Enhance your self publishing options for £795

You can have your published book in your hands in just 8 weeks
Eight weeks. That's all it takes for the expert resources of Bloodstone Books to turn your novel or memoir, academic work or autobiography into a published book.

As with our Silver publishing package, the Gold option results in a published book that is available from online bookshops like Amazon and to order from High Street bookshops. Included too is the ability to order as many copies as you like for direct sales, and the option to add a Kindle ebook to widen sales yet further.

Quality on-demand publishing
Perhaps even more importantly, your book will be published to the same high standards as any book available from any traditional publisher. We do not ask you to design your own cover from an online gallery of free images. Or upload your text to an automated system that flows words onto pages without regard for the way they look on the page.

Instead, we employ professional designers and typesetters to create your book the way it should be created. With care, with attention to detail, and with an eye to making it look as good as it can possibly be. The Gold publishing packaging includes:

• A choice of sizes in paperback formats
  
• Thorough proofreading of your manuscript
• Professional typesetting of your manuscript
• A bespoke full-colour cover design
• A PDF proof copy of your book for your final approval
• An ISBN number (International Standard Book Number) and bar code to enable your book to be sold via any bookshop or Internet site
• Internet distribution via Amazon.co.uk and other online booksellers for one year, with the option to renew annually
• Wholesale distribution availability to High Street bookshops throughout the UK for one year with the option to renew annually
• A competitive retail price, giving you royalties on direct and trade sales
• Legal deposit with all six national libraries in the UK
• 5 copies of your book to give to family and friends immediately
• The ability to order printed copies of your book for direct sales at any time, in any quantity, starting from just one copy
• Retention of full copyright and the ability to cancel your publishing contract at any time
• The option to have a professionally produced Kindle ebook published alongside the paperback version of the title to widen readership and sales yet further

Published as an on-demand title for on-demand royalties
In traditional publishing, it can take more than a year to go from manuscript to publication because books have to be slotted into publishing and printing schedules.

Self publishing through Bloodstone Books is different, largely because we use on-demand printing. Rather than printing 500 or 1,000 copies of your book, each copy is printed and shipped to order. And rather than you paying for the print and storage of hundreds of books, you earn a royalty on each copy sold. With royalties on direct sales typically averaging 50%, it neatly reduces the cost of self publishing yet further.

We're ready to self publish your book right now
If your book is ready for publication, Bloodstone Books is ready to publish it. All we ask is that it is in  electronic format like Microsoft Word and that you have reviewed it for errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

If your book does require copy editing to remove inaccuracies, correct grammar, and increase its chances of success, you might like to consider our Editorial Services.

If not, start the self publishing process now with three simple steps:

1. Download our Gold Publishing Agreement, sign it and post it Bloodstone Books, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Rd, Cambridge, CB4 0WS
   
   
2. Pay now through our secure online payment link below, or send a cheque for £795 (with an additional £95 if you wish your book to be professionally published as a Kindle ebook), payable to Bloodstone Books, with your Agreement
   
   

   Publishing options

   Self publish your full-length book £795.00 GBP Self publish with the addition of an ebook £890.00 GBP

   
   
   
3. Send an e-mail to editorial@bloodstonebooks.com, with your manuscript as an attachment and your book title as the subject line

We will commence the proofreading stage of the publishing process immediately and, upon clearance of your payment, move onto the typesetting and cover design stages. Within six weeks, you will receive a PDF of the final typeset pages and the cover design for your approval. Upon approval, we will then prepare your book for final publication.

At the end of eight weeks, you will be holding in your hands the first published copy of your manuscript and it will start appearing on online bookshops like Amazon. It really is as simple as that.

Any questions?
Bloodstone Books is an ethical publishing company. Everything we do is professional and we take pride in what we publish. If you have any questions about self publishing with us, read our Frequently Asked Questions page first.

If there are still any niggling thoughts or worries, let us know. Send an e-mail to editorial@bloodstonebooks.com with your question in the subject line. We'll try our best to provide an answer within 24 hours.