The Gold package was designed for amateur and semi-pro authors serious about launching a career in writing without spending a lot of money.

For books between 30,000 – 140,000 words. The “Gold” combo-publishing package includes upgrades on services, more custom cover options, interior options, trim sizes, expanded distribution, and promotional tools. The “Gold” combo-publishing package includes a personal assistant to help you throughout the process. Also, included is social media development to begin building an author platform that will place name recognition online which is needed to generate book sales. As with all Empire Publishing packages, authors receive more for the money than what the other publishers are offering. Options are available to upgrade any service by adding on as a-la-cart items. Empire Publishing utilizes the popular Print on Demand and Distribution services.

The trim sizes available for this package are 5 x 8 – 5.06 x 7.81 – 5.25 x 8 – 5.5 x 8.5 – 6 x 9 – 6.14 x 9.21 – 6.69 x 9.61 – 7 x 10 – 7.44 x 9.69 – 7.5 x 9.25. – 8 x 10 – 8.5 x 11

√ Professional/Custom Interior Formatting – Print and digital versions require separate treatment. Learn more

√ Mechanical Editing – Your completed submitted manuscript receives a basic editing treatment with the leading academic software and corrects most spelling errors, improper punctuation, indents, and line spacing. The author can upgrade as an add-on service for copyediting if needed. However, if more than copyediting is required, please call to discuss your editing needs. Learn more

√ ISBN and barcode – An ISBN identifies a title’s edition. Learn more

√ Premium Book Cover -An exceptional cover is a must for any book. Empire Publishing designs only top-notch book covers. Learn more

√ Hardcover Edition – Dust Cover or Case Laminate 

√ Trade Paperback – High quality that meets industry standards. Learn more

√ Kindle eBook Edition – Professional formatting and distribution on Amazon. Learn more

√ Placement of up to  15  black and white interior images (supplied by the author) Must be scanned at 600dpi and submitted in PDF or JPEG.

√ Your own Author Representative who provides support throughout the publishing process.

√ Worldwide Distribution – with Amazon, and with other major booksellers such as Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Target, and other online booksellers and national distributors. Allowing you to pitch your book to local bookstores to carry on the shelf. Learn more.

√ Video Trailer Option – Special – This package allows for a discounted add-on of a  35-45 second video teaser trailer representing the interior and announcing the release of your book. It is hosted on Empire Publishing’s YouTube Channel or Rumble, and you can use the MP4 video to embed it on websites. Amazon’s Author Central Page and your social media pages. Short videos are perfect for building an author platform. And for marketing your book.  Ask for service/product to be added to this package for only, $199.00 Learn more

√ Amazon’s “Look Inside” and Google Preview service gives readers a sneak peek of your book. Learn more 

√ Free eBook or PDF – of  “How to Make Money; Writing, Publishing and Selling Books: Book Marketing Secrets, Tips and More (Ways to Make Money with Your Books)” by Francesca Maria. See Book

√ Social Media New Release Announcement – Get your book seen by an extensive network of social media book promotion platforms to gain more exposure for the release of an author’s book, which can be later utilized for continued marketing by the author for consistent book sales.

√ Mini-Book Signing Kit – Receive one 18″ x 24″ Poster of your book cover, 25 bookmarks featuring your book’s cover, and a QR code that directs readers to your checkout page, or if you have an existing Website, we can direct them there instead. 

√ Placement on Librarium – Empire Publishing’s online bookstore. Learn more 

√ 4 free copies of your book. 2 Paperback and 2 Hardcover 

How to Submit Your Manuscript: Click Here

1 – As a courtesy, Empire Publishing offers two free rounds of minor corrections/changes after you receive your first eProof in a PDF. You will be supplied with a separate Proof/Changes document for you to make changes on.  For each correction/change after the second round of changes, you will be billed at 20% of the package price. It is imperative for you to check your eProof manuscript closely before we submit your file to the printer.

Note: After your files have been uploaded to the printer and you want to make changes, you simply contact your representative, and instructions are given on how to make changes after submission to the printer. Upload fees and reformatting fees will apply, and if you change the cover, title, or subtitle, then also a new barcode will need to be purchased. 

2 – If you want to submit more than 15 images to this package, there is an additional charge of $10.00 per image. 

3 –  Highly complex manuscripts that may include more than five specialized or customized images, such as children’s books, cookbooks, poetry, and textbooks, images with captions, graphs, and tables; present design challenges that require custom services, this package includes five pages of customized design work, if there are more than five specialized pages, don’t hesitate to get in touch with a representative to find out more information about what we can provide within this package guidelines.

If you have questions about your manuscript’s requirements or which service is best for your book, please call us at 702-292-4638