eBook Publishing Services With Clean EPUB Files and Retailer Uploads

EPUB is the standard ebook format used by Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play, and Kindle accepts it for upload too. An EPUB is a packaged set of web files, so errors in the code can break a book on one device while it looks fine on another. We build the file from your manuscript with proper styles, a working table of contents, and metadata inside the package. Then we run it through a validation tool and fix every error it reports. A file that passes validation is far more likely to be accepted by each store the first time.

Most ebooks are reflowable. The reader chooses the font and size, and the text flows to fit the screen. This suits novels, memoirs and most nonfiction. Fixed layout locks each page in place, like a picture, which suits illustrated children's books, cookbooks with set page designs, and comics. It also makes larger files, gives readers less flexibility, and is not supported the same way on every device. We recommend the simpler option when it will do, and we explain the trade-off honestly if your book needs fixed layout.

The details inside the file matter. A good ebook has a linked table of contents, notes that jump back to the text, images that scale without blurring, and tables that do not overflow the screen. Chapter breaks should be clean. We order the front matter so the free sample shows real text, not pages of credits and legal notices. A note to readers and a list of your other books are placed at the back, where they help rather than interrupt. Every link is tested before the file is called finished.

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We prepare and upload to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, Apple Books, Kobo Writing Life and Google Play Books. Each service has its own dashboard, its own tax and payment setup, and its own review time. You open the accounts yourself so that royalties go to you, and we walk you through every screen. Apple and Google have their own requirements for how files are submitted, and those requirements change. We check the current guidance at the start of each project, and we tell you if any retailer is not a good fit for your book.

A file that validates can still look wrong. So before we submit, we open it in the preview tools each store provides, and on real devices: an e-ink reader, a phone, a tablet and a desktop reading app. We look for odd line breaks, missing images, broken chapter jumps and fonts that change in unexpected places. Dark mode and large text sizes are tested as well, since readers use them. Anything we find is fixed in the source and the file is rebuilt, never patched by hand. You receive screenshots and a list of what was checked.

Ebooks are easy to correct. If a reader finds a typo, or you want to add a back-matter page, an updated edition or a better cover, the file can be replaced on each store. Most stores publish the update within a day or several, and some ask readers to opt in to receive a changed version. We keep the source files and a record of what was submitted, so edits are quick. Small corrections for a book we published go through your project manager, who replies within one business day. Larger rewrites are quoted as new work.

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