best-selling program
all-In
PaperKat Books
self-publishing
& mentoring
Program
You can read all the books, watch all the videos, and attend all the seminars you want about self-publishing. But if you want to really make things happen, get a mentor and apply to the All-In PaperKat Books Self-Publishing & Mentoring Program. The goal is to produce a self-published book with the help of the PaperKat Books Team and Boldies (Mentees). We offer the fastest route to becoming a self-published author.
This mentoring program is not for people who are simply looking for “writing inspirations.” We don’t spoonfeed. We are looking for ACTION TAKERS – people who are willing to do the work and bring that book idea to life with our team’s help. If you’re an ACTION TAKER, then let’s get to work.
Photo by Jill Chan of Copywriting Dojo Philippines
Program inclusions
Unlimited consultations for LIFE via email and online calls. Before, it was 1-year active mentoring. But we understand the challenges, so we made the mentoring for life.
Valued at PHP50,000.00
Face-to-face group meetings with co-mentees. We regularly hold meetings for catch-ups and planning. We also have Zoom meetings from time to time. You can watch the REPLAYS if you can’t attend the live sessions.
Valued at PHP30,000.00
Lifetime access to the PaperKat Books Learning Series 1.0 (and soon, 2.0) as well as past recorded webinars. Checking and/or improvement of accomplished worksheets from the Learning Series.
Valued at PHP30,000.00
Implementation of book writing and self-publishing marketing and creative plans.
Valued at PHP100,000.00
2-Part Manuscript Editing Process. Copy Editing and Line Editing. We also do Developmental Editing during the Book Outline Stage.
Valued at PHP30,000.00
Book Cover and Bookmark/Postcard Design – Flat and 3D. You can use this for all your social media posts. Social media marketing, which includes video marketing, is also included (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok).
Valued at PHP15,000.00
Personal invitation to all PaperKat Books public events. Lifetime perks!
Valued at PHP30,000.00
Lifetime membership as a PaperKat Books alumni. Our relationship as a mentor-mentee doesn’t end with the mentoring program. You can ask me quick questions about book writing and self-publishing from time to time even if you’re no longer an active mentee.
Priceless!
Lifetime access to the official PaperKat Books Facebook community.
Priceless!
ISBN application for paperback (printed), Mobi/Kindle, EPUB, and PDF. We will handle ISBN validation, legal deposit, and cataloging in publication. This means 2 copies of your printed books will be sent to the National Library of the Philippines.
The National Library of the Philippines waived ISBN application payments because of the pandemic.
Inclusion of your title in the PaperKat Books Catalog, which we send to the National Library of the Philippines, the National Book Development Board, and librarians from the Library of Congress and San Francisco Public Library for possible sales and library circulation.
Priceless!
Stories, concepts, and books with potential for TV and movie adaptations will be pitched and endorsed to our mentors in the movie industry.
Priceless!
Freebies as of October 2023
Assistance in applying your books/manuscripts to book awards, publishing grants, and translations grants.
Priceless!
Endorsement to bookstores for consignment sales. This means that will recommend your book/s to our partner retailers including Fully Booked, Rustan’s, Savage Minds (Naga City), TAMS Bookstore, and Solidaridad Bookshop for selling.
Priceless!
Inside Pages Layout. At the end of the program, you will have a PDF version of your book (ebook) that you can start selling. If you want to print your book with HS Grafik Print, we can use this PDF. It requires a different printing contract.
(Our inside pages layout fee is valued at PHP45,000.00)
Free Appendix B Full Version ebook
Valued at PHP500.00
10 printed copies of your book** (if you want to print more copies, we can give a separate printing contract)
Standard specifications:
- Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches
- Cover: Full-color print with matte lamination
- Inside Pages: 136 pages, black and white print
- Binding: Book Binding, softbound, paperback
- Quantity: 10 copies
** NOTE: If your book has a different set of specifications, we can re-compute the costs as long as the total printing cost amounts to PHP5,000.
Valued at PHP5,000.00
ADDITIONAL freebies as of December 2023
In the mentoring program, you don’t just work with me, you also get to collaborate with your fellow mentees and our success partners. Here are additional freebies we give for our Boldies (mentees):
These services are valued at PHP10,000
inclusion of book in the PaperKat Books Lazada Store
You can join our PaperKat Books Lazada Store to help cast a wider net for passive income. We charge a small fee for the management of the Lazada Store, we give the marketing for free.
Total program value:
PHP345,500
But you only pay
PHP50,000.00
Comes with 2 payment options
discounted
one-time payment
PHP40,000.00
+ 12% VAT
- Applicants who want to enroll and pay the fee one time automatically get PHP10,000 off.
- An official receipt (OR) will be provided upon payment in full.
author milestone
billing
PHP50,000.00
+ 12% VAT
- Payable in 5 installment plans
- First payment: PHP10,000 to secure your mentee slot and start the e-learning process
- Second payment: PHP10,000 to start the Editing Phase
- Third payment: PHP10,000 to start the Design Phase (Book Cover, Inside Pages, and other marketing materials)
- Fourth Payment: PHP10,000 to start the Proofreading Phase and Marketing Phase (Book Announcements, Pre-Orders)
- Fifth and Final Payment: PHP10,000 + 12% VAT to start the ISBN application and printing of 10 initial book copies.
