Book Production is for authors who have completed their manuscript and want an experienced publishing team to take it from manuscript through publication.
Editing. Design. Production. Distribution.
The book is yours. We handle what comes next.
Asta Publications has been publishing completed manuscripts since 2003, managing the editorial, design, production, and distribution work required to bring each book to professional standards.
Engagements begin at $5,000.
What's Included
From Completed Manuscript to Published Book
The work on your side is mostly done. Once you give us the manuscript, your time investment drops to a few key moments. From the time you hand over the manuscript to the time you hold the printed book, we handle the work that turns a written manuscript into a published book.
- Editorial review of the completed manuscript
- Cover design
- ISBN registration and metadata
- Distribution setup through Lightning Source
- Printed author copies
- Line editing and proofreading
- Interior layout and typesetting
- Print and digital production
- Listed on Amazon and the Ingram catalog
- One dedicated point of contact throughout
Pricing
The price depends on what the manuscript needs
The investment reflects the editorial, design, production, and publishing work required to bring the completed manuscript to professional standards. Final pricing depends on the manuscript’s length, condition, editorial requirements, formats, and production needs.
Engagements begin at $5,000.
Who This Is For
Authors with a completed manuscript
Overview
Timeline
If You Have Not Written the Manuscript
We can develop the book with you.
Book Writing develops the book in your voice from conversations and your existing material.
We can start from where you are. Some clients come to Asta with work already underway: a first chapter, a partial draft, or a stalled manuscript.
Your existing work gives us a starting point. We review what you have, determine what is needed to complete the book, and build the engagement around the work that remains.
If you have the idea, expertise, source material, or a partial manuscript but need help completing the book, our Book Writing engagement may be the better fit.
Asta develops the manuscript in your voice through structured conversations and your existing material, then manages the editorial, design, production, and publishing process.
Book Writing engagements begin at $25,000.
The first step is a thirty-minute call
We learn about the manuscript. You learn whether Asta is the right publisher.