SELF PUBLISHING

If you are planning to publish your book yourself, we can support you through every step of the process, from concept to completion.

How Mega City can help you:

  • Manage your book project from beginning to end
  • Recommend and coordinate the work of editors, illustrators, photographers, picture researchers, indexers, production managers, prepress houses and printers to ensure you are working with only the best, most experienced professionals in the industry
  • Design and lay out your book
  • Advise you on what format will best suit your subject matter and your budget, including size, paper weight and quality, bindings, hardcover or paperback, jacket or case, and other printing options
  • Organise barcodes, imprints, ISBN and CIP (cataloguing in publication data) applications
  • Check and colour-correct printer’s proofs
  • Help you decide what size your book should be to suit your subject matter and your budget
  • Liaise with the most economical and best-quality book printers both locally and offshore, and organise the shipping, customs clearance and delivery of your finished books
  • Create artwork to print foreign language co-editions
  • Design and produce any associated publicity material