Photo by RNG Studios
Here is a Sample timeline if you choose the Author Milestone Billing option:
ENROLMENT: First Payment (Php10,000)
- You enroll, pay the first payment of PHP10,000, and sign the Talent Contract. You get 6-month access to the PaperKat Books Learning Series 1.0 and past recorded webinars for the e-Learning Phase. You finish the Worksheets and we discuss/finalize your Self-Publishing Plans, Book Outline, Author’s Profile, and more via email.
- Once your Book Outline is approved, you can now write your manuscript. The Book Outline is like a map that guides you during the Writing Phase, this is where we do Developmental Editing to help you tighten the storyline. How fast or slow your write your manuscript depends on you. Some authors enroll with a finished manuscript already; some with a rough outline; and there are people who enroll with just book ideas. And that’s okay. The e-Learning Phase and back-and-forth consultation with me will guide you towards a complete manuscript.
EDITING PHASE: Second Payment (Php10,000)
- Based on experience, most authors finish writing the manuscript in 3-4 months. It’s on a case-to-case basis. Some take months, some take years, what’s important is that you keep moving forward. Once you’re done with the manuscript, we give you instructions on how to self-edit your manuscript. After the Self-Editing Phase, you can pay the second payment of PHP10,000 and submit your complete and self-edited manuscript to us so we can go to the Editing Phase.
- On average, the Editing Phase takes anywhere between 2 and 3 months. We do a combination of Line Editing and Copy Editing. The turnaround time also depends on how long your manuscript is (we have a max word count of 60K words per book enrolled in the mentoring program). Once the editor(s) is done with your manuscript, we send it back for approval or to fix story loopholes, if any. The author sends the manuscript back to the editor(s) for spot-editing. We send it back to the author so he/she can approve the edited manuscript for the Design Phase.
DESIGN PHASE: Third Payment (Php10,000)
- You pay the third payment of PHP10,000 to start the Design Phase. This is when we design your Book Cover (front and back) and the Inside Pages. The Design Phase can take anywhere between 2 and 3 weeks depending on the length of the book and the design specifications.
PROOFREADING PHASE: Fourth Payment (Php10,000)
- You pay the fourth payment of PHP10,000 to start the Proofreading Phase and Marketing Phase. We send you the PDF file of your book and give instructions on how to proofread. This is also when we can announce your book for pre-orders. In PaperKat Books, we don’t announce pre-orders for books unless we are in the Proofreading Phase, this way, the hype won’t go down. Proofreading can take anywhere between 2 and 3 weeks depending on the length of the manuscript. When proofreaders are done, we implement the proofreading notes. The author then approves the book for the Publishing/Printing Phase.
ISBN APPLICATION & PRINTING OF INITIAL COPIES PHASE: (Php10,000 + 12% VAT)
- You pay the fifth and final payment of PHP10,000 + 12% VAT to start the ISBN application and printing of 10 initial book copies, as part of the mentoring program. Two copies will be sent to the National Library of the Philippines for ISBN Validation, Legal Deposit, and Cataloging in Publication, while the remaining eight copies will be sent to you. If you wish to print more copies, we will give you a separate print quotation. We will turn over the files of your books to you so you can sell them on Amazon/Kindle, Google Play, Bookshelf PH, and direct selling (ebook and paperback). A Virtual Book Launch is optional.
- Once the fifth and final payment of PHP10,000 + 12% VAT is paid, we will issue an Official Receipt and the Lifetime Mentoring is activated. You will get lifetime access to our webinars and Learning Series (1.0 and the upcoming 2.0).
Additional notes for author milestone billing
- Payable in 2 years. If you don’t complete the program within 2 years, your initial payments will be forfeited, and you need to start again.
- We don’t offer refunds because we want to make sure that you finish what you started. So many authors just start, but never finish. We want to break that cycle.
- After the fifth payment, the “Lifetime Mentoring” is activated. This means you can consult me for Book 2, Book 3, and Book 4 for free. And you get discounted rates for editing, designing, and publishing for succeeding books if you want to work with us again.
- This is our way of ensuring that you get to work and that your investment, time, and effort won’t go to waste. It’s called accountability.
- An official receipt (OR) will be provided upon payment in full.
- If you choose the Author Milestone Billing option, the consultation is also in milestones. This means that if you’re still in the e-Learning stage, we can’t discuss your marketing plans yet. If you’re still in the Editing Stage, we can’t discuss your book design yet. Let’s do it in stages so you won’t get overwhelmed with too many tasks and too much information.
- This is just an example of how the Author Milestone Billing works in PaperKat Books. If, for example, you don’t have the budget yet to pay for the Editing Phase or Design Phase or Publishing/Printing Phase, you can pause and tell us that you’re still raising the funds. As long as the entire 5-Payment Timeline happens within two years, you have nothing to worry about. We will make sure that your investment (time, money, blood, sweat, tears), won’t go to waste.
