Books built aroundthe people who write them.

Most of what a publisher does happens after the writing — the edit, the cover, the print run, the shops that stock it. That part is ours. The book, the rights and the final say stay yours.

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Authors

The people
who write them.

A retired banker who drives steam locomotives. A therapist. A beagle owner from Blackburn. Every one of them finished the book.

Reviews

What our authors say
when we are not in the room.

Every review below sits on a platform we do not own and cannot edit. Follow any score through and read the whole list — not the part we would have chosen.

Read the reviews on Trustpilot

Trustpilot is not the only place. Our authors have left reviews on every one of these, and we cannot edit a word on any of them.

How we choose

Not every manuscript.
Not every author.

We read everything that reaches us, and we take on the books we know we can make properly.

Sometimes that means saying no — because a manuscript needs another draft, or because another publisher is the better home for it.

It also means the authors we do take on get our full attention. A cover designed for that book rather than picked from a set. An editor who has read the whole thing. A production standard that holds up next to anything on the same shelf.

Our list runs from children's picture books to memoir, faith, business, crime and trade instruction. What holds it together is not a genre. It is that every one of them was made to the same standard.

How publishing with Grand works
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In your agreement

What stays yours

Your rights
Copyright stays with you. It is never assigned to us, and it is written into the agreement that way.
The final say
On the cover, the title and the text. Nothing changes without you seeing it first.
Real distribution
Your book gets an ISBN and a place in the trade catalogues, so any bookshop or library can order it in.
Your own ISBN
Registered to a publisher, exactly as it would be for any other book on the shelf.
An editor who reads it
A person who has read your manuscript and can tell you what they think of it, not a template with your title in it.
Everything in writing
Scope, formats, terms, set out in writing before you commit to anything.
In their own words

Authors on
their own books.

David SummervilleAuthor of Bipolar Sunset

The books
we publish.

Every one of these was made here. Open one to meet the author and find out where to buy it, or go straight to the full catalogue.

Bipolar SunsetDavid Summerville

Three watercolour brush strokes drying on heavy paper beside a pencil.
Our children's imprint

Grand
Kidz.

A good part of our shelf is for younger readers: picture books, early readers and illustrated stories, made to exactly the same standard as everything else we publish.

  • The Mystery on Greenfarm Road by Gail Simmons
  • The Adventures of Bert the Worm by Jade Entwistle
  • Little Hedgehog and the Moon by Cat Rushton
  • William and the Secrets of the Enchanted Forest by Idris James
  • Roxy and Ted’s Great Garden Escape by Angie Garcia
The publishing pathway

What actually
happens.

Five stages, in order.

Deep stacks of aged paper and folders, hundreds of sheets seen edge on.
  1. Manuscript Assessment

    “Is this ready, and is it right for Grand?”

    We read the manuscript before we quote for anything. You get our honest reading of where it stands — including, sometimes, that it is not ready, or that we are not the right publisher for it.

    • A read of the manuscript as submitted
    • A view on readiness, structure and voice
    • One of three answers: proceed, revise and return, or not a fit
    Deep stacks of aged paper and folders, hundreds of sheets seen edge on.
  2. Editorial Development

    “How does the manuscript get stronger?”

    Editorial work is a conversation, not a service ticket. The book changes shape here, and the author stays close to every decision about what changes.

    • Structural and line editing
    • Copy-editing and proofreading
    • Author review at each pass — nothing changes without you seeing it
    A hand marking up a printed typescript with a red pen, corrections in the margin.
  3. Design & Production

    “How does it become a professional book?”

    Cover, interior, typesetting and production files. This is the stage where a manuscript stops being a document and starts being an object with a spine.

    • Cover design and jacket copy
    • Interior typesetting and print-ready files
    • Formats agreed per title: eBook, paperback, hardcover
    A printer at a wall of letterpress type cases, reaching into a drawer of lead sorts.
  4. Publishing & Distribution

    “How does it enter the market?”

    ISBN assignment, bibliographic metadata and distribution. The book gets its own ISBN and a proper catalogue record, which is what lets anyone other than us find it and order it.

    • ISBN assignment and bibliographic metadata
    • Distribution to Amazon and the book trade
    • Retail listings the author can check themselves
    Wheeled shelving units in a market bookshop, packed with second-hand books under a hand-lettered sign.
  5. Launch & Discovery

    “How is it introduced to readers?”

    The honest stage. We will tell you what we are doing and what it did. We will not tell you it will sell — no publisher can, and the ones who say otherwise are the ones to be careful of.

    • Launch planning around the author's own audience
    • Listing optimisation and metadata upkeep
    • A record of what was done — reported, not promised in advance
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Before you ask

The questions
we get most.

The practical ones. There is a longer list if you want it.

It depends on the book — its length, its condition and which formats it needs. You get a schedule with your proposal, and we hold to it. Ask us for a realistic range on the call and we will give you one rather than a marketing number.

The next step

Send us
the book.

Three steps. The longest part is us reading it.

Deep stacks of aged paper and folders, hundreds of sheets seen edge on.

As it is.

One representative chapter and a line about what the book is trying to do. It does not need to be finished, and it certainly does not need to be polished.

Your work stays yours. Always has.

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