First steps towards self-publishing

Here to help
If you would rather not trawl through the information in this website, feel free, at any time, to phone or email us without any obligation, to ask questions – we will be happy to assist.

irst things first – we are not book publishers. We are a graphic design and print production management company with the expertise and experience to guide and assist you to self-publish your book. We can assist you through all the stages of book self-publication other than writing your book and selling it, although we can give you access to a couple of free marketing tools, namely, MyLiveBook and Free Author's Page.

What can we do for you?
We can design and lay out the text, design and create the cover artwork, help you decide the type of book – paperback, hardback or coil / wiro bound, the type of paper for text and the cover material. We can help you obtain your ISBN number if you wish and can create the barcode for you if required.

In short you write and you publish – we create the book professionally for you. Let us help you with your first steps!

From your text and where applicable, from your digital photographs, after discussion with you on what impression you wish to create with the book and any ideas you feel strongly need to be incorporated into the design, we will produce the design / artwork for your book and will send you an electronic (PDF) proof by email for checking. You do not need to worry if you need to make amendments, we will happily continue to send you amended proofs until you are happy for the book to go to print.

If we are also handling the printing for you, once the PDF proof is approved, you will receive an actual printed proof as a final check before going to print.

What should I do first?
Once you have written your book, you want to know roughly how many pages it will make in the printed version so that you can obtain costings for printing it.

Page count – learn more

You will also need to decide how your book is to be bound – paperback or hardback with dust jacket.

Covers – learn more

The type of paper you want it printed on is another consideration.

Type of paper – learn more

How many books do you require?

If your book is going to be sold in bookshops you will also need an International Standard Book Number.

ISBN – learn more

Contact Information for Self Publish Books

Address: Irvinehill Farm, Stewarton, Ayrshire KA3 3EL, Scotland, UK

Telephone: 01294 850217.
You can contact us during normal business hours and also during the evening and weekends. If there is no one in the office calls divert to a mobile.

Email:

Uploading files: Files up to 5mB can be emailed to us.

Fax: If it is necessary to fax us, this can be done by arrangement. Please telephone first.

If you need to send larger files to us you can do this via www.mailbigfile.com – it’s free. If you click on the link the website explains what to do, using our email address above. If you have several small files that together come to more than 5mB it is probably more suitable to compress them together into one file using compression software and then send via mailbigfile.com. If in doubt call us!

For further details on all of the above plus a contact form to email us from click here.