Fiction novels & series
Standard print interior, reflowable Kindle EPUB, and series branding across multiple titles with consistent typography, drop caps, scene breaks and clean chapter pages.
For self-publishing authors · UK-based since 2018
You wrote the book. We make it sell.
Formatting, Amazon pages, author websites and full book launches — done for you, so your book looks professional and actually gets found. Start wherever it hurts most.
Not sure that’s what you need? Tell us where you’re up to →
Approved Partner of the Alliance of Independent Authors · part of the LoveReading family · founded by Robert Prime
Proof · the research behind the work · snapshot, July 2026
Readers now ask AI what to read next. We know what it answers.
Our AI Book Discoverability Index records every source ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity quote when someone asks them for a book. That research is why our advice on getting your book found isn’t guesswork. Figures are a July 2026 snapshot — the live index shows today’s totals.
141,282AI citations logged
981books audited for AI discoverability
16genres tracked
7,983distinct domains cited
Act I — the manuscriptAct II — the machine readsAct III — the citation
What we do, in one paragraph
publishing.co.uk is a UK book-formatting and Amazon launch service for first-time authors, non-fiction writers and memoirists. We hand-format your manuscript into the exact files Amazon’s self-publishing platform — Kindle Direct Publishing, or KDP — will accept: a print-ready book file and a Kindle ebook file, back with you inside 24 hours. Five free 60-second checks (manuscript, cover, advertising, AI discovery, and editorial from 2027) show you where your book stands before you spend a penny.
ink → tokens → citations. This is how a book becomes an answer.
How we help · first-time authors, non-fiction & memoir · UK-based · files back in 24 hours
Where are you in your book?
Six ways in — pick the one that fits where you are. See all eight, in order → Not sure? Find your stage →
Learn · Courses
Learn to sell it yourself.
Two self-paced courses: Sell More Books (18 modules, £197) and AI Discoverability (39 lessons, from £149). Both personalised to your book, with exercises that do the hard bits alongside you.
See the courses → Get found by AI · AI AuditsDoes AI recommend your book?
Test your book across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Amazon Rufus. Free 90-second check or full £29.99 report with verbatim AI answers, citation sources and a paste-ready listing rewrite.
Run the AI audit → Polish · Format my bookUpload it without the fear.
Send your file in whatever shape it’s in. You get back a book that looks like a publisher made it — and that Amazon accepts first time. Print and Kindle files, inside 24 hours.
See what we do → Make it sell · Amazon page designMake the page do the selling.
The picture-and-text panels that sit under your book on Amazon — the part that turns a browser into a buyer. Designed for your book, built to Amazon’s spec, ready to paste in.
See Amazon page design → Own your platform · Author websiteOwn the place readers find you.
A proper author website with your books, your story and a way for readers to reach you — built for you, kept online and looked after, so you never touch a page builder.
See author websites → Free · Expert guidesEverything we know, published free.
407 expert articles covering KDP formatting, self-publishing, book design, marketing, tools and AI search discoverability. No paywall, no gating, no drip sequence.
Browse the guides →Every kind of book
We treat each one as a different craft.
We don’t just do novels. We do every shape and format a book takes.
Non-fiction with footnotes & sidebars
Business books, history, popular science. We handle proper footnote linking, callout boxes, multi-level subheadings, sidebars, exercises and end-of-chapter summaries.
Memoir & biography
Image plates, photo sections, family-tree diagrams, multi-perspective chapter labels, foreword/afterword integration. We handle the production so the writing stays in focus.
Cookbooks & recipe books
Two-column ingredient lists, recipe-card layouts, full-bleed food photography, chef’s-tip sidebars, multi-axis indexing, metric/imperial alongside, optional colour-cost-saver split.
Picture books & illustrated children’s
Pages that stay exactly where you put them on a Kindle, true two-page spreads, Amazon’s picture-book sizes, a full-bleed cover wrap, and colour proofed against the printer Amazon actually uses.
Workbooks, planners & journals
Form fields, checkboxes, prompt boxes, week/day templates, low-content-page layouts that print cleanly and read properly.
Multilingual & bilingual
Right-to-left typesetting (Arabic, Hebrew), Asian-language vertical layout where supported, parallel-text bilingual books, language-tagged accessibility metadata.
Hardback & gift editions
Cover wrap calibrated for spine-fold tolerance, sprayed-edge artwork, foil-stamping prep, KDP and IngramSpark hardcover specs, premium-binding production files.
Trusted by UK self-publishers
Join hundreds of authors who’ve published with confidence.
500+Books formatted
5/5Average rating
100%KDP approval rate
24hAverage turnaround
★★★★★
“Publishing.co.uk is a fantastic service. They did an incredible job of formatting my book, made all the small edits I requested, and turned it around — as promised — within 24 hours. It took a massive load of stress off my plate, and they caught and corrected a few last little typos too. The guides they provide are so, so helpful — I’ve already caught a few things I was completely unaware of that would’ve caused me pain later. If you’re really not sure, just get their full do-it-for-you bundle. Highly recommend.”
