Self Publishing, Independent Publishing and print on demand

Spire Professional Package $999/£699	Spire Essentials Package $799/£499	Spire Print Ready Plus $699/£399	Spire Print Ready Package $599/£299
Custom cover	Custom cover	Print ready pdf supplied by author	Print ready pdf supplied by author
One on one author support	One on one author support	One on one author support	One on one author support
One round of author proof corrections	One round of author proof corrections	N/A	N/A
Copy of final pdf book files	Copy of final pdf book files	Copy of final pdf book files	Copy of final pdf book files
ISBN allocation and administration	N/A	Full ISBN allocation and administration	N/A
Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered	N/A	Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered	N/A
Up to 10 black and white images may be included	Up to 10 black and white images may be included	Unlimited black and white images may be included	Unlimited black and white images may be included
Copyright information page inserted into manuscript	Copyright information page inserted into manuscript	Copyright information page inserted into manuscript	Copyright information page inserted into manuscript
Worldwide on-line distribution	Distribution not included	Worldwide on-line distribution	Distribution not included
10 copies of your title	5 copies of your title	5 copies of your title	5 copies of your title
Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books	Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books	Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books	Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books

Spire Professional

The Spire Professional Publishing Package includes all of the following:

Your book is created by your personal book designer.
Custom designed cover, incorporating either your own images or pictures from our stock image library.
Full colour cover.
One on one author support.
Preparation of electronic proof.
One round of author proof corrections.
Title set-up at printer.
Full ISBN allocation and administration.Learn more.
Copyright information page inserted into manuscript.
Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered. Learn more.
Wholesale distribution through Ingrams and Baker & Taylor in North America.
Wholesale distribution through Gardners and Bertram in the UK.
Books available from over 25,000 on-line booksellers worldwide.
All sales figures collated, bi-annual sales reports.
Bi-annual royalty payments (if due) Learn more.
You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America. 5 to 10 day delivery for colour and hardback books.
Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books.
Ten copies of your paperback or five copies if your title is a colour or hardback book.
Books printed in both the USA and UK.
Books can be produced as either a trade paperback or hardback or colour softback book.

The Spire Professional Publishing Package is priced at $999.00

This popular package is for authors who just want to publish a book for family and friends or who wish to take control of their own sales, for example from their personal website. There is no wholesale or on-line distribution included in this package.

The Spire Essential Publishing Package includes all of the following:

Your book is created by a book designer from your final manuscript.
Two hours design time for a custom designed cover, either your own image or an image from your archive library. Additional images may be purchased for a fee.
Full colour cover.
ISBN and bar code assignment for archival and records purpose.
One on one author support.
Copyright information page inserted into manuscript.
Preparation of electronic proof.
One round of author proof corrections.
Title set-up at printer.
You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America. 5 to 10 day delivery for colour and hardback books.
Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books.
Books printed in both the USA and UK.
Books can be produced as either a trade paperback, hardback or colour book.
Books can be produced in either regular or large text.
Five copies of your book.

The Essentials Package is priced at $799.00

Print Ready and Print Ready Plus Package

The Spire Print Ready Package is ideal for authors who are either book designers themselves or have their books designed privately. You need to be able to deliver to us a ready for print pdf file. This package is recommended for those experienced in print ready pdf creation.

The Spire Print Ready Package includes all of the following:

You deliver a print ready pdf for both cover and body of your book. Learn more.
Free Adobe InDesign templates available for download.
Design Assessment. One of our book designers will be on hand to help with design questions.
ISBN assignment for archival and records purpose.
ISBN barcode created and delivered to you for insertion on the cover.
Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered. Learn more.
One on one author support.
Title set-up at printer.
You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America. 5 to 10 day delivery for colour and hardback books.
Bulk discounts for orders over 50 books.
Books printed in both the USA and UK.
Books can be produced as either a trade paperback, hardback or colour book.
Five copies of your book.
You are responsible for sales and distribution.

The Print Ready Package is priced at $599.00

If you need distribution to the book trade then you may choose the Print Ready Plus Package. This adds the following services:

Library Cataloguing. Learn more.
Wholesale distribution through Ingrams and Baker & Taylor in North America.
Wholesale distribution through Gardners and Bertram in the UK.
Books available from over 25,000 on-line booksellers worldwide.
All sales figures collated, biannual sales reports.
Royalty payments (if due). Learn more.
Five copies of your book.