The Process
How your school's eBook fundraiser works

Every school's eBook fundraiser is customised to match your school's size, theme, and goals, so the exact steps may vary slightly.

The outline below describes the typical process for an art-based eBook (for example, student drawings or other flat artwork that requires scanning). For writing-based themes the process is very similar. For hand-made 3D projects we simply include photography — either taking the photos ourselves or using high-quality ones you provide.

1. Consultation & Planning
   We discuss your school's vision and decide key details:

   • The book topic or theme.

   • Estimated book size / page count based on expected contributors.

   • Suggested sale price (set by your school for affordability)

   Note: A full page will be dedicated to a student's work, but in some cases we can group 2-4 per page... depending on the content.

2. Preparation Materials
   Once the theme is locked in, we create a custom printable submission sheet for you to distribute. It provides space for the student's work, their name, class and instructions. We can also include a parental permission section if requested.

3. Student Creations
   Students complete their creations at school or home.

4. Collection
   Teachers gather submissions and pass them to the school office.

5. Submission to eBook Creations
   We collect the physical submissions from the school office (or arrange secure pickup & delivery).

6. Digitisation & Book Creation
   We scan/digitise all contributions, then design the full eBook - including multiple cover options - using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

7. Review & Approval
   We send you a complete preview of the book plus cover design choices.
   Your school reviews everything, requests any changes, and approves the final cover.

8. Promotional Materials
   We design and deliver a ready-to-use promotional flyer/order form.

9. Payment Setup
   Your school distributes the flyer/order form (via print or digital), to parents.

   
   

10. Buyer Preparation

    Those that intend to buy download the free Readest app (iOS or Android) and create a simple account with email/password.

11. Sales & Collection
    Your school collects payment along with the buyers' email that they used to sign up to the Readest app.

    We recommend payments be done via cash and/or your existing debit/credit payment system (such as School Bytes, Compass and Sentral).

12. eBook Delivery
    The school sends a list of buyers' emails so eBook Creations can grant access to the finished eBook.

13. Final Settlement
    Once sales conclude and all buyers have access to and are enjoying their eBooks, your school calculates total funds raised and pays us our fee of 5–15%.
    
    Example: A large 500 page eBook = 15% for eBook Creations. If 500 sold at $20 totalling sales of $10,000, then the school would retain $8,500 and eBook Creations would receive $1,500.

Timing Considerations
Assembly of a book generally requires at least 5 minutes per page. So a 500 page eBook would therefore take approximately 1-2 weeks to create following collection of submissions.

Book Sizes
We love working on large books with 200+ contributors because they'll generate the most excitement and sales for your school, but we're just as excited to help bring smaller ones to life. Whatever scale you're thinking of, we're here for it.