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Interested in buying a publishing business? Please contact us! My partner and I together have sold more than 100 businesses. We currently have more than four dozen industry properties either listed or working their way toward listing. We'd be happy to put you on our contact lists if you'd like to be notified of new listings. Just email us at either custserv@anvilpub.com or anvilpub@earthlink.net to let us know you'd like to be added. Here are some of our current listings!
Publishing Houses and Other
Properties for
Sale
NICHE PUBLISHER WITH 23 TITLES in infertility and
adoption area. In business for 29 years, primary emphasis is on books dealing
with creating a family. Distributed by Ingram, with e-book versions
distributed by Smashwords. Owners are retiring. Revenue in fiscal 2008 was
$103K, with revenues 2003-2009 averaging $191K per year. Asking price of $200K
includes $94K in inventory at cost. If interested, call Noel Griese at
770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG, or email
ngriese@anvilpub.com. PUBLISHER OF GLB BOOKS WITH BACKLIST OF MORE THAN 75 TITLES eager to sell for age and health reasons. In business for more than 20 years, with established list of brick and mortar and online customers. Gross revenues in 2009 of $50K est. Asking price of $125K includes $90K in inventory at cost – so you’re buying a viable niche publishing house with a 20-year track record for $35K. Owner willing to finance up to 50% of purchase price for approved buyer. Contact ngriese@anvilpub.com or 1-800-500-FLAG.
PROFITABLE PUBLISHER OF REGIONAL BOOK TITLES. In business for 30 years,
primary emphasis is on pictorial history books, including ethnic cookbooks, of
Midwestern interest. Currently has 25 titles in print. Distributed by Big
River Distributing and Partners Book Distributing. Owners are retiring.
Revenue in fiscal 2008 was $735K, with net income before taxes of $96K .
Asking price of $660K includes $450K in inventory at cost. If interested, call
Noel Griese at 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG, or email
ngriese@anvilpub.com.
ESTABLISHED AWARD-WINNING ETHNIC PUBLISHING HOUSE. In business since 1998,
with widespread media reach. Authors, titles and publisher have been written
about in Publishers Weekly, Foreword, Library Journal,
Ebony, Essence and many other outlets. This major publisher has 54
nonfiction titles in print, mostly in the self-help and general nonfiction
areas. Title list includes 12 music biographies. Other topics include
business, self-help, finance, real estate, education, careers, fashion &
beauty, family, social issues and music. Revenues last three years in
$265K-$565K range. Publisher wants to leave book publishing and follow a new
non-related career path starting immediately.Owner has been asking $1 million,
but has drastically reduced the asking price to $500K in an effort to move the
property quickly. Currently has $178K in inventory at cost. Distributed by
IPG. Owner is willing to finance up to 20 percent of sale price. All offers
will be considered. If interested, please email
ngriese@anvilpub.com or call
770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG for further information. DAILY NEWSLETTER
COVERING ONLINE SIDE OF BOOK BUSINESS FOR SALE.
ESTABLISHED NEWSLETTER AND BOOK PUBLISHER: Lucrative newsletter dealing with hot current issue, with national and overseas circulation and peripheral information products for sale. In business for 34 years. Assets include copyrights to a number of books and reports related to the core newsletter, which covers privacy issues. Loyal following, 90 percent plus renewal rate. Revenues of $65K in 2007. Approx. value of inventory at cost: $9K. Asking $165K. Contact Anvil Brokers for prospectus and other information. Email ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG.
ESTABLISHED PUBLISHER OF TIGHTLY FOCUSED TRADE BOOKS AND TEXTBOOKS FOR FOR SALE: Publisher of historical titles, most related to Oklahoma and Western U.S. Sellers, now retired, were the owners of an Oklahoma newspaper. Inventory valued at $140K. Gross revenues 2006 $12K. Seeking $100K. To make an offer, contact ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 1-800-500-FLAG.
