many media outlets to gain airtime and name recognition.

PublishAmerica and BookPros have some similarities. Both companies go through a careful screening process to select which books they will publish. With both PublishAmerica and BookPros, the author is in control of the design and layout. Neither company uses templates for their layouts or covers, and with both companies, the author has the final word on the content and aesthetics of the final product.

However, PublishAmerica retains your book's publishing rights. Both of BookPros' publishing imprints—Synergy Books and Bridgeway Books—give you the rights to your book. Authors pay all production costs (including editing, design, publishing and printing) at BookPros, so we believe they are entitled to the full rights. This means that our authors are free to republish their book through a traditional publisher if they choose.

PublishAmerica pays authors a small advance in exchange for the rights to their books and small royalties on each book sold. When publishing through BookPros, your book is not sold by the company but distributed to wholesalers and bookstores. For this reason the payment sent to BookPros from the distributor is forwarded directly on to you.

If you want to keep your rights and sales from your book and want a publisher that will help you with your publicity campaign, BookPros is the way to go. For more information, please visit our book publishing, design, printing and publicity pages, try our online chat or give us a call at (512) 478-2028.