Publishing and distribution
Publish it properly, and keep every right.
Format preparation, ISBNs, metadata and retailer setup for paperback, hardcover and eBook. We do the setup and explain each step in writing before anything is submitted, and you stay the publisher of record.
Questions first? Email hello@publishyourbook.com
Is it for you
Is this the right place to start?
Publishing is mostly rules and details. It is easy to get one wrong, and hard to undo.
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Your book is finished and you are not sure what comes next.
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You want to publish independently without learning every retailer’s rules.
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You want to be the publisher of record, with your own ISBN.
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Your book is already out, and you want it set up properly or relaunched.
Included
What you get.
Everything needed to get a finished book in front of readers, with nothing added to pad the quote.
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eBook, paperback, hardcover
Each format prepared to its own specification, so you can offer readers a choice.
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ISBN and barcode guidance
Identifiers registered in your name, so you remain the publisher of record.
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Metadata and categories
Title, description, keywords and subject categories written to help the right readers find the book.
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Channel setup
Your book set up with major retailers, with each step explained in writing before anything is submitted.
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Approval before release
You sign off the files and every listing detail before anything goes live.
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Everything in your name
The ISBN and files are yours, and every royalty is paid to you.
How it is done
From finished files to a live listing.
Each step is explained in writing first, and nothing is submitted until you have approved it.
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Check the files
We review the final manuscript, cover and interior against each format’s requirements, and flag anything that would be rejected.
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Register the identifiers
ISBNs and barcodes are set up in your name for each format.
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Write the metadata
Description, keywords and categories are drafted for your approval. This is what retailers show to readers.
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Set up the channels
We set your book up with major retailers, explaining each step in writing before it is submitted.
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Approve and release
You sign off the listing details and files, and then the book goes live.
Start to finish
Where it begins, and where it ends.
Step in
How it starts
Tell us the formats you want and where the book is now. If the files are not ready, we can prepare them first.
You bring
- The final manuscript, cover and interior, or the books that still need them
- The formats you want
- The publishing name or imprint you want to use
- Any existing ISBN or retailer listing
We send back
- A checklist of what the book still needs
- A written plan for each format and channel
- A quote before anything is submitted
Step out
How it ends
Your book is live in the formats you chose, with the details you approved, and everything is in your name.
You receive
- Live listings for each format
- Your ISBNs and barcodes
- The final files for every format
- A summary of what was set up and where
Proof
Books taken all the way to print and eBook.
One case study follows a book from the first conversation to paperback and eBook, and shows what changed on the way.
Long Way from Kerrville
Memoir · Paperback
Mabel and the Nine Moons
Children’s · Full colour
The Salt Road
Fiction · Hardcover, eBook
What the River Kept
Fiction · Hardcover
“Six weeks from manuscript to a hardcover I was proud to hand to my mother.”
Case study · Memoir
Long Way from Kerrville
- Starting point
- Forty hours of recorded family interviews and no written draft.
- Challenge
- Turning oral history into a chronological narrative without flattening the narrator’s voice.
- Result
- A 68,000-word memoir in paperback and eBook, approved by the author before release.
68,000
Words
2
Formats
14 wks
To press
“They wrote it the way my father talked. That is the part I did not expect.”
FAQ
Questions about publishing.
Do I need an ISBN?
For print books sold through retailers, yes. We can register one in your name so you remain the publisher of record.
Who is the publisher of record?
You are. The ISBN is registered in your name, so the book is yours to publish, and to take elsewhere.
Do you take a share of royalties?
No. You pay for the work once. Every royalty is yours.
Where will my book be sold?
We set it up with major retailers. The channels are agreed in writing before anything is submitted.
Can I take the book elsewhere later?
Yes. The files, the ISBN and the rights are yours, and we will hand over what you need.
Start here
Tell us where the book is, and we will plan the rest.
Tell us the formats you want and where the book is now. We reply within two working days.
- We reply within two working days.
- No cost and no obligation to start the conversation.
- You keep every right and every royalty.