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Design-locked digital

Fixed Layout eBooks

For children’s books, cookbooks, comics and anything where the picture and the words have to stay exactly where you put them.

Some books cannot reflow. A picture book where the text sits inside the illustration, a cookbook where the method must face its photograph, a comic panel sequence — reflowing any of these destroys the book.

What we build

  • Page-for-page fidelity to your print design
  • Embedded fonts so typography holds
  • Optional read-aloud text highlighting for children’s titles
  • Panel-by-panel guided view for comics and graphic novels
  • Landscape and portrait spread handling

The trade-off

Fixed-layout files are larger, are not supported on every older device, and do not honour reader font-size preferences. For the books that need them the trade is worth it. For straight prose it is not, and we will steer you to reflowable.

What’s included

Design preserved exactly

Page-for-page fidelity with embedded fonts and locked image placement.

Read-aloud support

Optional text highlighting synced to narration for children’s titles.

Guided panel view

Panel-by-panel navigation for comics and graphic novels.

Get advice from a real publishing expert

No bots, no sales script. A specialist who has shipped books in your genre will look at yours and tell you what it needs.

Authors are getting published right now

Here’s how it feels to publish with us

Meet the team
“From the first consultation to launch day the process never stalled. I kept 100% ownership and still ended up with a bestseller.”
Marisa Kent Whispers of Time · Historical Fiction
“Outstanding editing and cover design. They understood the vision and executed it flawlessly. Worth every penny.”
Devon Aldridge Beyond the Stars · Science Fiction
“My title went live in print, ebook and audio in the same week. I had spent two years failing to do that alone.”
Priya Raman Forgotten Dreams · Literary Fiction
“The metadata work alone doubled my discoverability. They treat a book like a product, not a favour.”
Owen Blackwell Digital Horizons · Business & Technology

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I keep the rights to my book?
Yes — all of them. You hold the copyright, the royalties and the final say on every decision. We are a service partner, never a rights holder.
How much does publishing a book cost?
It depends on which services your manuscript actually needs. Our pricing page lists flat rates per service so you can build a package without a sales call, and nothing is added to the invoice later.
How long does the whole process take?
A typical title moves from finished manuscript to live retail listings in eight to sixteen weeks. Editing depth and audiobook production are the two stages that move that range the most.
Can I order a single service instead of a package?
Absolutely. Plenty of authors come to us only for a cover, only for distribution, or only for an audiobook. Order one service today and add another whenever you want.
Where will my book actually be sold?
Across major global online retailers, independent bookstores, library and academic wholesalers, ebook storefronts, and audiobook platforms — in print, digital and audio depending on the editions you produce.
What if I am not happy with the work?
Every service includes revision rounds, and our guarantee page sets out exactly what happens if a deliverable misses the brief. We would rather redo it than ship something you dislike.

Ready to publish your book?

Bring us the draft you have. We will handle the rest of the hive work — and you keep every right to the finished book.