Author's handbook
What to prepare before you fill in the form, and the rules every book must follow.
Before you start
Have these ready
Your manuscript
The finished text as PDF, Word or EPUB, up to 50 MB. Proofread, with no placeholder pages.
Required
Your covers
A front cover, and a back cover if you have one. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB each.
No cover? We can design one for a fee.
Your description
A one-line teaser for the book's card, and a longer description for its page.
Required
Prices
Setting your price
You set the price of each edition in US dollars. Sell a digital copy, a printed copy, or both. You can change the price later from your studio.
The rules
What we accept
We publish
- Original fiction and non-fiction
- Books you wrote, or hold written permission to sell
- Books whose cover and description match what is inside
We do not publish
- Copied work, or machine-written text passed off as your own
- Hate speech, incitement to violence, or anything unlawful
- Anything that sexualises children or is written to mislead readers
Readers' copies
How readers get your book
Digital copies go straight to the reader's Library, where they can read or download them — up to 5 downloads per copy. Printed copies are posted with tracking and can be returned within 14 days of delivery.