We Can Self-Publish You!

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“Turn your manuscript into a book …”

If you want a ready-to-upload manuscript file formatted, laid out, and set for publishing, let us know. 

We’ll produce ready-to-use Word and Adobe PDF files formatted to size and style. Think font choice and size, margins, guttering (spacing from edges), headers/footers, pagination, and so on.

Formatting for hardback or paperback guide price: from $99 for a novel with very few or no images. We’ll talk if your book has multiple images and elements like lists, tables, and graphs.

E-books are strange creatures! They have to be flexible so that their text can be “reflowable” and manipulated according to user preferences (device, app, screen size, font size and style, and so on). This means the text and pages have to be coded in very specific ways to ensure navigation and attractive presentation.

We’ll format your e-book for distribution on Amazon KDP (.azw) and other distributors, such as B&N Nook, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords (.epub). We’ll supply you with ready-to-use Word and Adobe PDF files formatted to size and style, as well as .mobi and/or .epub files.

Formatting e-book guide price: from $99 for a novel with very few or no images. We’ll talk if your book has multiple images and elements like lists, tables, and graphs.

“A picture paints a thousand words …”

It’s the old cliché, but it’s true. Covers sell books! After the title, your cover is the first impression you create. You need a cover image that creates interest, intrigue, and impulse ... the urge in the reader to “look inside,” request a sample, or find out more details and check out reviews.

Covers are crucial in hooking potential readers and guiding them in the genre and the kind of story being told. And remember: the cover fronts not only the book—physical and digital—but crucially it’s the key image on your book’s online bookstore page.

We can design and produce an impactful cover for your book:

• We’ll discuss with you the elements of the story (and series if you’re expanding into multiple stories): the genre, target audience, theme, message, and characters. Any of these key elements might influence the form and style of your cover.
• We’ll discuss your ideas, wishes, and bugbears.
• We’ll submit an initial design, get your input, and then make your requested changes.
• We’ll produce a final cover in digital form for e-book and/or print (front-spine-back) use.

Cover design and production guide prices:

• from $99 for e-books
• from $199 (up to circa $499 for original, bespoke artwork) for print books (paperback, hardback), incl. front, spine, and back

Contact us and let us know what you’re looking for.

We can produce promotional images and videos:

• for social media, newsletters, blogs, virtual blog tours, etc.

See examples of promo images and covers in the gallery on the home page

We can produce your book's promotional texts: 

• author bio, flap copy (back cover), sales page blurbs, and promotional texts for press releases, blogs, and social media

Find us on Twitter (@PapillonPere) to see social media text examples. Click on the button below to see some of our books and their sales page blurbs: 

“Catch the zeitgeist. Get ahead of other authors in your field.”

Our hybrid publishing route is the fastest way to get published. And it’s guaranteed to get your book released globally on the major digital channels like Amazon, Apple, and B&N.

Thru our Papillon du Père Unbound imprint, we will “self” publish your book for you. What does that mean? Simply, we offer a straightforward contract* to ensure you keep your intellectual rights and full control of your book. Get published how and when you choose. No waiting to be accepted.

Why ask us to publish you? Simple! It saves you considerable time and includes you in our expanding stable of authors—meaning you'll be listed and promoted on our associate sites, networks, and listings.

• We do not charge upfront for publishing you. Rather, we share royalties, which means we're invested in you—your success is our success.
• We do not acquire your intellectual property. Your work is always yours.

Save your time and energy while selling more books!

Physical publishing

• We can organize print on demand or print runs from 1 to 10,000. We will sell and distribute your book through the global Amazon network (including North and South America, UK, Europe, Australia, and Japan), as well as IngramSpark and Barnes & Noble. 

Digital publishing

• We will publish and distribute your e-book on all the major online channels: the Amazon network, Apple, Kobo, Smashwords, IngramSpark, and Barnes & Noble. 

* We will offer you a simple monthly, rolling contract that fully protects your intellectual property rights and sets out, in agreement with you, what Papillon du Père will do for you and the split of net royalties. Contact us to find out more or see a sample contract.

“Whatsup, doc? What ya workin’ on?”

Interested in a friendly and supportive writers’ group? In this small, personal-feeling group are … well, writers! All are on similar journeys but at different stages and making different choices. Award-winning, published, self-published, yet to publish, younger, and older … all great people sharing their experiences and ideas, lending their ears, and being hugely supportive. Plus, a couple of experienced editors, a couple of illustrators, two designers, and a digital marketer, too.

Drop us a line if you’re interested in finding out more about our group. Or find us on Facebook as Authorial Points of View.