Approved Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors — vetted against ALLi’s Code of Standards for ethics and excellence in self-publishing.Choosing what’s right for you
A clear-eyed look at the main options.
Different tools fit different authors — pick the one that actually matches what you need.
| Feature | Vellum | Atticus | Reedsy editor | BookBaby | publishing.co.uk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | DIY desktop app | DIY web app | DIY editor + marketplace | Full-service hybrid publisher | Done-for-you service |
| Cost | £200 lifetime | ~£115 lifetime | Free editor; freelancers cost extra | From ~£800; full packages £2,000+ | From £69 / book |
| Your time investment | 5-20 hrs learning + 2-4 hrs / book | 5-15 hrs learning + 2-4 hrs / book | 1-3 hrs (simple books) | Briefing only; 4-8 weeks delivery | Briefing only; 24-72 hours delivery |
| Cookbooks & picture books | Best for fiction; image-led layouts limited | Limited column & spread support | Founder advises against for cookbooks | Yes (in higher packages) | Yes — specialist tier |
| KDP-approval guarantee | DIY (you fix rejections) | DIY (you fix rejections) | DIY (you fix rejections) | Yes (in package) | Yes — formatting fixed free |
| Amazon listing audit | — | — | — | Marketing add-ons (paid) | Free, anyone, any book |
| AI search visibility check | — | — | — | — | Free (live retrieval test) |
Pricing and features summarised from each provider’s public pricing pages and documentation as of May 2026. If you’re writing a fast-moving fiction series and you’re comfortable on a Mac, Vellum is genuinely excellent and the lifetime cost is unbeatable. Atticus is the natural fit for cross-platform DIY. Reedsy’s free editor is brilliant for simple ebooks. BookBaby works for authors who want everything bundled into one expensive package. We’re built for everyone in between — done-for-you, every book type, with the marketing readiness baked in rather than sold as an upsell.
Five free diagnostics, one per stage
Manuscript · Cover · Conversion · Discovery · Editorial
Free to run, refreshable every 90 days, embeddable badge for your author site. Use them whether or not you ever buy from us. Editorial coming 2027.
- Step 1 · Production · Pre-launch
KDP Readiness Score
Drop in your book’s PDF. We run 30+ checks built from Amazon’s published requirements — margins, inner gutter, image resolution, embedded fonts, working contents links, stray blank pages, matching ISBN, bleed — and score it out of 100 with the exact rejection risks flagged. The check every author should run before they pay anyone, us included.
Check my PDF →Still in Word? You don’t need this check — send us the Word file.
- Step 2 · Cover · Thumbnail size
Cover Readiness Score
Drop your cover JPG or PNG. We render it at 90×135 px — the exact size Amazon shows in mobile browse — and score thumbnail legibility, resolution, aspect, genre fit, greyscale survival, and edge safety. Catches the #1 cause of “good cover, bad sales”.
Score my cover → - Step 3 · Conversion · Live listings
Advertising Readiness Score
Drop in your Amazon link. We score the cover at 90×135 pixels (the size a phone shows it), the title block in search results, the opening line of your blurb, your review base, plus your A+ Content — the picture panels under the description — format, category and price. Out of 100, with a clear verdict.
Run the scorecard → - Step 4 · Discovery · AI search
AI Discovery Score
Live retrieval test against 5 engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Amazon Rufus (simulated). Tells you what each model actually knows about your book — both with web search active and from training data alone. Refreshable every 90 days, with an embeddable badge.
Run the AI score → - Step 5 · Editorial
Editorial Score — coming 2027
The fifth diagnostic is in development. No preview, no waitlist theatre — it ships when it’s ready.
New · the AI discovery layer
Will AI recommend your book?
Readers now ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Amazon’s Rufus what to read next. Our AI Discovery Audit tests your book against all 5 engines (Rufus simulated) — shows which books get recommended instead and the exact sources behind them, checks whether your book was scraped into AI training data, and rewrites your Amazon listing for Rufus.
The courses · learn to sell it yourself
You love writing. You hate marketing.
Two self-paced courses that do the hard bits with you — built on the same data and tooling as everything else we run. See both courses →
Course 1 · Sell More Books
Eighteen modules. One system.
The interactive course on marketing your book in 2026 — personalised to your book, with AI exercises that do the hard bits with you, in your browser. Formatting, covers, KDP metadata, Amazon Ads, going wide, email, reviews and the 90-day launch plan.
See the full course → Course 2 · AI Discoverability for AuthorsGet recommended by the machines.
The complete self-paced course on getting your book discovered and recommended by AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Amazon Rufus. 39 lessons, 14 copy-paste templates, and a 90-day action plan.
See the full course →