Guides
Everything we know, written down
Free to read whether or not you publish with us. If a guide saves you from a mistake we have made ourselves, it has done its job.
Publishing
Getting from manuscript to a book on sale.
How to self-publish a book in India
The whole sequence, in order, with the decisions that are hard to undo marked. Written for someone who has finished a manuscript and does not know what happens next.
Amazon KDP for Indian authors
How Kindle Direct Publishing works, what it pays, and the one limitation nobody mentions: KDP does not print or distribute paperbacks on Amazon.in.
Legal
ISBN, copyright and the paperwork.
ISBN registration in India
Who issues ISBNs in India, what it costs, how long it takes, and why one book can need four of them.
Copyright registration in India
You already own the copyright in your book. Registration is about proof, not ownership — here is what it does, what it costs, and how long the waiting actually is.
Production
Paper, print, formats and files.
Choosing a trim size
Trim size decides page count, spine width, cover dimensions and what the book costs to print. It is the first physical decision and the most expensive one to change.
The printing guide
Paper, binding and cover finish — what each choice does to how your book feels, and what it costs.
Barcodes and the ISBN on your cover
The barcode on the back of a book is the ISBN in machine-readable form. What the second small block of digits means, why Indian publishers should set it to 90000, and where on the cover it has to go.
Craft
Editing, structure and making the book better.
Selling