Industry
How publishing actually works — royalties, costs, contracts, and the math.
Industry posts.
Why we don't take a percentage of your royalty
An open letter on why 100% royalty isn't a marketing hook — and why we'd rather lose the margin than the principle.
We analyzed 100 self-published books on Amazon India. Here's what we found.
Cover patterns, pricing distributions, review counts, and sales rank trends — what separates the books that move from the ones that don't.
The royalty math behind a ₹249 paperback.
Where every rupee of a ₹249 sale actually goes — print cost, platform fee, GST, distribution markup, and what's left for the author.
How much does it actually cost to publish a book in India?
A line-by-line breakdown of what real Indian authors pay — and where most of the cost actually goes. Real numbers, not estimates.
Print-on-demand vs offset: when does each make sense?
POD wins for the first 200 copies. Offset wins after 1,000. The grey zone in the middle is where most authors lose money.
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Tell us about your manuscript. We'll send package recommendations, timeline, and total cost on WhatsApp or email — no commitment.
Every rupee your book earns after print and distribution is yours. Same on book one. Same on book one thousand.
Manuscript to live on Amazon. Industry average is 6 to 9 months. We measure this monthly and miss it less than 5% of the time.
What's on the package page is what you pay. Cover revisions, ISBN, distribution — all included. No mid-project surprise invoices.
In writing. The earlier you change your mind, the more you get back. Published on our About page, not buried in legalese.