- We started the Author Milestone Billing to accommodate young authors who want to join our ranks but are having a hard time raising the mentorship payment.
Ready to roll?
If you are ready to achieve a life-long dream, prepare the following:
- Pitch Letter*. This is a 1,000-word sales letter wherein you tell me who you are, what you do, what type of book you want to write/publish, and who your target readers are. Introducing yourself via a letter can help us decide how the program and our network can help you.
- Sample Chapter*. Send me your Chapter 1 (Fiction) or Introduction/Chapter 1 (Non-Fiction). Maximum of 3,000 words. We need to see how you write.
- Endorsement Letter*. Please get an endorsement letter from any of my mentees. Not familiar with them? Go to this link and find the authors on Facebook. I train my mentees to vouch for the potential mentees. Ask them for an endorsement letter.
- Optional: Book cover designs, illustrations.
- Please use Word Document when sending us the 2 files. No Google Docs links.
- Please send everything via email to: paperkatbooks@gmail.com
- Use this subject line: Mentoring Program Applicant: [YOUR NAME HERE]
- Successful applicants will be offered a Talent Contract for signing.
*Required
When is the deadline?
The application period is closed. Please stay tuned for future announcements!
The above rates might not be available by January 1, 2024. The 2024 rates could be higher and might not include all the freebies. Yes, we give official receipts upon payment in full.
Photo taken during Writers Anonymous PH meetups and group meetings
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MENTORING PROGAM
Q: I already have a manuscript, can I still enroll?
A: Definitely! We’ll review your manuscript and if needed, we’ll have you write additional chapters. All manuscripts must have the 3 Major Parts.
Q: I have a book idea palang, can I still enroll?
A: Yes! The goal is to turn that book idea into an actual manuscript that you can publish as ebook or printed book.
Q: Can I write in Filipino? How about Taglish?
A: Our forte is English. But we have a Filipino/Tagalog Editor on board, so we are accepting Filipino manuscripts. We are okay with Taglish manuscripts as long as it’s 80% English, 20% Taglish. In other words, it must pass the Allergic Si Kath Sa Chaka Test.
Q: How many hours should I write? What is the writing process?
A: Once you’re my mentee, you will have access to the PaperKat Books Learning Series with worksheets that can help you create your Book Outline and write the manuscript. We set a deadline for all the tasks you need to do. You can ask for extensions but remember, your publishing timeline will also move.
Q: Do we need to see each other?
A: Only if you want to, haha! Here’s the beauty of this mentoring program: I won’t pester you. I’ll be in the background tracking your progress and crack the whip if you need me to so we can meet your set deadline.
We will have coaching calls (one-on-one and group). As a writer, I understand the need to be “alone” to write. But remember, having a mentor means you won’t be alone in this self-publishing journey. OMG, that’s beautiful. Uy, quotable quote yan ha.
Q: Will the program turn me into a bestselling author?
A: Safe answer? No. But anything is possible. Becoming a bestselling author sometimes requires someone to be at the right place at the right time. Remember, it took years for Harry Potter books to turn into what it is today. What I can guarantee is you’ll have an ebook that you already sell while raising funds for paperback copies.
Q: Can I write more than 1 book within the program?
A: Yes, you can enroll succeeding books in the program and we’ll give you discounted rates for the services. But we must finish editing your Book 1 before you can start on Book 2 because our editing process is back and forth. Best part? Once you learn how to use the 3-Part Template, you can use it for future books!
Q: Can I back out mid-mentorship?
A: No. But if you have a very strong reason why you need to back out, you can transfer to the next batch. However, succeeding batches might have a higher program rate so you end up paying extra.
Q: Can I get my money back if I back out?
A: No, sorry. We don’t offer a refund because mentoring someone is a 2-way investment. You invest in me. I invest in you. You can ask for a “sabbatical”. But you don’t quit. Moreover, we’ve gone through the tedious process of application, hoping to weed out the fainthearted. You must prove to me that you have guts and grit. Because it’s not going to be easy, especially once you get feedback (good or not). Being a book author is not just a dream come true, it’s a lifestyle.
Q: Can I tell people that I’m your mentee?
A: Yes! We love that. In fact, go ahead and brag about it if you want to, but do it in a good way. After all, we are very selective. The fact that we’ve shortlisted you means we saw potential and we are banking on that promise!
Q: Can I pay in installments?
A: Yes, please check the 2 payment options above.
Q: When is the deadline for payment? Do you give official receipts?
A: For this round, you can apply and send requirements from October 23 to November 15, 2023. If you pass, you can pay the enrolment fee until November 30, 2023. Remember, this rate might not be available by January 1, 2024. The 2024 rates could be higher and might not include all the freebies. Yes, we give official receipts upon payment in full.
Q: When will the program start?
A: The program starts as soon as you sign the Talent Contract and pay the program rate with the payment terms of your choice.
Photo taken during the “You Should Be Writing” event at Estancia at Capitol Commons last November 4, 2023 – our first mall event! Photo by RNG Studios.
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