Publishing Services
Your book deserves a complete publishing team.
Comprehensive Publishing Solutions
From a first idea to a finished edition, choose the support your manuscript needs. Nonfiction, fiction, memoir, and children’s books each deserve a publishing plan shaped around their readers.
What does a hybrid publishing company help an author do?
IME Publishing Group™ helps authors plan, develop, edit, design, and prepare books for publication, with marketing and distribution support selected around the project. Your starting manuscript, genre, desired formats, and intended audience determine the work. A written agreement identifies the investment, deliverables, rights, approvals, and responsibilities before the project begins.
Our Proven
Publishing Process
1 Plan
Clarify your reader, goals, scope, and publishing path.
2 Create
Develop the manuscript, refine the writing, and design the book.
3 Publish
Coordinate production, proofing, formats, and distribution.
4 Amplify
Connect your book with readers and relevant opportunities.
Know what your book needs before choosing a package.
You have an idea, a draft, or a book ready for its next edition. The difficult decision is deciding which work deserves attention first.
A polished cover will not resolve a manuscript with an unclear reader. Additional editing will not establish a distribution plan. Start by identifying the decisions holding your project back, then put the services in the right order.
Your publishing conversation should connect the creative work with practical ownership and release questions. Discuss who approves the manuscript, who controls accounts, which files you receive, and how each edition reaches readers. Clear responsibilities give you a basis for evaluating a proposal.
Which starting point sounds like yours?
Open the closest match to review the decisions worth discussing.
01I have an idea
Begin with reader positioning, a concept review, and an outline. Establish whether you want to write with guidance or discuss ghostwriting.
02I have a manuscript
Assess structure and editorial needs before setting the design and production scope. A finished draft is the starting point for review.
03I have a published book
Review the existing files, agreements, listings, reader feedback, and intended changes before planning a new edition or campaign.
A plan with visible decisions.
Use this sequence to understand the work. The scope and approval points belong in your written proposal.
- 1
Assess
Bring the material you have and describe the reader you want to reach.
- 2
Define
Agree on the services, editions, responsibilities, and approval points.
- 3
Produce
Complete the agreed editorial, design, and proofing work in sequence.
- 4
Release
Coordinate listings and the selected reader or marketing activity.
Service workflow illustration. Stages describe work, not promised sales or performance.
Decisions worth making early.
| Decision | Why the decision matters |
|---|---|
| Manuscript readiness | Resolve structural questions before paying to lay out pages likely to change. |
| Publishing control | Confirm rights, account access, ISBN arrangements, and source-file delivery. |
| Release goals | Separate publication, retail availability, publicity, and sales objectives. |
Bring the material. Clarify the plan.
Use this optional checklist to prepare. Unfinished items are discussion points, not barriers to applying.
Start with your project.
Share your stage, goals, audience, budget range, and release window through the saved application. Continue to the scheduling link after submission.
Discuss Your Project ↗Try Publishing Readiness Review ↗References behind the practical guidance
IBPA hybrid publisher criteria ↗A reference for questions about contracts, publishing quality, distribution, and author-funded publishing. This reference does not imply IBPA certification or membership.
Platform requirements and eligibility change. Confirm the current rules for your selected edition and channel.Frequently Asked Questions
What happens on the strategy call?
We review your idea or manuscript, publishing goals, and starting point. You leave with a clearer view of relevant services and next steps.
How do I choose the right level of support?
Tell us what you have completed and where you need help. We assess the manuscript or existing assets and outline a suitable scope.
What happens before work begins?
Your written proposal identifies deliverables, fees, responsibilities, approvals, and schedule. Review the agreement before authorizing the project.
How do I compare hybrid publishing proposals?
Compare the actual editorial level, design scope, revision rounds, formats, distribution responsibilities, payment terms, and rights provisions. Ask for plain explanations of exclusions and ongoing fees. Similar package names do not establish equivalent work.
Should I choose every publishing service at once?
Choose the work your project needs now. An assessment might identify development as the immediate priority, while production and launch planning follow after the manuscript reaches the appropriate stage.
What should a publishing schedule include?
Include manuscript delivery, editorial review, author revisions, artwork approvals, file preparation, proofs, and release coordination. Build the schedule around actual dependencies and your availability for approvals.
You have the idea. Let’s put a plan behind your book.
Start with a conversation about your goals, your manuscript, and the publishing path suited to you.
Book a No-Cost Strategy Call ➜