Category: RDS Publishing Services

Red Door Sentinel retains the right to only publish books that agree with our core beliefs. These are:

• Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to the earth and died for the sins of all – He rose again and now abides in the hearts of those who trust in Him.
• Surrendering your heart to Jesus Christ results in an immediate residence in heaven. Those who refuse Jesus will spend eternity in hell.
• Father God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ’s plans are only for our good in all things. The devil is always looking to destroy those plans.
• Marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.
• The Bible is the Living Word of God. Its purpose is to guide us in life and is a plumb line to ensure our prophecies, dreams, and visions are from God.
• Just as Ruth was a woman of excellence, so too is Red Door Sentinel. We believe in creating all of our books with excellence.

Although Red Door Sentinel, LLC is a for profit organization, it does not charge for their services. However,we do take donations – either a one time lump sum or in the form of a percentage of your book royalties. Funds go toward expenses needed by our other less-fortunate authors.

We are also funded through 100% of the sales of our author, Kelly Jean Whitaker’s book, Jealous, Exposing the Queen of Heaven.

These are services that can be provided by Red Door Sentinel, LLC

• Coaching through entire book creation process
• Limited editing
• Formatting of entire work
• Final formatting – front/back matter, TOC, headers/footers,
• Back cover editing
• Editing and cover design professionals references
• Cover design advice
• Publishing through Kindle Direct Publishing for paperback and eBook
• An author web page (click on Authors at the top of this page to see examples)

— Red Door Sentinel does not work with deadlines at this time. —

Here are the steps to working with Red Door Sentinel:

1. I will skim through your manuscript to get an overall idea of what it is about, make sure it agrees with Red Door Sentinel beliefs, and how we should move forward.
2. We will meet together in person to review, and then sign the Publishing Agreement. I will provide you with a copy.
3. I will help you create a Book Proposal.
4. Please include me in all of your correspondence with the professionals whom you hire. This is so that I’m aware of the project status and so that I can provide advice and guidance where needed.
5. Now is a good time to incorporate MS Word Styles into your manuscript even if you are just beginning to write or are nearly done. This will aide in navigating the document for editing.
6. Depending on the type of manuscript, at this point it will be sent off to a professional editor who will do grammar and/or content editing. While it is with the editor, it is a great idea for you not to work on the manuscript until you hear back from the editor. More information can be found on the Editing page. Do not do any formatting until step 12! Save all the editor’s formatting suggestions until then.
7. Since you will have a break from working on the manuscript, now is a good time to hire a professional cover designer. They will need to know that the final page count will not be available for a few months. For more information about what the cover designer will need from you, read the Cover Designer page. Here is more information.
8. One the profession editor is finished, I will do my initial read-through of your manuscript to check for content and consistency with the belief principles in the publishing agreement.
9. I will meet with you in person to go over your style sheet (suggestions from your editor and myself) and to show you how to accept/reject edits in MS Word.
10. Go through your manuscript and review suggested edits. I encourage you to be generous with accepting the editor’s suggestions.
11. Print out a hard copy of the manuscript and read it cover to cover with a red pen in hand. You’ll be surprised how different it reads on paper. Then incorporate your edits into the manuscript.
12. At this point your editing is finished (actually, that will never happen! But you have to draw a line in the sand and say I’m done!).
13. Formatting will now begin for the paperback version. Either I can do it for you, or I can show you how to do it. Formatting is easy but very tedious. Here are some of the basics.
14. Once the formatting is finished, I will add the front matter, get all the book elements in order, and then convert it to a .pdf to be sure all the formatting is good.
15. The total page count can now be given to the cover designer.
16. Once the final manuscript and cover are in .pdf files, we will meet together and I will guide you through getting everything setup in Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).
17. We will do a final check of everything through the Kindle Previewer.
18. Once everything looks perfect, you will order 2 proof copies. When they are received, you will read through one with a red pen and I will read through the other. We will look for both editing and formatting errors and check the front/spine/back cover for problems.
19. You will let the cover designer know of any needed changes and update your manuscript with your edits.
20. We will upload the files into KDP once again, check in the previewer, and if all looks good we will finalize the manuscript in KDP.
21. It will take up to 3 days for KDP to approve your book. Once approved, it will be up for sale on Amazon and you can place your first order of paperbacks!
22. KDP will now offer to create your eBook. This is up to you, but I highly encourage it. Download a copy to your own eReader to make sure everything looks good.
23. Finally, we will setup your Amazon Author Central page that contains your author information (picture, biography, book(s), blog, etc).

