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Self-publishing means you are the publisher. The copyright stays in your name, the money from each sale lands in your account, and Amazon, IngramSpark, and Barnes & Noble Press are the stores, not a house that signed you. We build the files those stores actually check, and we upload them only where you can log in yourself.
What the job is
A retailer will accept a file that meets the spec and reject one that does not. It will not choose your trim size, widen a spine that is short by a millimeter, or mention that the free ISBN makes that retailer the publisher of record. That is the work we do before anyone clicks publish.
You send a manuscript that is done. We set the format, build the interior and the cover wrap, write the copyright page so it matches the ISBN, and put the listing in an account you own. If the draft is still moving chapters, we stop. Typesetting a book twice is how a budget disappears.
The order of the work
What stays with you
A self-published book with someone else’s name on the copyright page is a different deal. Say so if that is what you want. The default here is the ordinary one: you own it.
What a retailer checks
Pretty pages are not the test. The test is whether the printer and the store can use what we send without inventing a margin.
Decisions that are expensive to undo
A free ISBN from a retailer is fast, and that retailer is then the publisher of record for the edition. An ISBN you buy can carry the same book to more than one wholesaler without it looking like three different titles. We tell you which one fits the stores you named. We do not pick the free one because it is quicker for us.
KDP Select puts the ebook in Kindle Unlimited and keeps it off Apple, Kobo, and the library channels for ninety days at a time. That is a useful deal for some novels. It is a poor default for a book you already plan to sell everywhere. The print edition can still go wide while the ebook stays exclusive. We set it the way you decide, and we write the choice down.
Going live is a separate step from uploading. A proof shows a gutter that ate the first word, a spine title that wrapped, or a cream paper that turned the photographs muddy. We wait for that look. A week here is cheaper than a listing you have to pull.
House rule
Self-publishing is a production service with a public listing at the end. It is not a book deal, and it is not a rank we can order.
Before you send the manuscript
No. You can publish as yourself. An imprint name is optional, and if you use one it has to match the ISBN record. We will not invent a press name to make the copyright page look busier.
If you buy it, you do, and you are the publisher of record. If a retailer assigns one at no charge, they are the publisher of record for that edition. Both are legitimate. They are not the same book in the catalog, so we choose before the cover is built.
We can build files from a manuscript you are willing to freeze. A draft that is still gaining and losing chapters will be typeset again, and the spine will change with the page count. Send it when you can leave it alone for the production.
Then the job is KDP: ebook, paperback, hardcover, or the combination you want. We will still tell you what staying in one store gives up, including library sales and the other ebook shops. If you only want Amazon after that, we set up Amazon.
When the manuscript is done
If you know you want Amazon only, say so. If you know you want bookstores and libraries as well, say that. If you only know who the book is for, start there. The format follows. Call (833) 688-4166 or write [email protected].
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