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Independent Books & Independent Press

The words Indie music, Indie rock, Indie film all invoke a certain respect because they assert that the artist has stepped away from mainstream limitations, corporate production and standard distribution that dominate their industries.

We believe in the independent production and distribution of stories, information and art. Everyone has the right to see their work in print, bound beautifully and available for circulation. In fact, we have produced several books and founded an independent press ourselves. If you have a story to tell, a book that you want professionally produced, an independent press of your own, we know how.

Advancing independence in business, in books and community.

From Dream to Hand

We are able to help no matter where you are in the process of taking your Dream to Print. We start right where you are in building your dream.

If the story lives in your heart, is written on a paper plate or just needs formatting and a cover; we can step in.

Eclipse will meet with you, learn about your enterprise and support your mission. Our services will help you identify what and who you need.

We will find you an author, illustrator, art director and/or printer. We can send you to experts and step away ~ or step in driving your project from start to delivery.

You decide exactly what services you want.

  • Hold your own copyright
  • Go to press on your schedule
  • Never be back-listed or remaindered
  • Never go out of print

Eclipse Indie Book Services is dedicated to your story coming into focus.

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Time for the REAL story
Should your book be accepted by a publisher, you turn over your manuscript, they format the contents, create the cover, insert the blurbs; your input is not welcome. They decide the price, the distribution, the advertising campaign. You pay for the marketing, the travel and, in some cases, the initial print fees. You get your book in their seasonal catalog but its life-cycle is out of your hands. They will carry it as long as there are supporting sales. Then they backlist it and even let it go out of print and at that point, your book is in limbo.

A famous author recently sent out an email looking for any extra copies of her "out of print" autobiography. She had no copies herself and it was back-listed. Legally she could not print more. (need I mention that the publisher no longer wanted her book in circulation as she is too politically radical?)

Although I can only offer my opinion, it doesn't come lightly. The term, "vanity press" should disappear with the last century. This century, publishing is going to find new legs in Independent Presses like independent films. AND, just as we may look at large studio films with a touch of suspicion, Independent Press books will ascend to a place of genuine respect. How about Sundance Books!

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