Traditional publishers are interested in physical books that appeal to the mass market and can safely be sold through chain stores such as WH Smith, Waterstones or Tesco. This narrow approach means that many excellent books are never published in the first place or find themselves out of print when publishers turn their attention to new ideas.

Crux Publishing has a "digital-first" approach to publishing and marketing. We believe that this makes more books more widely available to readers and that it rewards authors more fairly for their writing.

Aggregators won’t review your book, help you to find the right copy-editor, commission cover artwork, build a unique marketing plan or help you to promote your book. They may offer some of these services for an additional fee but only through unknown (and usually anonymous) freelancers of unpredictable quality. Furthermore, while many aggregators offer to convert your manuscript into ebook formats, this requires you to follow their strict (and restrictive) formatting guidelines. Aggregators will help you with the electronic upload and distribution of your ebook in return for a commission of around 20%-25%.

Crux Publishing provides a comprehensive service that includes all of the above and much more. We also apply our many years of international marketing experience to create and execute a unique marketing plan that builds reader awareness and drives sales.

Self-publishing is a viable option if you want to spend as long learning new technical and business skills as you did writing your book in the first place. It’s a bit like someone deciding to build their own house and then learning the skills of an architect, electrician, builder, plumber, carpenter and decorator instead of hiring experienced professionals.

Crux Publishing provides a comprehensive service that includes all aspects of ebook production and distribution, saving you valuable time and upfront costs. We also have many years of international marketing experience that can never be matched by a generic self-publishing guide.

Sadly, many backlist and out-of-print titles have been poorly digitised through the lazy use of OCR (optical character recognition) software, resulting in all kinds of spe1ling err0rs and unpredictable paragraph form- atting.

Crux Publishing can digitally republish your backlist titles within a matter of months and will ensure that a human editor always reviews the final ebook files.

We will publish your book on the most popular international ebook platforms, including the Apple iBookstore, the Amazon Kindle Store, the Barnes & Noble Nook Store and Kobo.

These ebook platforms cover millions of potential readers in dozens of countries. Other ebook platforms are currently far less popular with readers and do not offer a truly international service. However, we are certainly able to publish to these platforms as they become more popular or if it makes particular sense for your book.

Please visit our Submissions page to review the guidelines and instructions for submitting a manuscript for publication.