Design
Book Cover Design
An original cover designed around your book and its category front, spine and back, built to work at thumbnail size and in the hand.
Book Publishing
End to end publishing for a finished manuscript: editing, design, production and distribution managed as one project, with you keeping every right.
- Price Quoted individually quoted per book after a scope review
- Typical timeline 4 8 months
If your manuscript is written and you want one team to take it all the way to a finished, distributed book, this is that service. Editing, cover and interior design, print and digital production and worldwide distribution, coordinated by one person from start to launch.
Everything is set out in a written scope before any work begins: what is included, what it costs, how long it takes and what we need from you. You approve each stage as it is completed, and nothing moves forward until you are happy with the one before it.
You keep your copyright, your royalties and every production file. We produce and distribute your book; we never acquire it. And we describe distribution as making your book orderable everywhere, never as guaranteeing a place on a shelf.
What you receive
Deliverables
Exactly what lands in your inbox, listed the same way it appears in your written scope.
- A written publishing scope with schedule and costs
- Professional editing appropriate to the manuscript
- Original cover design and typeset interior
- Print-ready and eBook files, plus distribution setup
What we need from you
Requirements
Having these ready before we start is what keeps the timeline honest.
- A complete, revised manuscript
- Any existing assets: author photo, bio, endorsements
- Decisions on formats and territories, which we help you make
Production timelines are estimates. Actual schedules vary with manuscript length, revision rounds, author response time and third-party retailer processing.
How it works
Book Publishing, stage by stage
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Scope and plan
We review the manuscript, recommend the right services and issue a written scope with a fixed schedule and price.
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Edit and design
Editing comes first, then cover and interior design, each approved by you before the next stage begins.
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Produce
We build print-ready and eBook files to the specification your printer and retailers require.
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Distribute and launch
Your book is set up for print-on-demand and digital distribution so readers can order it, and we hand you every file.
None. You keep copyright, royalties and every file. We are a service provider, not a publisher that acquires your work.
No honest company can. We make your book orderable through the major wholesale channels, which means any bookshop or library can stock it if they choose. Physical shelf placement is always the retailer's decision.
We will tell you before you commit. If an assessment shows it needs more revision, we say so rather than sell you production on a manuscript that is not ready.
Often bought together
All services
Related services
Design
Interior Book Formatting
Professional typesetting the invisible craft that lets a reader forget they are reading a designed object.
Distribution
Global Book Distribution
Getting your book listed, orderable and fulfilled across online retailers, wholesalers and library suppliers.
Talk it through
Not sure whether you need book publishing?
Send us the manuscript. If this is not the service that would help your book most, we will tell you which one is.