We have a Designer’s Choice option in which our designer makes all cover and interior design choices for the author.  Inkwater’s design team will create a striking cover to appeal to the target audience of the book.

Designer’s Choice Package includes:

• Images for the interior can be added at $12.50 per image
• Designer creates customized cover and interior design
• 2 electronic proofs & 50 changes for free
• Choice of a matte or gloss cover
• 5 copies of the book
• Author provides back cover information & author photo
• The book is posted on multiple websites including Inkwaterpress.com, Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com and Powells.com.
• The book is listed with Ingram and Baker & Taylor wholesalers
• The book is submitted to Bowker’s Books in Print.

Within this package the designer makes all the design decisions.  The book will have a black-and-white interior and full-color cover. Once the book is designed, you have two opportunities to review electronic proofs and make any remaining changes to the text.  When the final proof has been accepted, we send the files to our digital printer and begin distributing your book through our bookstore website (www.inkwaterbooks.com).  We also list your book on Amazon.com, Barnes&noble.com, Powells.com, as well as Ingram and Baker & Taylor wholesalers, and with Bowker’s Books in Print.

On any sales through these distribution avenues, you receive royalties of 40% – 50% of net receipts.  Your book would be made available through print-on-demand technology.  The publication process takes approximately 4 months from the time we receive your final manuscript, signed contract, and payment to the time books are ready to be ordered.  Authors can purchase copies of their book at a 50% discount that offers them an even greater margin on books they sell themselves.

We always recommend that our authors work with a professional editor to help polish the manuscript, eliminating any spelling and grammar mistakes that may get through.  We can provide that service here starting at $0.02 per word or the author is welcome to work with an editor of his or her choosing.