Frequently Asked Questions

Divine House Books has served as an effective Publishing medium for emerging, self-published authors since 2011. 

Yes, I can. Most of our books have held “BEST SELLER” in the specific genres that they were published in.

Divine House Books are specifically geared towards Spirituality, Wisdom, and Self-Help. Our UrbanWORLD Press imprint caters to Fiction, Poetry, and more Secular Content “to a certain degree.”

Our company provides no editing in order to keep our prices down. We do not change or rearrange the content, nor specific thought, apart from the author. We require the submissions of “already edited” manuscripts in WORD.

 Every new author is announced and promoted through a myriad of Social Media Platforms. Also, if an author decides to go with our Distribution Packages, the Distributor themselves will catalogue their literary works for Marketing.

 Our company enjoys a Partnership with the Largest Distribution Agency in the world. The authors’ book will be distributed as a “PRINT ON DEMAND” item (POD). In other words, the books will be internationally available to every retailer that provides books, through their catalogue systems. As customers order specific books, via the purchasing system of the retailer, the order is shipped from the Distributor. Retailers such as i.e. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, Target, Books a Million, etc. reserve the right to having physical copies in their stores.

Every Divine House Books/UrbanWorld Press author retains 100% rights to their works. We OWN NOTHING. We are simply a Medium that provides access to the world for your work.

The Process is not long at all. Based on timeliness of manuscript submission; approval of design and format, and other additional concept changes, we can have your book prepared and submitted for Publishing and Release in about 2 weeks to a month. The final proofing will be administered by the Distributor who may take 3 days to finalize, and 5 days to “Make Ready” for Retailers. The Wait isn’t long at all.

Our Graphics team can either format a Design of your choosing, or we establish the Design according to the Nature of the Literary Work.

We do not print the books. The Distributor prints and produces the books. We provide the files and specific content for production. However, we can print books without distribution which may require a FEE not shown in our services.

We do not. However, we can add the reviews of those provided by the Author, while content is being formatted for publishing.

The Distributor provides the Publisher with a MONTHLY BOOK SALES REPORT which shows sales for the month and year at a glance. Royalties are paid out by the Distributor QUARTERLY (every 3 months). The Publisher then pays out the royalties based on the Net Expenses.

The only “UP FRONT” costs are: $100 Publisher Retainer Fee which assigns the Author to our Company and aids with personal coaching as it relates to book. It also gives us permission to publicly announce the author’s affiliation with our Company, as well as announce their upcoming work. PACKAGE FEES are the publishing packages provided by the Company. After manuscripts are submitted, we require either HALF of the Specific Package cost, with BALANCE to be paid at completion of work. Or, customer can pay the full price at beginning of the process.

Our company does not provide audiobooks as of yet. However, we do provide eBooks for every work published. As a matter of fact, the eBook will be the first thing published on AMAZON after the files are complete and submitted. Pending on Amazon’s technical availability, the eBook may take a few hours to ONE DAY to appear in Kindle.

Each individual work is Published on a 100% percent RETURNABLE Status, meaning the Retailer must have the right to literally RETURN ITEMS that are slow to sell. The additional answers to the following are found at How do you handle author royalties and payment disbursements?  

The Distributor provides this at an additional fee of $89-125. We, however, do this for FREE by way of SOCIAL MEDIA.

We publish all of our Works in English. We have yet to provide additional translations to anyone’s work. All rights are retained for the author via the Distributor, regardless of territory.

We have worked with a myriad of authors such as DeAndrae Hinton; Stan Ellis; Sherry Williams; Paul Speights; Dr. Gilbert Coleman; Bishop Doral R. Pulley; Dr. Bridget E. Fizer, and more!

 We handle specific author copyright, branding, registrations, etc. exclusively through our DIVINE HOUSE BRAND. Every Author’s work is exclusively righted and registered during the initial process as “ALL RIGHTS RESERVED” with our Signature STAMP, YEAR, and ISBN.

We inquire of the author as it relates to the pricing of their work. As for discount, we as a Publisher must allow at least a 50% wholesale price to the Retailer. For example, if your book is $16.99 retail, the wholesale price for the retailer will be $8-9.00

Yes, it will.

Books will remain in the initial print publication UNLESS author decides to reprint or edit according to their own right.

 The author is responsible for their own appearances, signings, and events. We explain these things to every author during the RETAINERS FEE session. Authors are free to contact us and we will gladly provide the information and the “how to’s” to book signings.

We do not handle the awards. The retailers themselves will provide the particulars for each author. We are not a large publishing house. We are a self-publishing medium with “large publishing house” access to every major retailer in the country. That is why we can maintain the prices we provide.

The question is, “WHAT IS YOUR VISION” for the success and potential of YOUR BOOK?” We provide the Way, but YOU provide the WHY! We will do whatever we can possible to ensure your focus, while holding you accountable to the footwork of your own Cause. Your Motives and Reasons for creating your project will reveal themselves throughout the Journey!