Pre-Press Options

Choose your pre-press package

Our pre-press packages prepare your work for printing, taking care of everything from the time we receive your completed manuscript through to the point of printing, with added assistance and aftercare when your book has been published.

Empowered Publishing^® means we will work in partnership with you, using our technical expertise to take care of the publishing process and produce your work to the same high standard as titles issued by mainstream publishers – allowing you, the writer, to get on with the business of writing.

There are three levels to choose from – Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Bronze is suitable for books up to 160 pages, such as poetry, short memoirs, or novellas.
Silver is our most popular package which covers most work up to 336 pages, including novels, memoirs and family histories.
Gold is suitable for longer novels or complex work that features a higher-than-average number of illustrations, photographs or footnotes.

Please click on the tabs to choose the pre-press package which best suits your needs:

Empowered Publishing^® Bronze – £350

Our Bronze Pre-Press Package means your work will be presented to the reader as you submit it, with just a light proofread – showcasing your unique spontaneity and creativity as an author.

This cost-effective option is ideal for writers who have already invested in professional copy-editing.

What you get:

Personal support throughout the publishing process.
Project management to prepare your manuscript and book jacket for printing.
Choice of the three most popular trade format paperback or hardback book sizes – B-Format (200mm x 132mm), A5 (210mm x 148mm) or Demy (216mm x 140mm).
Page-layout formatting using Adobe InDesign^® with text set in a popular book typeface such as Adobe Garamond Pro.
Maximum page count 160 printed pages.
1 full colour custom book jacket created by our experienced book jacket designer to perfectly capture the essence of your paperback book within the context of your intended market (includes use of your images or licensing for royalty-free library images if you prefer).
Inclusion of up to 10 images within your book.
PDF proofs of initial text and jacket designs sent to you by email. If you are unable to receive email we can send laser proofs to your UK address via Royal Mail parcel post.
Use of 1 ISBN and registration with Nielsen Bookdata and Bowker, who send information about your book to bookshops and libraries around the world (including major UK online retailers such as Amazon, WHSmith, Waterstones and Tesco).
As well as being listed with major online retailers, your book will be stocked in our own online bookshop, ready for customers to order at the retail price you have set.
Bookshop orders fulfilled via major wholesalers including Gardners, Bertrams, Coutts Information Services and Macauley.
Cataloguing in Public Data (CIP) registration. The British Library's CIP programme provides information about new and forthcoming books to library book buyers in the UK and Ireland.
Comprehensive advice about promoting your book, to support the basic level of online presence we'll establish for you when your book is launched.
After printing, we will retain 6 copies of your book and send them to the Legal Deposit Libraries of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where they will become part of the nation's heritage.