Multimedia
Audiobook Production
Professional narration, direction and mastering to full audiobook retail standard — the fastest-growing format in publishing.
Signature
Full production with a supported launch
Signature adds developmental editing at the front and a supported launch at the back. An editor works on structure and argument before anyone touches sentences. After publication, a marketing coordinator runs a defined campaign of retailer optimization, review outreach and social assets across your launch window.
Starting from $6,900
Editable placeholder price. $1,500 reserves your production slot; the balance is invoiced against milestones.
- Ideal for
- Authors treating the book as a serious project — a developmental edit before the copyedit, a designed launch, and marketing activity in the weeks around publication.
- Timeline
- 24–34 weeks from manuscript handover, depending on your revision time
- Word count
- 120,000 words included; additional words quoted per 1,000
- Revisions
- Unlimited author queries during the developmental phase; two copyedit review rounds; two proof correction rounds
The deposit is fully refundable until your written scope is approved. Nothing begins until you have signed it off.
Signature is for the author who has decided this book matters and wants the production to reflect that.
It starts earlier than the other packages. Before any line editing happens, a developmental editor reads the whole manuscript and reports on what is actually working: structure, pacing, argument, character, where a reader is likely to disengage and why. You get a substantial written report and a call to discuss it. You then revise — with as long as you need — and only then does the manuscript move to copyediting and proofreading.
Production is the full set: paperback, hardcover, eBook, an expanded distribution footprint, and a cover process with unlimited concept exploration inside an agreed design phase rather than a fixed count.
After publication, a marketing coordinator runs a defined 90-day campaign: retailer listing optimization, an advance reader copy programme to solicit honest reviews, a set of designed social assets, and a launch sequence you can run yourself or hand back to us. We will tell you what activity was delivered. We will not tell you it will produce a particular number of sales, because nobody can.
Everything included
The complete Signature scope
This is the same list that appears in your written scope document. If something is not on it, it is not included — and we will tell you what it would cost to add.
Editorial
What happens to the writing itself.
- Developmental edit with a written structural report
- Editorial consultation call to discuss the report
- Full copyedit after your revisions, up to 120,000 words
- Independent proofread of the typeset pages
- Style sheet and continuity record maintained throughout
Design
How the book is made to look like a book.
- Cover design phase with unlimited concept exploration
- Category and comparable-title research pack
- Bespoke interior design with custom chapter furniture
- Hardcover jacket with printed case and endpapers
- Designed front and back matter, including an author page
Formats
The editions readers will be able to buy.
- Paperback, print-on-demand
- Hardcover with dust jacket, print-on-demand
- Reflowable eBook (EPUB) for major reading apps
- Large-print paperback edition set up on request
ISBN & metadata
The record that makes your book findable and correctly credited.
- Up to four ISBNs assigned across editions
- Full metadata with BISAC codes, keywords and audience settings
- Library and wholesale records prepared to trade standard
- Pre-order listing set up ahead of publication date
Distribution
Where the book becomes available, and to whom.
- Global print-on-demand across our full fulfilment network
- Wholesale catalog listing to bookstores and library suppliers
- eBook distribution to major reading platforms
- Territory, pricing and discount strategy set with your consultant
Marketing
Activity delivered around publication.
- 90-day launch campaign managed by a marketing coordinator
- Advance reader copy programme with honest-review outreach
- Retailer listing optimization and A/B tested descriptions
- Twelve designed social media assets and a posting calendar
- Press release drafted and distributed to a targeted media list
- Author interview preparation notes
Timeline, revisions and limits
- Estimated timeline
- 24–34 weeks from manuscript handover, depending on your revision time
- Revision rounds
- Unlimited author queries during the developmental phase; two copyedit review rounds; two proof correction rounds
- Word count included
- 120,000 words included; additional words quoted per 1,000
Production timelines are estimates. Actual schedules vary with manuscript length, revision rounds, author response time and third-party retailer processing. We do not guarantee sales, reviews, rankings, media coverage or acquisition by another publisher. Outcomes depend on many factors outside any publisher's control.
