Five Rainbows

Services for Authors
and Publishers

Subsidiary of

Slipdown Mountain Publications

I had the pleasure of working with Walt and Five Rainbows Services as we prepared to launch the first book in the Horse Sense and Cents™ series. It was wonderful to have such a dedicated, knowledgeable and thorough coach as I traversed the myriad aspects involved in professional book publishing. Without his guidance, it would have been a much more difficult and stressful project — with opportunities lost along the way due to inexperience. An added plus was his willingness and ability to make content recommendations that improved the series strategy. If you’re serious about your book(s), putting Walt on your team for a launch is one of the most important investments you’ll make as you set your sights on success.
Nanette Levin, BookConductors, LLC
BookConductors.com

Walt gives the clearest instructions I've ever encountered in over 200 hours of undergraduate and graduate studies and countless IBM in-service classes. His weekly instructions respected my ambitions and abilities and the necessities of the trade. He pointed out weaknesses and offered fixes rather than merely industry platitudes.
John Hager, Rapid River, MI
JCHager.com

Now, I have a masterpiece that looks better than most I have seen on the bookstore shelves! I almost cried tears of joy when I saw the finished product!
Tanya L. Dominick, American Center for Conflict Resolution Inst.
accri.org

Note: If you arrived at this page via an external link, we recommend that
you begin at the beginning of our How to Publish Quiz to ensure you get the
best recommendation for you and your book.

Based on your answers, we recommend that you consider self-publishing using digital printing and, specifically, Lightning Source, Inc. This is certainly not the only way to self-publish successfully nor is it always the best way, but we firmly believe it is the lowest cost way to self-publish with the least risk.

Lightning Source, Inc. (LSI) is the world's largest digital book printer and uses state-of-the-art equipment to produce a million books each month with an average order size of less than two books. LSI's capabilities make it virtually the only true print-on-demand book printer.

However, LSI's system is designed to accommodate large and mid-size publishers who want to keep backlist titles in print or launch new books that are not expected to sell in large quantities. Although quite willing to work with small and self-publishers, LSI is not set up to lead you by the hand through the publishing process.

And that's where our tailored Self-Publishing Success Program can help. Our program will take you step-by-step, via 20 weekly emails, through everything you need to do to publish your book through LSI, including:

• Setting up your own publishing company
• Getting reviews and promotional blurbs
• Developing and implementing your marketing plan
• Setting up your website and blog
• Plus the myriad other seemingly overwhelming tasks

Our course will describe exactly what you need to do when you need to do it and will provide all the needed links to books, websites, and other resources to allow you to complete the tasks without wasting time searching for them on your own. And these are links we know to be useful and accurate.