Friday, June 8, 2012

VISIONARY PRESS COOPERATIVE

http://www.visionarypresscoop.com/p/membership.html



Visionary Press Cooperative

Member Owned

Member Controlled

Member Benefited



At Visionary Press we strive for a totally new, inventive way of publishing. New ways of getting your stories, poems, whatever out there in not only conventional ways, but in innovative ways as well. We're not your normal Indie Publishing house, in fact, we're all about making a difference out there in the publishing world. Let us make a believer out of you. Show us what you got and we'll show you how great it can be.



We are a community of writers, editors and artists who equally own and profit from our labors here at Visionary Press. We are always open to new members, however, a publishing co-op is not for everyone. .


Visionary Press is a true cooperative, 
owned and operated by our members.  
Our members are writers, editors and artists who have the skills to share the day-to-day operations of a business. That means we expect members to help with marketing, accounting, book formatting, etc. on any given day. We do try to keep members extra duties within their preferences. However, around tax time you may be crunching numbers with everyone else who hates math.

Members help members succeed at 
Visionary Press and we are all equal here. 
Some members do lead certain aspects of the business, but ALL members have the final say in how Visionary Press operates. Decisions are made by popular vote, ALL members having one vote.

In addition, ALL members, regardless of our role, are equally compensated for our hard work on a quarterly basis. Yes, that means if you sell more books you are compensated the same as someone selling lesser books.  You'll appreciate this when you are the author selling less books.

Author integrity is a must.
Our authors pledge NOT to deceive readers with false popularity and reviews of the books we publish. As a member you will be expected to market and network according to a code of ethics.

Reciprocity, the practice of exchanging
things with others for mutual benefit.
We believe publishers should work together to achieve their common goal, sell more books to more readers. Our members lead networking events and socialize regularly with non-members. We understand that by promoting others we strengthen our community and mutually benefit our businesses.

Are you ready to join us?
Do you think our new, innovative way of publishing is for you? Would you like to own the Press you're working for? Are you all for working as part of a team so all the members benefit?  

If you answered yes to these questions, you might very well be a prospective member of our dynamic Press. Go to the link above and fill out an application. Work with professionals in the Publishing business. Be a professional yourself.

We need and want Editors, Artists, and Authors. 

Though we are new and somewhat different in our approach, we realize that all Small Publishers benefit the most when we work together. And work together we will. We do not in any way want to lessen our ties with Publishing friends. If anything, they will be increased. 

Visit our website and see what we have to offer and what is to come. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
We'll be glad to hear from you!
Blaze
 

2 comments:

  1. Fascinating concept. So this is the idea you've been keeping under your hat. I'll have to look into this. I'm very curious about the co-op concept. Oh wait... this sounds like... SOCIALISM! :)

    Just kidding of course. Be interested to find out more. The idea of bringing together people with different strengths seems like a good idea.

    Paul D. Dail
    www.pauldail.com- A horror writer's not necessarily horrific blog.

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  2. We're really quite excited by the entire concept, Paul. This is a team player endeavor and obviously not for everyone. But with the right people, this will rock!

    Blaze

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