Publishing by genre, from fiction to children’s

Yes, through four tracks: fiction, non-fiction, children’s, and specialty, which covers cookbooks, poetry, coffee table books, workbooks, coloring books, and faith-based titles. The publishing prices and our royalty and rights terms are the same in every track. What changes is the work around publishing, such as illustration for a children’s book or recipe layouts for a cookbook.

Read the page for your main reader. A business book with personal stories is non-fiction. A children’s book that teaches is children’s. A cookbook with a memoir thread is specialty. The free 30-minute call confirms the track before anything is signed, and your written quote follows within 48 hours.

The publishing price is the same for both: Amazon $249, Online Stores $549, or Global $999. The total differs because of the work before publishing. A novel usually needs a cover and formatting. A picture book also needs illustration, and a layout where the pages stay exactly as designed. See what each type of book costs to publish, or build an estimate in the book cost calculator.

Publishing setup takes 5 to 10 business days on Amazon, 10 to 15 on Online Stores, and 15 to 30 on Global. With cover and formatting in a Publish-Ready Bundle, a text-based book up to 50,000 words goes live in 2 to 6 weeks, plus proof shipping. Picture books add 3 to 4 weeks of illustration. Illustrated layouts for cookbooks and photo books take 14 to 21 business days.

Publishing setup covers your store listings, not the work before them. Editing, cover design, formatting, and illustration are separate services, or combined in a bundle. ISBN agency fees, printed proofs, and Copyright Office fees are paid by you directly, with no markup. Offset printing for large or high-end print runs is quoted by the printer we refer you to.

No. Every store account we open is in your name, on the stores your tier covers, so royalties go straight to your own account. Your manuscript and its audiobook, foreign, screen, and derivative rights stay yours. The cover, illustrations, and files we make transfer to you on final payment. The terms are the same for fiction, non-fiction, children’s, and specialty books.

The free call sorts it out. Most books fit one of the four tracks once the main reader is clear. Books outside all four, such as textbooks, academic monographs, company histories not meant for stores, and niche professional reference, get an honest answer on the call about whether self-publishing is the right path at all.