This agreement is between Red Door Sentinel, a South Dakota limited liability company (“Publisher”) and [Author]  (“Author”) on the following manuscript (hereinafter called “manuscript” or “book”) (the “Agreement”):

Author(s):

Working title/Book or Manuscript:

Length:

Description of manuscript:

Desired Publish Date:

1. PUBLISHING TASKS

The Publisher agrees to coach the Author for the entire book creation process, provide final formatting services that include the front and back matter, headers, footers, table of contents, and very limited marketing, if required. When the Publisher is providing these services pro-bono, the Publisher reserves all right to provide any of these services at Publisher’s discretion. Author is responsible for cover design and editing. The Publisher can provide these services in their sole discretion and depending on the costs. The book will be published using Kindle Direct Publishing services. Both Author and Publisher will have equal access and control of the KDP online profile. Publisher makes no guarantee as to a book deadline, release, or any representations or warranties as to the publishing, creation, or release of the book.

2. CORE VALUES

All of the work Publisher does must conform to our core values including, but not limited to:

• Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to the earth and died for the sins of all – He rose again and now abides in the hearts of those who trust in Him.
• Surrendering your heart to Jesus Christ results in an immediate residence in heaven. Those who refuse Jesus will spend eternity in hell.
• Father God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ’s plans are only for our good in all things. The devil is always looking to destroy those plans.
• Marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.
• The Bible is the Living Word of God. Its purpose is to guide us in life and is a plumb line to ensure our prophecies, dreams, and visions are from God.
• The Publisher and the Author will not steal work from each other.

If at any time these core values are violated by the Author or the Manuscript, Publisher has the right to terminate the Agreement.

3. COMPENSATION

Publisher does not charge for their services. Publisher does accept donations including recurring donations or on an as-negotiated basis, a royalty on each book sold worldwide as agreed between the Publisher and Author in writing.

For this Agreement, Author agrees to a royalty of ___% per book sold globally to be paid to the Publisher or a flat rate sum of $___ . Author understands that Publisher is not a nonprofit and that donation is not deductible. Publisher has the right to audit the financial returns from the book yearly and Author shall report sales to the Publisher.

4. RIGHTS

Author hereby is and shall be the sole and exclusive owner and is the sole author for all purposes (including under the Copyright laws of the United States), in perpetuity (but in any event for not less than the period of copyright and any renewals and extensions thereof) and throughout the universe of their manuscript. The Publisher reserves the right to distribute your book freely or otherwise as they deem necessary in their sole discretion. Publisher has the right to use Authors name, likeness, image and book titles and images where necessary to promote the book. This includes, but is not limited to, on social media and the internet globally.

5. TERMINATION

The Author will not use another publisher unless Publisher reviews and agrees. If the parties wish to terminate the relationship, either will give notice to the other and the terms of Section 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Agreement will survive such termination. If the Publisher or Author terminates the agreement, the Publisher will retain any agreed upon royalties per Section 3 above.

6. CONFIDENTIALITY

Publisher acknowledges and agrees that in connection with services rendered hereunder, Publisher will have access to information relating to the manuscript and its distribution (“Production Information”) and Publisher will keep such Production Information confidential.

7. PUBLISHER – ORIGINAL WORK

Author represents and warrants they will only use all original work and their work does not infringe on the work, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of anyone else. If any work is sourced from a document other than the manuscript, then Author will annotate the same on their report.

8. APPLICABLE LAWS/NO INJUNCTION

THE INTERNAL SUBSTANTIVE LAWS (AS DISTING­UISHED FROM THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES) OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN SOUTH DAKOTA SHALL GOVERN (i) THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, (ii) THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, AND (iii) ALL OTHER CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (OR PUBLISHER’S ENGAGEMENT AND/OR SERVICES HEREUNDER) OR THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT (OR OF PUBLISHER’S ENGAGEMENT AND/OR SERVICES) OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE PUBLISHING OF THE MANUSCRIPT. PUBLISHERS LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID TO PUBLISHER FOR SERVICES IN THIS AGREEMENT.

9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties hereto and replaces any and all former agreements, understandings and representations (whether oral or written) relating in any way to the subject matter hereof.  No modification, alteration or amendment of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless it is in writing and signed by the party to be charged with such modification, alteration or amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

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[AUTHOR] (“AUTHOR”)

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Red Door Sentinel, LLC.

By: Kelly Whitaker

Role: Its Manager