Book formatting & publishing
Your manuscript turned into a real, validated book — print, Kindle and EPUB.
A Word document is not a book. Turning one into a book means typesetting an interior that a printer will accept, producing an EPUB that passes validation, and building a Kindle file that does not collapse on a five-year-old device.
Where Stars Are Born To Die went through this pipeline end to end: print interior, EPUB, Kindle-ready DOCX, with automated checks for widows, orphans, folio numbering and page balance — because a human misses one on page 213 and a script never does.
Publishing is included at the top tier: metadata, ISBN guidance, and the KDP upload walked through with you, on a call, once — so you can do it yourself next time.
Ebook
from K2,000
1 week
Digital only. Kindle and every other reader.
- Validated EPUB — passes EPUBCheck
- Kindle-ready file
- Working table of contents
- Chapter styling and drop caps
- Your fonts embedded and licensed correctly
Start with EbookNot included
- Print interior
- Cover design
- Most chosen
Print & digital
from K3,500
2 weeks
A book somebody can hold, and one they can download.
- Everything in Ebook
- Print-ready interior PDF at your chosen trim size
- Automated widow, orphan and folio checks
- Running heads, page numbers, front and back matter
- Print-safe margins and gutter for your page count
- One round of proof corrections
Full production
from K6,000
3–4 weeks
Manuscript in, published book out.
- Everything in Print & digital
- Cover layout — spine width calculated from your final page count
- Metadata and keyword setup
- ISBN guidance
- KDP or IngramSpark upload, walked through with you on a call
- Print proof review before you approve
- Two rounds of corrections
50% to start, 50% on delivery. Prices in ZMW and exclusive of domain, hosting and store fees — those are listed per service so there are no surprises.
Add to any tier
- Cover illustration or artworkfrom K1,800 — see Brand & identity
- Audiobook manuscript prepK1,200
- Extra trim sizeK800
What it costs to keep running
These are not paid to us. They are what you owe third parties once the work is delivered, and they are listed here so nothing arrives as a surprise in month two.
- ISBNfree from the Zambia Library Serviceor bought per-title elsewhere — we will point you to the right one
- KDP / IngramSpark accountK0free to open, and it must be in your name, not mine
- Printingper copyprint-on-demand takes its cut per sale; a local print run is paid upfront
- What format do I send you?
- Word or Google Docs is ideal. PDF is workable but slower, because the text has to be recovered before it can be typeset. Send whatever you have and we will tell you honestly if it adds time.
- Do I need an ISBN?
- For Amazon Kindle, no — KDP issues a free identifier. For print, and for any bookshop or library, yes. In Zambia the Library Service issues them at no cost, and we will walk you through applying.
- Can you design the cover?
- The layout, yes — spine width, bleed, barcode placement, all calculated from your final page count. Original cover artwork is brand work and is quoted under Brand & identity.