DEEP DISCOUNT IN ASKING PRICE FOR EAST COAST
PUBLISHER. We have a listing for an East Coast publisher of 27 nonfiction
titles, mostly in the self-help and general nonfiction areas, with some
memoirs. Topics include aging, death & dying, education, health, family, and
social or
FOR SALE: Sub-S publisher with 50 titles in print (mix of mostly fiction, some nonfiction), strong online presence. Includes rights to one title being made into major movie this year. Titles distributed by Ingram and Baker & Taylor. Owner wants more time for his own creative endeavors. Revenue in 2004-2006 $75K-plus. Sale price includes $25K in inventory at cost. Asking $229,800, but all offers will be considered. Owner willing to finance balance with 50 percent down. Email ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 1-800-500-FLAG. FOR SALE: Entertainment company incorporated as LLC in 2005 specializing in preparation of adapting novels into film scripts and arranging for production companies to produce and distribute film properties. Owner retiring. Deal could include buying into one script due to begin shooting this year already spun off into separate company. Potential 2007 revenue over $250,000 if all options are exercised and existing scripts purchased. Asking $30K. Owner willing to finance balance with 50 percent down. Email ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 1-800-500-FLAG. FOR SALE: English-language rights to European best-seller about big pharma. For further information, email ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289. FOR SALE: Major ethnic publisher in business since 1998, 43 titles in print, 2005 gross revenue of $1.2 million, 2006 estimated revenue $1.45 million. Highly profitable, excellent distribution relationships. Includes office real estate close to downtown valued at $500K. Business relocatable from major southwestern city. Asking $2.5 million. Email custserv@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289 if interested. FOR SALE: Established publisher seeks buyer with time to develop business. Business includes inventory of 10,500 copies of four titles with combined cover SRP of $265,900. Owner anticipates gross of $25K in 2006, with gross increasing at 25% per year. Asking $30K, with minimum of 50% down. If seriously interested, email custserv@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289. FOR SALE: Six-year-old publisher with nine titles. Owner retiring. Business includes copyrights and 20,000 copies of various titles with retail value of $274K. Asking $96K. Serious inquiries please email custserv@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289. Properties Wanted INVESTORS SEEK PUBLISHING HOUSES WITH $1 TO $5 MILLION IN SALES. Have two clients with cash available seeking to expand through acquisitions. Prefer houses with 50 or more titles in print, established sales record. Houses based in U.S. preferred, but will consider foreign acquisitions as well. Contact Noel Griese at ngriese@anvilpub.com, phone 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG. PUBLISHER SEEKS TO EXPAND by buying backlist titles or a company in the recovery/addiction/self-help category. The price for acquisition of a publishing company (as distinct from specific titles) would be up to $150,000. Contact Noel Griese at ngriese@anvilpub.com, phone 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG. PERIODICAL PUBLISHER SEEKS NEWSLETTER OR MAGAZINE in successful niche market. Must have revenue stream of at least $1 million annually. Buyer, an mainly American brand with international recognition, is seeking to expand line. Contact Noel Griese at ngriese@anvilpub.com, phone 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG.
LITERARY AGENCIES WANTED: Successful East
Coast literary agency seeks to expand by acquiring other agencies in the
$5K-$250K
gross revenue class. Candidates should be willing to disclose list of author
clients, publisher clients, agency financial data. Contact Noel Griese at
ngriese@anvilpub.com
or 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG.
Investor or Partner Sought
INVESTOR PARTNER
SOUGHT. Book publisher in
Manuscript Rights for Sale FOR SALE: North American, foreign and all other rights to study manuals for SAT mathematics test. Books have generated $311,000 in sales since being introduced in 2005. Net revenue to author has been $150,000. Email ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289 if interested. MANUSCRIPT FOR SALE: North American and other rights to new novel by successful screenwriter. Protagonist sells his soul to Satan for immortality. Novel focuses on what ensues over the next 200 years. Written in a style reminiscent of Anne Rice, with a foreword by Lucifer himself, the novel deals with themes of peace, war, love, hate and religion. While the protagonist is portrayed as a thief and murderer, in the surprise ending, much as in "The Sixth Sense" film, he ties everything together in messiah-like fashion. For further information, contact Noel Griese at ngriese@anvilpub.com or 1-800-500-FLAG. FOR SALE: North American rights to inside story of life in the household of one of America's top pop superstars, Madonna. Publisher acquiring manuscript must not have operations in UK. Minimum acceptable offer for North American rights is $700K advance against royalties plus 12.5% royalty for first 50,000 copies and 15% thereafter based on cover price. Contact ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 1-800-500-FLAG. FOR SALE: English-language rights to book currently being translated from German about big pharma tentatively titled ”Deadly Dosage.” Written by a big pharma executive who, while based in London, bribed a Scandinavian government official to grease the skids for regulatory approval of controversial drug Prozac. Author was recently in U.S. to be deposed in a class action suit against the drug maker. Explosive content. For further information, email ngriese@anvilpub.com or call 770-938-0289. FOR SALE: North American rights to book by European TV personality who has already written seven books and two European best-sellers. Theme for this New Age title, already translated into English, is extraterrestrial visits to earth. Begins with a scholarly recounting of the legends surrounding European aristocrat the Count of St. Germain (the saintly German) and the secrets he confided to those close to him. Covers the secrets of Genesis, the Sumerian Record, Ark of the Covenant, the Knights Templar, Nostradamus, the New World Order and the Illuminati. Last half of book details how secrets of past societies can lead to individual success for those who harness and apply the secrets. Remainder Lots for Sale FOR SALE BY AUCTION OR AT STICKER PRICE: Various quantities of more than 200 titles, some hardback, some trade paperback (no mass market), being sold as remainders. If bought at SRP, these books have a value in excess of $10 million. Buy at sticker prices on books or by making a bid. No minimums. Please visit Tables 331-333 at “Name that Book Show” at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta August 10-12. FOR SALE: 4,000 copies of romance-thriller Always, by novelist and filmscript writer Trevor Meldal-Johnsen. Book sold more than a million copies with Avon before being made into movie “Déjà vu.” Please visit Tables 331-333 at “Name that Book Show” at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta August 10-12.