Optional upgrades
All services
Commonly added to Signature
Add any of these at the start or part-way through. You pay only the difference.
Multimedia
Book Trailer Production
A short, well-made video that gives your book something to say on platforms where static images get scrolled past.
Public Relations
Public Relations
Targeted media outreach, press materials and interview preparation — pitching honestly, with no coverage promised.
Marketing
Social Media Marketing
A sustainable content plan and designed assets for the platforms where your readers actually are — not all of them.
Marketing
Author Branding
A consistent visual and verbal identity across everything with your name on it — because readers follow authors, not just books.
Questions
About the Signature package
That is entirely your decision. The editor reports and recommends; you choose what to act on. Some authors restructure substantially, others make targeted changes. The report is written to be useful either way, and your consultation call is the place to work out which changes are worth the effort.
A defined list of activity: listing optimization, an advance reader copy programme, twelve social assets with a calendar, a drafted press release sent to a targeted list, and coordinator time across the 90 days. You receive a report of what was sent and where. We do not promise reviews, coverage or sales, because those depend on editors, readers and algorithms we do not control.
Yes. If you have a designer you want to work with, we will supply the technical specification and adjust your package price accordingly. We will still check the files meet print requirements before they go to press.
It is realistic rather than optimistic. The largest variable is how long you take over your revisions after the developmental report, which is time well spent. Authors who move quickly finish nearer 24 weeks; those who rewrite substantially take longer, and that is normal.
No obligation
Discuss the Signature package
Tell us about the book and a consultant will call you. If a different package would suit you better, they will say so.
Other packages
Compare with the alternatives
Foundation
A complete, professional first edition
First-time authors with a finished, self-edited manuscript who want a properly produced paperback and eBook without paying for services they are not ready to use.
From
$1,690
Placeholder price. $400 reserves your slot; balance invoiced against milestones.
- Professional proofread, up to 60,000 words included
- Documented style sheet applied consistently throughout
- Original front, spine and back cover design
- Two initial cover concepts, one selected and refined
- Paperback, Reflowable eBook (EPUB) for major reading apps
- One ISBN assigned for the paperback edition
- Listing submitted to major online retailers
- Timeline: 10–14 weeks from manuscript handover
Craft
Deeper editorial and a design-led jacket
Authors who want their manuscript genuinely improved before it is produced — a full copyedit, more design exploration, and a hardcover edition alongside the paperback.
From
$3,450
Placeholder price. $750 reserves your slot; balance invoiced against milestones.
- Full copyedit, up to 90,000 words included
- Tracked changes plus an editorial summary letter
- Three original cover concepts, one selected and refined
- Competitive category research informing the design brief
- Paperback, Hardcover with dust jacket, Reflowable eBook (EPUB) for major reading apps
- Three ISBNs assigned (paperback, hardcover, eBook)
- Listing submitted to major online retailers
- Timeline: 16–22 weeks from manuscript handover
Laureate
Our most complete publishing program
Authors publishing at the highest production standard — illustrated or complex books, audiobook and translation-ready assets, an author website, and a full year of marketing support.
From
$12,500
Placeholder price. $2,500 reserves your slot; balance invoiced against milestones.
- Manuscript assessment before any work is scoped
- Developmental edit with a written report and two consultation calls
- Cover design phase with unlimited exploration and photography direction
- Bespoke interior design for complex, illustrated or colour layouts
- Paperback and hardcover, Colour or premium-stock print run quoted separately, Reflowable eBook and fixed-layout eBook where the design requires it, Audiobook produced with a professional narrator, Print-ready assets prepared for translation licensing
- ISBNs assigned across every edition and format
- Global print-on-demand plus offset print coordination where suitable
- Timeline: 9–15 months from manuscript handover, scoped precisely after review