A STEP BY STEP GUIDE THROUGH THE PUBLISHING JOURNEY

Step 1:

Manuscript submission

There is a nominal Submission fee

You must send the first 15 pages or the first 3 chapters of your book

Manuscript can be submitted either in .docx or .pdf file format.

Step 2:

Manuscript checking (Time duration: approx. 7 to 14 working days)

Our team of editors will go through your manuscript thoroughly and it will be decided under which category the manuscript will be published.

Step 3:

Manuscript selection (Time duration: depends on the author)

Categories of manuscript publishing – Traditional, Semi-traditional, Self

Step 4:

Confirmation of the publishing category (Time duration: depends on the author)

If the manuscript falls under Traditional publishing, the author will have to pay the basic registration cost of 100USD. The rest of the publishing and marketing charges will be taken care of by the organization.

If the manuscript falls under Semi-Traditional publishing, the author will have to pay partially for the publishing cost while the rest will be taken care of by the organization.

If the manuscript falls under Self-publishing, the author will have to take care of the complete publishing and marketing charges for the initial 6 months. After 6 months if the sales and market response for the book is above average, the package cost will be refunded and the book will be published free of cost.

Step 5:

Payment of the package chosen (Payment to be made within 5 to 10 days of choosing package)

Traditional publishing: Get a tokken amount from 100 USD to 20,000 USD

Semi-Traditional / Hybrid publishing: Partial payment of publishing to be paid by author

Self-publishing: Complete payment of the package chosen paid by author

Step 6:

Legal Agreement signing (Agreement to be signed within 5 days of payment)

The legal agreement to be signed will be mailed to the author.

The author will have to print the agreement, fill up the details, sign and mail the scanned copy.

Step 7:

Final Manuscript Submission (within 10 days of agreement signing)

Complete manuscript to be mailed within 10 days of agreement signing

The manuscript must be in text format (.docx)

The .doc file should be editable.

The final manuscript must contain the below details

Title of the book

Name of the author

Author bio

Book Summary

Acknowledgments (if you’d like to add any)

Step 8:

Manuscript editing (10 to 15 working days)

Based on the package chosen, editing (spelling, grammar, punctuations, sentence formation, narration errors) will be done

Step 9:

Author Approval (10 to 15 working days)

The edited manuscript will be mailed to the author.

The author has to go through the edited file thoroughly and approve the changes.

Once approved, the file will be processed to the next step.

Step 10:

Cover designing (7 to 10 working days within the final manuscript submission)

The author can let us know his ideas for the cover and the designer will design according to the author’s wish.

Or the author can let the designer design the cover on his own according to the plot.

Step 11:

Manuscript typesetting/Interior book designing (within 7 to 10 working days after author’s approval)

Step 12:

Proofreading (within 7 to 10 working days after typesetting)

The manuscript will be sent to proofreaders for a final check before printing.

Step 13:

Author approval (within 5 to 7 working days after typesetting)

The final cover and text files after proofreading will be mailed to the author for approval.

Once we receive the approval, we will proceed with listing the book.

Step 14:

Listing of books on major online platforms

Amazon, Flipkart, Kindle, Google play books, etc.,

Step 15:

Cover launch

Step 16:

Book launch

Step 17:

Sending the Author copies to address

Step 18:

Book promotions and marketing according to plan.

Step 19:

Sales report (once every 4 months)

Royalty Transfer – Will be made to the author’s account as per the request made by mail.