Your publishing safari guide.
Book publishing is our business.
Getting your book published has never been simpler.
We help first-time authors prepare, polish & publish their book. 📝📚
Myself and the team spend our days guiding authors along the self-publishing path. We understand your concerns, as well as your deadlines. We fully appreciate the need to work within a specific publishing budget. Avoid the publishing sharks and vanity press scammers, partner with a team with an extensive track record of happy authors.
Why Self-Publish Your Book? Great reasons why you should embrace DIY publishing:
Keep Control - No rejection. No gatekeepers.
Publish Faster - Stop wasting time.
Earn More - Up to 70% from each eBook sold.
Reach Further - Find new readers. Fast.
Getting your book published has never been simpler.
Step 1: Be Comfortable
Have you considered the difference between traditional and self-publishing? Are you comfortable with the costs?
Step 2: Choose
We have 4 professional and affordable publishing packages to suit your needs.
Step 3: Connect
Submit our contact form. Share your Word manuscript. Your book is in safe hands.
Let's get you published!
Your Free Publishing Consultation
We want to hear your story. Let’s schedule a chat to better understand what your book-needs might be? No obligation, pushy sales, hidden contracts or sneaky fine print. Pinky-promise.
ISBN Application
An ISBN is a 13-digit number helping retailers identify your new book within their systems or catalogues. Each country has their own organisation responsible for ISBN applications. We will gladly be able to guide South African authors through the ISBN process. Each format of your book needs its own unique ISBN number.
Manuscript Editing
Editing or proof reading is the natural starting point for any author wanting to publish. An essential and often overlooked part of the self-publishing process, editing is where a paid professional reads your manuscript. They then make corrections and suggestions with the goal of improving the reading experience, producing a more polished book. Every author should have their words professionally edited. No excuses.
Book Art and Illustrations
Nothing screams “amateur” more than images or illustrations in your book sourced from clipart or stolen from Google. Captivating and professional illustrations are essential for any author looking to increase engagement with their readers suffering from decreased attention spans.
Book Cover Design
After investing months or even years into your writing, don’t let down your readers with a shoddy cover design. Ingredients of a winning cover include unique and genre-specific font choices. Mix in a few quality images easily convey your book’s content. The resulting design should foster an emotional connection with your reader, enticing them to make the purchase.
Interior Typesetting
Ready to give your book interior a facelift? During typesetting our gifted designers transform copious amounts of ☕ into a professional book interior, accepted by printers globally. Fonts are enhanced, interior margins and measurements are matched to industry standards. The layout process focuses on ensuring a smoother reading experience. A curious reader opening your book should never know it was self-published. Help your book stands out proudly amongst the competition. This interior layout is vital for an author wanting their paperback published on Amazon.
eBook Conversion
Creating Amazon-compatible eBooks is our speciality. This conversion process sees our team of eBook elves expertly prepare your digital eBook edition to be accepted by major international retailers such as Amazon. Our talented team is able to create both the standard reflowable eBook format and the more detailed fixed-layout format (best suited for cookbooks or illustrated children’s books.)
eBook Publishing and Distribution
Looking for readers? Our eBook publishing process secures your place within the world’s busiest bookstore, Amazon. Earn up to 70% of your eBook’s list price from each eBook sold. Expand your reach. Understand and explore your book sales-activity using Amazon’s user-friendly reporting options. Our Amazon publishing process gives the author ultimate control and flexibility to make changes or monitor book sales. Additional eBook retailers are available in our Expanded eBook Distrubtion option.
Print on Demand Paperback
Worried about wasting paper? What about finding embarrassing mistakes after the book is already published? The solution? Let’s help you leverage the intelligence, power & reach of the print on demand paperback platform offered by Amazon. Your freshly-printed paperback will now be both printed & shipped to readers without you lifting a finger. Reach across borders without getting your hands dirty. Earn up to 60% of your paperback list price, less the cost of printing. Maximum reach with minimum effort. Hell yeah.
Professional Author Websites
Let’s build you an online home for your new book business. An author website showcases your book info, author info as well as welcoming new readers who are eagerly searching for their next read. Almost every other marketing activity will benefit from you having a professionally designed website. Your website should give visitors a professional impression of both you and your book. It should also be easy to update for those authors who enjoy getting their hands dirty. Ready to stake your claim online?
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