How long will it take to e-publish your book or thesis?
From the time you email us your files and provide us with a list of the e-book retailers you want your e-book distributed to until we go through all of the steps listed below and publish your e-book to the retailer websites, takes about three to five weeks.
Evaluation, within 2 days
When you have uploaded your files we will evaluate the job to see what is involved in turning your files into an e-book. This requires a word, image, and footnote coun to estimate the amount of work required. If a change to the quoted fee is required, this is the time at which it will occur.
Preliminary preparation, if required, 1-4 days
This step is only necessary if our evaluation indicates that your manuscript file needs additional hand-formatting to prepare it for e-book formatting. The actual time taken will depend on the amount of work required, if any.
Formatting to EPUB standard, up to 7 days
If your manuscript is in an acceptable condition and does not need the preliminary preparation, we will go directly to the formatting stage. It will take up to seven days to produce an impressive, professional quality e-book.
Your review, 3 days after we receive your changes
When we have comleted formatting, you will be able to view your e-book and suggest changes to the formatting. You should note that this is not an opportunity to change the content in any way, such changes would require going back to scratch and reformatting with a consequent increas in costs. After you advise us of your suggested revisions, we will take no longer than three days to make the changes and get the new version back to you. If you want further changes, we repeat this review cycle until you are happy and approve the final formatting.
Your approval, it’s up to you
When you are happy with every aspect of the appearance of your e-book, you send us an email expressing your approval to go ahead to the distribution stage.
Distribution, 2 days after we receive your approval
As soon as we receive your approval email, we will start the process of submitting it to the ebook retailers you have chosen. Each e-book retailer takes a different time period ro make your e-book available after it is submitted, but you should expect to be able to see your e-book for sale in less than two weeks.
Summary
All going well, and you are quick with your preview cycle, it will take between 15 and 21 days to e-publish your manuscript as an e-book and a up to a further two weeks for it to appear. Say, three to five weeks altogether.
Exciting! Isn’t it?! |