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Tate Publishing Offers Best Deal for New Authors

BY Tate Publishing | 11-18-2008 | 10:52 AM
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Tate Publishing authors have landed on the best sellers list of Amazon.com and made their way to the big screen with movie deals.

November 14, 2008 – Tate Publishing and Enterprises leads the publishing industry in promoting aspiring authors’ and their books. And while many publishers (called “vanity publishers”) publish every book that is submitted to them, Tate Publishing only accepts for publication about 3% of the manuscripts submitted.

“We are a traditional, mainline publisher, but we provide a strong voice in the publishing industry for first-time, unknown authors,” said Mark Mingle, Director of Marketing for the Mustang, Oklahoma, based publisher. “We believe in our authors and in providing them with the best visibility, distribution, marketing, and promotion in the industry. The publishing industry is not simply for celebrity authors or for established, well-known authors. Our vision is to help authors that could not have had a platform 20, 10, or even five years ago so that their passion and dream comes true.”

In addition to selling the authors’ work, every Tate Publishing author receives the highest quality of book production as well. Dave Dolphin, the Director of Book Production at Tate Publishing, oversees the entire process.

“Every Tate Publishing author receives the highest level of editing, unique book cover design, layout, and printing. We even offer services such as audio book production, website design and hosting, and video book trailers for our authors, so that when they reach the marketing phase, they have the very best chance in the industry that a first-time author can have,” said Dolphin. “We have the opportunity to help make people’s dreams come true, to help them leave a lasting legacy for generations to come. That vision is kept at the forefront of our company day in and day out, and we recognize the impact we are having not only on our authors, but also on the publishing world. It just doesn’t get any better than that.”