Agio Publishing House

Titles launched in 2011 include these:

• Our first enhanced ebook app: based on Leanne Jones's Cool To Be Clever, the story of Edson C. Hendricks, the genius who invented the design for the Internet;
• Dr. Patrick Crean's Science, Self-Knowledge & Spirituality: A Feedback Model of Bernard Lonergan's Philosophy of Human Consciousness and memoir, Pictures On My Pillow: An Oceanographer's Exploration of the Symbols of Self-Transcendence;
• Carl Mawby's Safety and Security for the Over-55s;
• Bodysculpturing expert Karen McCoy's One Rep At A Time: An athlete and mother reveals the secrets to creating inner power and serenity, includes the 8-Week BLISS(tm) Body Makeover Program!;
• Dr. Robert Pereira's Faces of Dual Diagnosis: A Canadian Perspective;
• Caroline Whitehead's sequel to Surviving The Shadows, called Rowland: A Heart of Sunshine;
• Dr. Tom Morison's novel, In Search of Her Ayah;
• Lori Holmes-Boyle's The Second Seraph trilogy;
• Alan Roy's From Clay to Classrooms, the story about building elementary schools in Africa;
• Martha M. Goguen's third book of her Dream Believe Achieve(tm) series, Andromeda, illustrated by Patrica M. Walker;
• Leanne Jones's It's Cool To Be Clever, the story of Edson C. Hendricks, the genius who invented the design for the Internet, illustrated by Anna Mah. (Hardcover edition)
• Paul Price's ebook, Shadows On The Trail, a very personal story of his experiences with rescue dogs; and
• Tony Edwards's vivid account of 1950s school days in Tanganyika, The Slope of Kongwa Hill: A Boy's Tale of Africa.

Titles launched in 2010 include the following:

• Retired RCMP Superintendent Scotty Gardiner's epic memoir, In the Mind of a Mountie;
• Barry Mathias's eagerly-awaited third book, Keeper of the Grail, that completes his Ancient Bloodlines Trilogy;
• Valley of the Misty Mountain, the first book in Kodi, Christine Buzzi's young adult adventure trilogy;
• Suzanne Margaret Seaman's Messages From Light, wisdom from the angels;
• Joseph Eliezer's Simply Spirit, Words by Joseph Book I: A Personal Guide to Spiritual Clarity One Insight At A Time;
• Linda Hunter's An Unforgettable After-Grad;
• Tom Martin's The Bluff Detector;
• Ann Gorra's City of Gold: People Who Made Their Home and History in Cagayan de Oro;
• Mel Anthony's Pranksters at Play: Tales Out Of School;
• Adam Hart's e3 for LIFE;
• Dan and Marsha Batchelor's brilliant Just Passing Through: an alphabet book of thoughts to perhaps perceive life in a new way, featuring art, collage and photography - a motivational self-help book about power, success, secrets and changing your mind; and
• in our consulting practice, we assisted in the set-up of four new publishing entities [Messianic Vision Today, Cufflands Publishing, Be The Change Earth Alliance and Spring Bay Press] for their principals.

Published in 2009 were these titles:

• David Staume's provocative The Atheist Afterlife;
• Jane and Jim Pratt's gift to high school graduates, Turtle on a Fence Post;
• Blaise Eagleheart's epic Journey to the Inner Circle, and Beyond;
• Caroline Whitehead's poignant memoir, Surviving the Shadows;
• Martha M. Goguen's second children's book, Global Heart Warming;
• Michael Pitt's Beyond the End of the Road, a delightful account of wintering in a remote cabin above the Arctic Circle; and
• Trish Bishop's The Question Journey (released through Choose2Live.com).

Our 2008 releases included Rowland Charles Marshall's Luck Was My Companion: Adventures of an Old Sea Dog; the first two books in Barry Mathias's Ancient Bloodlines Trilogy; naturalist David Stirling's Birds, Beasts and a Bike Under the Southern Cross; Bruce Batchelor's Nine Dog Winter; the first of Martha Goguen's Dream, Believe, Achieve series of children's books, entitled Emily; high vibrational healer Nadine Mercey's Deeper Souls, Less Shoes; and Mary-Jane Bateman and Bruce Fogel's Knowledge of Oneness: Letters of Enlightenment from Beyond the Veil.

Featured books released in autumn 2007 were Book Marketing DeMystified by Bruce Batchelor and The Onion Files by Major General Val Pattee. All of our books are doing splendidly, following their marketing plans and delivering regular royalties to the authors.

AUTHORS: You are invited to submit your manuscripts.
In 2007, Agio's founders, Bruce and Marsha Batchelor, having published thousands of books since 1975 through previous ventures, launched a new publishing company: Agio Publishing House, with its head office in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Bruce is the inventor of the print-on-demand (POD) publishing approach that has enabled over 400,000 authors worldwide to be published. From their experience working with authors from over 100 countries, Bruce and Marsha know there is a need to take publishing to the next stage. With the opening of Agio, they have created a highly innovative, specialized publishing service for discerning authors who wish to have a beautiful book launched with an effective, personalized marketing program. Under the expert guidance of these highly respected industry veterans, you can join the ranks of independent ("indie") authors who are re-defining the book industry – in much the same way that indie filmmakers are bringing new life to the movie business.

Every author works directly with Bruce Batchelor, an acknowledged leader in the publishing world, to research and plan the optimal marketing mix for his or her book. The publishing costs are jointly underwritten by Agio and the author, making this a truly collaborative venture of shared responsibilities, investment and decision-making. Typically Bruce will edit the manuscript through the line edit and proofing stages.

Cover design and inside page layout are performed by award-winning graphic designer Marsha Batchelor. (Marsha shown in photo at right with her brother, illustrator Stewart McGillis. To see samples of Marsha's artwork and designs, please go to Marsha Batchelor Art & Design Samples.)

Bruce then works with the author on the implementation of the book's multi-faceted marketing campaign. Marketing includes such cost-efficient and cutting-edge tactics as simultaneously releasing paperback and eBook editions, then adding an audio book edition (distributed as a series of podcast episodes) and maybe a hardcover print edition too. Publicity will build from local and niche media coverage to wider audiences, including Internet awareness. Some authors have a blog or website to promote and interact with readers and journalists. Each author's aspirations and capabilities provide opportunities to work with different marketing tactics -- some cutting-edge and others quite traditional. The marketing mix components are described in Bruce's own book, Book Marketing DeMystified.

Agio books are competitively priced in bookstores. As the author, you will earn a royalty percentage on book sales that is substantially higher than what you would receive from other publishing houses. You retain full copyright to the manuscript and to your subsequent writings – this is of great importance if your plan is to use Agio's production and marketing expertise as a springboard to selling future rights to a large publisher, film producer or other media company.

To be able to fully customize our service and work personally with each author, we generally accept no more than one new author each month.

To learn more about being published through Agio Publishing House's collaborative publishing approach, please go to Services: Introduction

Read Bruce's blog about book marketing trends at bookmarketing.agiopublishing.com/, and read/watch an exposé about the scandal of returnable books at BookIndustryBailout.ca/.