Xulon Press founder Tom Freiling to head ‘Christian publisher for the world’ program

Tom Freiling, founder of Xulon Press, ventures back into self-publishing with the launch of Excel, a breakthrough in digital self-publishing that utilizes an exclusive technology to facilitate high-speed publishing.

Launched in September, Excel is a collaborative project owned by Charisma House and directed by Freiling. Excel is the world’s first self-publishing endeavor to offer print-on-demand technology specifically for Christian authors. This state-of-the-art typesetting program mirrors the future of the e-book market with a zero inventory system, enabling print books upon request in just 24 hours or less.

“Excel is the next generation of self-publishing,” Freiling said. “We’re taking digital publishing technology a step farther, to make it faster and easier for Christian authors to get published.”

In three do-it-yourself steps, authors have the ability to submit their manuscript for free via Excel’s website and prepare it for electronic publication to more than 30,000 bookstores in popular e-book formats.

“We don’t consider ourselves a USA publisher, or even a North American publisher—but a Christian publisher for the world,” Freiling said.

Excel also offers an online social gathering for authors to interact with experts. Authors have members-only access to a special Twitter account, Facebook page and LinkedIn profile. There will be a biweekly conference call and monthly newsletter with a book coach.

“In the past five years the self-publishing market has seen a 287% increase, with more than 200,000 titles published last year in the United States alone,” said Tessie DeVore, executive vice president of Charisma House. “Finding the right publisher has become overwhelming for Christian authors. Excel will provide something totally new and fresh, and will allow them to take their message to the world without the additional time, expense and labor of traditional publishing.”

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