Publishing

As you will see on our Home page, alongside our editing services, we are also a small independent publisher, We are not in a position to pay advances to authors. So much for the bad news.

But we will work with you in a personal way and we won't keep you waiting for responses, We will keep you up-to date with how the process is going, and ask you questions as needed. We won't commit you to writing a number of future books, although if you choose to do that, we will be happy to help with that.

Should you wish us to publish your book, we can design a cover for you.

We will then send you a printed proof copy for you to approve before the final publication. If you want to make changes at that point, you can do so, and you can do it again as many times as you need, with an additional charge per set of proof copies sent. *

When you are happy with the proof copy, we can publish your book. We will provide you with a set number of copies as part of our agreement, and further copies at an agreed price, which will depend on the retail and print-cost prices of your book. It will then be available to buy by the general public via Amazon. You will be able to purchase additional copies from Amazon at the retail price, gaining royalties as you do so, or from us, at a reduced 'author copy' rate. (Details are available on the publishing agreement which will be offered to you.)

All royalties will be paid via us, and we will send them to you on a six monthly basis, less a 10% admin fee.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

Included in your publishing package is:

Proof-reading
Copy or Line Editing (as required)
Formatting
Creation of ISBN and barcode
Creation of copyright page
Writing of blurb and biography (based on information provided)
Cover design*
Proof copies*, sent by post
Publish : as paperback and/or ebook
Provision of x number of copies
Payment of royalties
Options re marketing (extra)

Further options & information

* Cover design

A standard cover design is included in the package above. This will consist of a single image on a black background, with text on the back cover along with a thumbprint image (usually of the author) and a short bio.

'Cover design plus' consists of a wrap-around design over front and back covers. An extra charge is made for this.

* Additional proof copies

Should further proof copies be required because of our error/s, then there would be no additional charge.

Marketing campaign

We can provide a limited social media campaign with regular (eg weekly) posts on Facebook and Instagram, for a period of 3 months following publication. An extra charge is made for this.

Costs

We give an idea of basic costs on our 'fees & charges' page, but those fees will vary, as each manuscript is unique. It's important than we have a dialogue about your work, and what you're looking for, and then we will give you a quote. You will be under no obligation to take it any further forward.