One pathway,
not a menu.
There are no packages here. Scope follows the manuscript: what a book needs is decided after somebody has read it, and it is written down before anyone invoices anyone.
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
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
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
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
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
What it
costs.
Publishing with Grand is an investment the author makes in their own book. What that figure is depends on the manuscript — its length, its condition, whether it is illustrated, which formats it needs — which is why we read it first and quote afterwards, itemised, in writing.
We do not publish a price list, because a price list would be a package, and a package is a decision made before anybody has read your book.