Getting a book onto retail platforms sounds straightforward until you encounter the reality of what is actually involved. Incorrect trim sizes, margins that do not account for spine width, metadata that fails to position your book correctly in search results, file formats that get rejected at upload. These are the kinds of avoidable problems that delay publication, damage a book’s credibility and cost authors time and money they did not need to spend.

Every platform your book will appear on has its own technical requirements and every format demands a different approach. A paperback formatted for Amazon KDP needs different settings to the same title going through IngramSpark. An eBook needs to reflow correctly across dozens of different devices and screen sizes. A children’s illustrated title needs a layout approach that bears no resemblance to a standard text novel. Getting any of these wrong creates problems that are far easier to prevent than to fix.

At London Publishers we know the technical requirements of every major publishing platform and every format inside out. We apply them correctly every time, ensuring your book goes live without issues and looks exactly as a professionally published title should.