Production & distribution
From finished manuscript to a book people can buy.
You wrote it. Now it needs to become a real, purchasable book – formatted, converted, uploaded and distributed to the right stores. I handle the technical production so you don’t lose weeks to formatting quirks and platform rules.
The job
The unglamorous part, done properly
Production is where good manuscripts stall. Interior layout, front and back matter, e-book conversion that behaves on every device, ISBNs, metadata, categories, keywords, and the upload rules of each platform – none of it is hard once you know it, and all of it is fiddly the first time. I have done it across more than thirty of my own titles, so your book arrives in the store looking like it belongs there.
What’s included
One price, the whole production
Interior formatting
A clean, readable print interior – consistent typography, chapter openers, front and back matter, page numbers and running heads.
E-book conversion
A reflowable e-book (EPUB) that holds together across Kindle, Apple Books and the rest – not a wonky PDF export.
Metadata & listing
Title, subtitle, description, categories and keywords set up to help the right readers actually find your book.
Upload & distribution
Files uploaded and distributed to the platforms that fit your goals – print on demand and e-book, ready to go live.
Shorter books
$500 AUD
Interior layout, e-book conversion, metadata and upload – for a manuscript up to about 40,000 words.
- Book layout for print and e-book
- EPUB and Kindle conversion
- Metadata, categories and keywords
- Upload to Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Draft2Digital
The usual case
$800 AUD
The same complete service for a full-length book. More pages means more layout work, so the price reflects it.
- Book layout for print and e-book
- EPUB and Kindle conversion
- Metadata, categories and keywords
- Upload to Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Draft2Digital
Long manuscripts
Quote
Longer books need a quote – layout time does not scale evenly past this point. Tell me the word count and I will come back with a price.
- Everything in the tiers above
- Priced to the actual manuscript
- Complex layouts and images handled
Word count is confirmed when you hand over the final manuscript. If it grows during editing, we agree the tier before I start.
Ready to see it in the store?
Send me your finished manuscript and I’ll turn it into a print and e-book edition, live and ready for readers.
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