We offer three publishing packages, Spire Print Ready, Spire Essentials, Spire Poetry and Spire Professional.

Spire Professional

The Spire Professional Package is for authors who want their book to be available through the book trade and access to international distribution. This package is for the author who wishes to maximize his or her book's earning potential and availability to readers.

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 library of over 40,000 images.
  • Full colour cover
  • Your own password protected author support section.
  • 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.
  • ISBN barcode creation.
  • Copyright information page inserted into manuscript.
  • Digital files stored with printer.
  • Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered. Learn more.
  • Library Cataloguing. Learn more.
  • Submission to Google Book Search (opt-in). Learn more.
  • Wholesale distribution through Ingrams and Baker & Taylor in North America.
  • Wholesale distribution through Gardners and Bertram in the UK.
  • Books available to order from over 25,000 booksellers worldwide, including online retailers like Amazon, Indigo, Barnes & Noble and, in the UK, Tesco.
  • All sales figures collated, bi-annual sales reports.
  • Bi-annual royalty payments. (if due) Learn more.
  • A non exclusive contract, leaving the author in control.
  • You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
  • 2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America.
  • Bulk discounts for orders over 100 books.
  • Ten free Paperback copies of your book for your personal use.
  • A free copy of Bruce Batchelor's book Book Marketing Demystified.
  • Books for the North American market printed in the US, books for the European market printed in the UK. Learn more.
  • Listing in Books in print.
  • Books can be produced as either a trade paperback, hardback or colour book.
  • Books can be produced in either regular or large text.

The Spire Professional Publishing Package is priced at $999.00 or £599.00.

Spire Essentials

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.

The Spire Essential Publishing Package includes all of the following:

  • Your book is created by a book designer from your manuscript.
  • Two hours design time for a custom designed cover, incorporating your own images. Library images may be purchased for a fee.
  • Full colour cover
  • ISBN assignment. Learn more.
  • Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered. Learn more.
  • Your own password protected author support section.
  • 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.
  • Digital files stored with printer.
  • A non exclusive contract, leaving the author in control.
  • You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
  • 2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America.
  • Bulk discounts for orders over 100 books.
  • Books for the North American market printed in the US, books for the UK market printed in the UK. Learn more.
  • Books can be produced as either a trade paperback, hardback or colour book.
  • Books can be produced in either regular or large text.
  • Five free Paperback copies of your book for your personal use.
  • A free copy of Bruce Batchelor's book Book Marketing Demystified.

The Essentials Package is priced at $799.00 or £399.00.

Print Ready

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.

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.
  • Full colour cover.
  • Free Adobe InDesign templates available for download.
  • Design Assessment. One of our book designers will be on hand to help with design questions. Learn more.
  • Final file check to make sure that your book prints well. Learn more
  • ISBN assignment. Learn more.
  • ISBN barcode created and delivered to you for insertion on the cover.
  • Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered. Learn more.
  • Your own password protected author support section.
  • One on one author support.
  • Title set-up at printer.
  • Digital files stored with printer.
  • A non exclusive contract, leaving the author in control.
  • You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
  • 2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America.
  • Bulk discounts for orders over 100 books.
  • Books for the North American market printed in the US, books for the UK market printed in the UK. Learn more.
  • A free copy of Bruce Batchelor's book Book Marketing Demystified.
  • Books can be produced as either a trade paperback, hardback or colour book.
  • One free Paperback copy of your book for your personal use.
  • You are responsible for sales and distribution.

The Print Ready Package is priced at $599.00 or £299.00.

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 to order from over 25,000 booksellers worldwide, including online retailers like Amazon, Indigo, Barnes & Noble and, in the UK, Tesco.
  • All sales figures collated, biannual sales reports.
  • Frequent royalty payments (if due). Learn more.
  • Three free Paperback copies of your book for your personal use.

The Print Ready Plus Package is priced at $799.00 or £399.00.

Spire Poetry Package

The Spire Poetry Publishing Package is ideal for authors wishing to publish their poetry collection in a volume of 100 pages or less. Available in either soft cover or laminated board hard cover.

The Spire Poetry 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 library of over 40,000 images.
  • Full colour cover.
  • Your own password protected author support section.
  • 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.
  • ISBN barcode creation.
  • Copyright information page inserted into manuscript.
  • Digital files stored with printer.
  • Legal deposit books printed, shipped and administered. Learn more.
  • Library Cataloguing. Learn more.
  • Submission to Google Book Search (opt-in). Learn more.
  • Wholesale distribution through Ingrams and Baker & Taylor in North America.
  • Wholesale distribution through Gardners and Bertram in the UK.
  • Books available to order from over 25,000 booksellers worldwide, including online retailers like Amazon, Indigo, Barnes & Noble and, in the UK, Tesco.
  • All sales figures collated, bi-annual sales reports.
  • Bi-annual royalty payments (if due). Learn more.
  • A non exclusive contract, leaving the author in control.
  • You keep all rights for foreign sales, translations, movie rights and serialization.
  • 2 to 5 day delivery in the UK and North America.
  • Bulk discounts for orders over 100 books.
  • Books for the North American market printed in the US, books for the UK market printed in the UK. Learn more.
  • Books can be produced as either a trade paperback,or hardback book.
  • Ten free copies of your book for your personal use.

The Poetry Package is priced at $799.00 or £399.00.

 

Editorial Services:

Proof reading services:
Priced individually. Please contact us for a quote.

An in-depth Editorial Review:
$399.00/£199.00. Learn more.

Amendments to book after submission:
$75.00/£35.00 hour with one hour minimum plus cost of proof.

Hard proof of your manuscript before the first print run:
$60.00/£30.00.

New edition upload fee for title already available:
$149.00/£75.00

Hard cover book that has already been produced as a softcover with us:
$279.00/£145.00.

e-book (formatted for Acrobat) that has already been produced as a soft or hardcover with us:
$80.00/£40.00.

Images:
$35.00/£15.00 per image. If you are supplying us with a Print Ready Book, pictures are free to include.