PublishNation, UK self publishing books & Amazon Kindle ebooks

Self publishing, marketing and editorial support for UK writers

Self publish a book or ebook, quickly and conveniently

Publishing your book with us is simple and straightforward, we always take care to ensure you are comfortable at every stage of the process.

There are no hidden charges with us, this is your book and YOU are in control of how it is made available to the public.

Ebooks
£150
Self publish for Amazon Kindle
Kindle + Paperback
£250
Self publish for Amazon Kindle ebooks and paperbacks
Paperback
£175
Self publish for paperbacks

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You keep ALL royalties from the sale of your book

Your book on sale all over the world

Sending us your book

Your book must be sent to us in an electronic format. Ideally use our website submission form below, otherwise send it as a Word file attached to an email. Microsoft Word is the preferred format, but we can normally work with other formats.

If your work needs to be typed up and inputted into a computer, we can help. Please contact us for details.


Text only
Our standard price applies to books with text only. If you would like to include photographs or other graphics, an additional cost may apply (from £2.95 per image). Special formatting features such as bullet points, foot notes and tables may also incur an extra charge.


Format
We will format your book, usually in Times New Roman 11, with page numbers centered at the bottom of the page, page breaks at the end of each chapter, and all paragraphs (except the first in a chapter) being indented.

You may request other formats, and you can choose paperback or hardback.

Please don’t worry about formatting your book before sending it to us – let us format it for you! If there’s a problem, we’ll let you know.


Kindle Ebook Format
Amazon Kindle implements their own formatting program and does not accept tabs and bullet points, and tables must be converted into a jpg image.

Sometimes authors like to use a different font in order to differentiate voices. At the moment, for Kindle e-books, only bold and italics can be used to make a section different.

Kindle books do not have page numbers as each e-reader is different and users change the font sizes.


Audio books
Do you think your book would sound good? If so, you may wish to consider turning your novel into an audio book.

PublishNation has joined up with a very accomplished firm in this specialist field who can assist you. Simply send an email to the address below and be guided by the professionals throughout this amazing process. Please mention ‘PublishNation’ in your email:

info@theaudiobookproducer.co.uk


Covers
To help give your book a professional appearance, we can design a front cover for you. Choose from a free text-only cover or a more eye-catching enhanced design costing just £40.

See more about our free and enhanced book cover services.

You can also design your own cover and send that to us, we’ll provide the exact size and other technical information required on request.


Book description
For the back cover, we normally add the book description text (also called a ‘blurb’) onto a plain design. This service is offered for free as part of our standard package. If you’d like a different design for your back cover, this can be done for an additional charge (from £40).

The book description text (or blurb) is used to describe the book to potential readers on Amazon and ideally should be around 150 words.

Self publishing your book - what next?

If your book is ready for publication then you can send us your manuscript straight away, or if it’s not yet finished and you still have some queries please visit our Self Publishing Q and A section for more information on topics such as "How do we publish your book?", "What is Print-on-Demand?" and "How much will I make in royalties?" or get in touch for a quick response to any queries.

Submit your document

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Your document (MS Word or Word compatible)

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If your file submission size is too large, please email David directly.

Get in touch

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I decided to work with PublishNation and was delighted to see my first book reaching number 1 in the Amazon rankings.They created the cover, found an expert to give me some great guidance, ran a very cheap, but very effective marketing campaign and even gave me some thoughts on how to set this book up as a foundation for the next one. The simple act of creating my book has been tremendously exciting and fulfilling, and working with Publish Nation has made it into far more than I ever thought possible.

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