Publish with Summertime

Our Appraisal

Your publication journey starts with our appraisal of your work and a big picture edit. We will assess up to 3,000 words of your writing, providing comments on subject, style, content, marketability and ways forward. For this, we charge a non-refundable fee of £150. If we agree to publish your book our appraisal fee will be included within your publication quote.

Our Programmes

Small

50 pages/​15,000 words

£2,920

Medium

100 pages/​30,000 words

£3,215

Large

250 pages/75,000 words

£4,100

​These prices are illustrative only. All books are unique and you will receive a tailored quote based on your book in terms of size, level of proofread needed and likely complexity of design.  All our programmes include the following:

• An initial big picture appraisal of your book
• Two-hour one-to-one 'getting to know you' mentoring
• A second big picture appraisal of your manuscript as it evolves
• A proofread of your completed manuscript
• A complete design service including typesetting, book jacket, front and end pages, e-book cover and internals
• Publication in print and digital formats including ISBNs​​

• ​Distribution of your book to international and regional online booksellers
• Complimentary listing on the Expat Bookshop
• Promotion on our websites and across social media​
• Two free copies of your book
• An exceptional royalty rate of up to 60% and generous author discounts of up to 50% on books for personal sale
• Distribution of your book to the national libraries in the UK and Ireland

​We also offer a unique scheme enabling authors to offset some or all of our fees by buying books for personal sale. Authors can choose a financial model that works best for them. Contact us for details.

Payment Terms

Do you have a book to re-publish?

Do you have an existing book you'd like to republish? Maybe it needs a revision or could do with a makeover with a brand new design? Perhaps it's not written in English and you want it translated?  As long as you have all the necessary files we can help.

Enhanced Mentoring

'Your book from Scratch'

​Take your writing to another level by combining one of our publishing packages with an intensive mentoring programme delivered by  journalist, editor, writer, speaker and teacher Jo Parfitt. As well as writing over 30 books herself, Jo has helped well over a hundred new authors to write and publish their own.  Her 12-month programme will help you brainstorm, plan, create and perfect your book from scratch.

We offer a generous discount on our usual fees for those combining Jo Parfitt's mentoring programme with a publishing package.

Next Availability September 2020

What a joy it is to work with Jo on my second book! Why do I work with her? Because she intuitively sees into my heart, mind and soul. And with that insight, she draws from me the book that’s bubbling inside. She uses a magic mix of nurturing and caring with a clarity and discipline… that demands nothing but the very best from me. That’s what brilliant mentoring and coaching does. It’s rather like being sprinkled with fairy dust. 

David Scarlett, author of The Soul Millionaire and The Flight of The Soul Millionaire

Jo only works with one client at a time during the first few weeks of your programme so you can be sure of her undivided attention. Her mentoring programme includes the following:

• Initial two-hour 'Getting to Know You' mentoring where Jo will dig deep into your motives for writing, what you want to achieve as well as your vision, values, strengths and weaknesses
• All the brainstorming, planning and discussion you need working to Jo's Release the Book Within programme

• ​​​Close editing of the first three chapters of your book as it emerges — one chapter at a time 
• ​A big picture assessment of all remaining chapters of your book
• Guidance on the format and layout of your book according to convention and to achieve consistency
• A road map to follow going forward​​​​

Jo will work with you face-to-face, through email or via Skype/phone — as often as once a week if required — while you work through Release the Book Within. Expect to commit to working on your book for one day a week.

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