If you're thinking about selling a publishing business - book, newsletter, production, or other - we'd be honored and delighted to work with you. Listing businesses for sale with Anvil Brokers We normally begin the process of selling a business by appraising what we think the business is worth and what it might fetch in the marketplace. At the bottom of this list is a form we ask clients to complete and return to us to get the process started. It doesn’t take long to fill it out Eventually, we would like to see verifiable financial data on your business - for the past three years, if information is available. It especially helps for us to have tax returns and, if you are incorporated, the P&L statement and balance sheets your CPA prepares for filing with your tax returns. If your business is not incorporated, or doesn't have a sales record, don’t worry – there are still ways to sell it. We advertise the business in a variety of ways. We start with a classified ad on our Web sites, which have around 300,000 unique visitors per year, mostly folks interested in the book business. Perhaps most important, we have a database of some 25,000 names and addresses - email and snail mail - of people in the book business. These contacts include authors, publishers, bookstores, wholesalers, retailers and distributors. We circulate information on your business – without specifically identifying you or your business by name – to lists where we think buyers might be interested. We work on a commission basis - $1,000 for any sale under $10,000; 10% for any sale from $10,000 to $100,000; 9% on the second $100,000 ($9,000), 8% on the third $100,000 ($8,000) declining progressively to 1% of the10th $100,000. Commissions are negotiable if a sale hinges on them. We don't require you to list exclusively with us, but if you do list, we have a simple agreement for you to sign. It’s designed to assure that you understand and agree to our terms. The form we would like for you to complete and return to us is below my signature. We will send you the second form – the simple agreement - after we get this one, which takes longer to complete. BUSINESS LISTING DATA Your name: Your business name: Business address (include street, county, city, state, zip code): Your preferred email address: Your phone number: Your fax number The URL of your Web site: Number of unique Web site visitors per year: How is your business structured (LLC? Sub-S Corp.? Sole proprietorship? Partnership?): Number of years in business (include year established): Number of employees (include yourself as 1): Total number of hours per year you and your employees devote to the business: Number of book titles in print (or names of newsletters, magazines or newspaper published): Brief reason for selling (retiring, illness, etc.): Estimated gross revenue this year: Gross revenue last year (amount of money you took in last year before paying bills): Gross revenues for each of the two years before last year (if available): Estimated net profit before taxes this year (profit is what’s left after all the bills are paid but before taxes): Net profit before taxes last year: Net profit before taxes for each of the two years before last year (if available): Amount of debt buyer will have to assume (if any): Approximate value of inventory at cost: Is inventory at cost included in selling price, or in addition to it? List intangibles that will be included in sale (copyrights on titles, etc.): List all the wholesalers and distributors with which you currently do business: Brief description of tangible inventory included in sale, and value of inventory (number of copies of books, cost of producing the books, retail value of the books): Brief description of furniture, fixtures and equipment included in sale, and estimated value of FF&E: Brief description of any real estate included in sale, and value of real estate: Is the business relocatable (yes or no)? Is the business home-based? Price you’d like us to list for the business: Amount of down payment you’d accept (may be equal to the full price): Thanks for taking the time to provide us with this information. Please email to custserv@anvilpub.com or snail mail to the contact address below.
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