Kroll asked Knight. After a little research, Knight found out that ninety-nine percent of all manuscripts aren t published. According to spokesperson Patricia Vaccarino, eighty-five percent of their license agreements are with publishers, fifteen percent with authors. Subject to modification. Individual publishers may have a hard time promoting their publishing companies to consumers, just so people know about their books.
Small publishers have a hard enough time promoting themselves to bookstores and libraries.
It doesn t matter what format is out there, we ll meet that demand. Based in Menlo Park, California, SoftBook Press, founded in 1996, is a privately held company. James Sachs, Chairman and CEO, is the patent holder of the Macintosh mouse. Sachs other claim to fame, as the head of the technology division of Worlds of Wonder, Inc., is as the creator of Teddy Ruxpin, the best-selling animated talking product in history. President and COO Andrew J. Preston, Jr. s previous post was President and CEO of Zane Publishing, a leading publisher of multi-media educational titles.