Whether you are a pastor wanting to publish a teaching book to expand the reach of your ministry, a fiction writer with a story just burning to be told, a poet seeking to share your art, or you simply want to capture your family story for the generations to come, Ink Books is here to serve your dream…

Ink Books offers the following publishing packages >

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION PREMIUM LITE EXECUTIVE PLATINUM PLUS $1,749 $2,897 $3,979 Front cover design Find out more... Our design team will make your book cover shine! It will beautifully represent your work keeping your title fresh and relevant to the market. When we design your book's cover (maximum of three design options) we'll include the title, subtitle, your author name, and any additional marketing text. We value your input, so please let us know of your cover ideas and we'll do our best to incorporate them. Back cover design Find out more... The back cover design is just as important as your front cover as it gives the reader a sneak peak of what to expect inside. Our designers will add personal photography or artwork and other designs to the back of your book and a biography/text written by you allowing readers to learn more about the author. Simply supply us with your photo and your back cover text and our design team will create a cover that your readers won't be able to resist. Ink Books logo Purchasing of design images Find out more... To create a contemporary, attractive cover for your book, Ink Books will source all royalty-free stock images and cover the cost involved with purchasing any required images. 1 image 2 images 5 images Formatting of illustrations Find out more... Illustrations can really bring a book to life. Whether it be a photo insert of your biography or graphics for a children's book the Ink Book design team will format your illustrations, graphics or photographs to get the most impact. (Please note we do not supply illustrations.) $10 per illustration 2 free then $10 per illustration 10 free then $10 per illustration Text formating Find out more... Our team of trained typesetters will take your Word file and professionally compose and lay out your text giving your book a 'bookstore quality' look and feel. Digital proofs Find out more... As you work through the production of your book, we'll send you digital proofs of your front cover, back cover and internal text for your approval. We never send your book to the printer until you have given your approval. Free copies 1 5 15 Minimum print order Find out more... With our on-demand printing services we can print as few as 20 books. 20 20 20 Non-exclusive contract Find out more... You worked hard to write your book, so don't give away your rights. While many publishers insist that you give up your rights, Ink Books lets you keep them 100%. You can take your book to another publisher at any time, for any reason. No questions asked. Just let us know in writing. E-Book formatting Find out more... Ink Books will digitally format and package your book in an EPUB eBook format so that it is ready to be read on desktop reading applications, smartphones, and dedicated reading devices. ISBN registration & barcode Find out more... The ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, is an identification number that is unique for every book. It is always accompanied by a bar code that shows the ISBN number. These are used for inventory and checkout by bookstores. We'll assign your book its own ISBN and purchase the bar code for your book enabling your book to be sold in any retail store. Registration in the National Library of Australia Find out more... Ink Books will process all the official documentation so that your book will be catalogued in the National Library of Australia. We work with R.R. Bowker to make all bibliographic data about your book available to libraries and bookstores. Your book will be part of the largest book database in the world! In addition we will deliver a copy of your book for permanent placement in the National Library of Australia. Full printing options Find out more... We offer a large variety of printing options and let you choose how you want your book to look! Cover options include: full colour or black & white, gloss or matt, paperback or hardcover. You can also choose the paper stock the internal of your book is printed on: gloss or matt, white or creamy, full colour or black & white and there is a range of options for illustrations and photo inserts. Obviously these options will affect the retail price of your book, but you can simply use our printing calculator to get an instant estimate! The choice is yours! One-week print turnaround Find out more... Our revolutionary on-demand printing systems mean that your book will be available fast, usually within 7 days from the day we receive an order. We can print books lightning-fast and in any quantity with a minumum print order of 20 books.   Book store distribution Find out more... To get your book into the burgeoning Christian retail marketplace, we communicate information about your bookand it's ISBN with Koorong, Word Bookstores and all Christian bookstores throughout Australia & NZ. We can't guarantee demand, but we can guarantee your book will be promoted, available and ready to ship to bookstores in a matter of days.   Listing on InkBooks.net Find out more... Once your book has been prepared for publication, we add it to our Ink Books online bookstore. You will get a free book page where your book summary, biography, and book cover image will appear. Readers will be able to order your book directly from our store even before your book has reached the retail stores!   Web exposure & sales Find out more... Ink Books will list your book on Word.com.au, Koorong.com.au; Inspiredshop.net; Inspiredshop.co.nz ; and iChristian.com.au;   Trade catalogue Find out more... As an Ink Book new release, information about your book will be distributed to all Christian bookstores throughout Australia and New Zealand through the exlusive Ark House/Ink Books Trade Catalogue. Each digital catalogue is delivered to over 250 bookstores. Your book will be featured along with a short summary and your book cover design. Retailers will be able to order your book immediately with us.   Media release Find out more... If you can get the news media to write about your book, or if you can get interviewed on a radio or TV program, it's like getting free advertising! Our team will compose and design a media release to get your book the attention it deserves. Using our Ink Book media database we will then distribute the press release to key players in the Christian media offering for them to recieve a free review copy of your book. (view a sample here)   Australian Publicity Find out more... Ink Books will prepare a professionally written Press Release about you and your book and distribute it to almost 3000 mainstream media outlets across Australia. Journalists who may be interested will then contact you for interviews.     Review copies Find out more... Ink Books will respond to media enquiries about your book and send out review copies of your book.     Up to 15 review copies Social media marketing Find out more... We will post your media release to The Ink Book page on Facebook - the biggest social media network site.   Promotion on MyChristianDaily.com Find out more... Get your book advertised on the homepage of mychristiandaily.com - Australia and New Zealands' leading website for all Christian news & media!     Book review Find out more... Ink Books will send your completed book to a reviewer and guarantee to publish the review on either MyChristianDaily.com or ChristianWoman.com.au/.co.nz     Professional editing service Find out more... Ink Books have a team of professional editors who will provide a thorough sub-edit of your completed manuscript in accordance with the Ink Books style guide. We do expect that your book has already had a professional edit. Should you need to enlist the service of an editor to get your book ready to publish then we can put you in touch with a quality editor. Available for $350 Available for $350 Professional proof read service Find out more... Our editing team will do a thorough proof read of your formatted book to pick up any last minute errors that need correcting. The more eyes the better!     Ink Books discounted printing Find out more... Our goal is to make you a successful author and to change lives with your book. As an Ink Books author you will have access to our wholesale printing rates (see printing calculator) which means you can get copies of your book at rates much lower than the RRP. You can then onsell your book to others. Just e-mail us to place your order. We can deliver copies anywhere in Australia and New Zealand. Book pricing service Find out more... Ink Books will use its extensive book publishing experience to set your RRP so that retailers and consumers will want to buy your book. The RRP will be set once we have completed formatting of your book and we know the page count. Royalties Find out more... Royalties for your book are accrued for every book sold through Ink Books (i.e. royalties are not incured on authors sales). You will receive annual royalty statement from Ink Books outlining how many books have been sold wholesale and the royalty you have acrued from these sales.     PREMIUM LITE EXECUTIVE PLATINUM PLUS