If you are looking to acquire a publishing company, we have just the one. Children's book publishing company for sale, a turn-key business operation.

This business offers an opportunity for aspiring children's book authors to get published and distributed across many sales channels including big box retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other local & Independent bookstores).

The company offers a white glove book launching service for authors that need post-editing services, illustration and cover design, print-binding publishing, as well as marketing and distribution.

Children's Turn-Key Book Publishing Business

BiblioKid Publishing has been established since September 2019, helping children's book authors self-publish with traditional publishing services at their disposal.

The American Booksellers Association predicts that the "Market trends outlook for children’s books remains strong into 2022", especially for those authors that position themselves in the online market.

BiblioKid Publishing has published more than 28 authors, hosts an e-commerce storefront with 26 books currently on sale, has 3 Digital Freebies for book-purchasing customers, and a news and events section where new posts are shared frequently.

This company comes with all of the documents (SOPs) pertaining to the operation of the business, including: the systems, processes, and production timeline. This includes videos and detailed step-by-step training on how to process authors through the publishing pipeline.

Seller is offering a 30-day hand-off period after the sale to help with the transition for the current contracts and additional support, if needed.

This business model is service-oriented and would require project management to oversee its operations.

Traffic

This website has received 263 retail inquiries and 1,075 submissions by aspiring children's book authors.

Most traffic and leads are generated through the IBPA (independent book publishers association) and ALLi (The Alliance of Independent Authors) network.

There is no ad spend for this business. There is also a partnership for lead generation with Journey to Kidlit.

The potential to garner traffic through organic search is high, as results for "children's book publisher" is full of unsaturated and dated search results.

There are three (3) established social media channels and an email list of subscribers that are engaged with the business's marketing efforts. Email marketing campaigns show an average recipient open rate of 28.16%.

Revenue & Expenses

BiblioKid Publishing's revenue for the year 2021 was approximately $170,980.

The revenue for the year 2022 has declined because the principal took time away from the business, and limited themselves to up to 10 contracts for the year.

The company provides four (4) a 'la carte services for authors that are looking to get published, with the average book launch contract averaging to approximately 10K per book deal.

The services include:

• Complete Editing Services - $3,500
• Complete Book Design Services - $4,500
• Full Print & Distribution Services - $4,000
• Complete Marketing Services - $3,500

There is a Marketing E-Course that can be used as another source of income or training for aspiring children's authors.

The company had 18 books scheduled to launch in 2022 with a guaranteed contract income of $35K by June 2022.

Expenses for this company include sub-contracted services to illustrators, editors, printing services, advertising, and shipping.

Additional Information

There is a video walk through of the business operations, please message the listing agent to get more information on this listing.

Time spent on operations 

The site requires very minimal time to run - less than 10hrs/mth (for updates/changes) and about 5hrs/wk or less on emails.

New client onboarding process

We have an application process for people interested in working with us. If they meet our requirements (have a children's book, budget within cost, and funds available), then we'll schedule a call to chat more about our options and what we offer.

Publication process

Systems in place

Email list

BibliokidPublishing has a list of 1,500 people through their email system that can be retargeted. The list of which would be available to you to use as well if you're interested in continuing with email marketing.

Sources of traffic

Post sales onboarding

I'm also available for an on-boarding process after the sale to help get you familiar with our current books, soon-to-be published books, and any current quotes that we have out, so you feel confident in being able to give them full-service as you takeover.

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