Tell us about your book
Send us your manuscript, a link to your existing KDP listing, and a few details — genre, page count, and what you're hoping to achieve in bookshops.
Our processDunross Press
From your manuscript
to the shelf.
Seven considered steps. A straightforward process that prepares your existing title for print distribution, with your approval at every stage.
Review & quote
We review your title for fit and confirm your setup fee — £250 if you supply the cover artwork, £400 if we're designing it from scratch — plus an estimated timeline. Nothing is charged before this point.
Cover design
If you supply your own artwork, we adapt it for print. If not, we design a bespoke cover from scratch — either way, full wrap, spine text sized to your exact page count, and artwork that holds up on a bookshop table, not just a thumbnail.
Interior formatting
Your interior files are rebuilt to IngramSpark's exact template specifications — trim size, bleed, margins, and colour profile — so the print files meet spec first time.
Proofing & approval
You review a full proof of the cover and interior before anything is published. Nothing goes live without your sign-off.
Upload & listing
Once approved, we upload your title to IngramSpark and set it up for listing on Gardners.com — the UK wholesaler that supplies independent and chain bookshops.
Ongoing sales & reporting
Your title becomes orderable by bookshops. We monitor sales, send intro letters and support outreach to stores as relationships develop, and report revenue — taking our 10% only on what actually sells.
Distribution remains subject to platform acceptance. Bookshops decide independently which titles to stock.
Yours, throughoutA new channel.
A new channel.
Not a takeover.
Your KDP listing stays live
We’re adding a print distribution channel alongside Amazon KDP, not replacing it.
You keep the rights
Your manuscript and its rights remain yours. We prepare files and manage distribution as a service.
You approve every stage
Cover, interior and proof all require your sign-off before anything is uploaded or published.
The next chapterEvery book begins
Every book begins
with a conversation.
Tell us about your manuscript. We’ll talk through the possibilities, the process and the right next step.
Tell us about your book