Book publishing services for independent authors: Your book, published properly.
Nova Publishers (thenovap.com) is a book publishing services company for independent authors. It gives one fixed quote before any work starts and publishes through retailer accounts in the author's name. Editing, cover design, formatting, ISBN and distribution, with Launch Pro at $1,899 covering what most print books need.
- 100%
- Retailer royalties, paid to you
- $1,899
- Launch Pro, what most print books need
- 20,000+
- Retailers and libraries, from Launch Pro
- Est. 2024
- Independent, Virginia, USA
Your book, live in your own retailer accounts: Amazon, Kindle, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, IngramSpark, Kobo, Google Play Books, Audible
A full-service book publishing company for self-publishing authors
One team takes your manuscript from draft to a finished book on sale. The accounts, the retailer royalties and every right stay with you.
Self-publishing with Nova Publishers means one team takes your manuscript from draft to a finished book on sale. That team handles the editing, the cover, the interior layout, the ISBN, the metadata and the retailer setup, so you don't have to hire five freelancers or learn five upload systems. A project manager keeps the schedule, and you approve every stage before it moves on.
Your book is published through retailer accounts in your name: Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books and the other stores your package covers. The sales dashboards are yours, retailers pay your royalties straight to you, and you keep 100% of them. Your copyright stays with you as well.
Pricing is one fixed quote. Send your manuscript and tell us what you want to publish, and we'll reply within 1 business day with a quote based on your word count, genre and the services your book needs. Once you accept it, the price is set for the whole project. Packages start at $999 for an ebook, and Launch Pro at $1,899 covers what most print books need.
Nova works with authors worldwide, from first-time authors to authors who are already on Amazon and want more from their book: a print edition, wider distribution to bookstores and libraries, an audiobook, or a relaunch with a new cover and a fresh edit. Fiction, memoir, children's books, business books, self-help and other nonfiction all follow the same process, with an editor matched to the genre.
What every Nova author gets
Whichever package you choose, these four things come with it.
A fixed quote
Your quote covers everything listed in it, including the agreed revision rounds and every call along the way. Once you accept it, the price is set for the whole project.
Your accounts, your royalties
Your book goes live in your own KDP, IngramSpark, Barnes & Noble and other retailer accounts. Retailers pay you directly, you keep 100% of your retailer royalties, and every right to the book stays yours.
Editors who know your genre
Your manuscript goes to Nova's in-house editors, who work in separate fiction, nonfiction and genre teams and include editors who've worked at Penguin, HarperCollins and Hachette.
Distribution that reaches readers
Every package lists your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books. From Launch Pro, it can be ordered by 20,000+ retailers and libraries, including bookstores and library systems.
Book publishing services: The index.
Choose a package that covers the whole job, or buy a single service when you only need one part done.
Nova helps authors who published on KDP add a paperback or hardcover, reach bookstores and libraries through IngramSpark, add an audiobook, or relaunch with a new cover and a fresh edit.
Four packages, each at one fixed price: Pick a book off the shelf.
Each package includes everything in the one before it. Timelines start once you accept your quote and pay.
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Launch Pro
8 to 12 weeks
The package most print books need.
- Flow, pacing & continuity edit, plus line and copy editing
- Full print + ebook cover (3 concepts, 2 revision rounds)
- Print typesetting + ePub3 + Kindle
- ISBN registration
- Orderable by 20,000+ retailers and libraries
- Launch marketing plan
- Press release distribution
- 30 days of post-launch support
- 100% of your retailer royalties
Four stages from manuscript to retailers
Four chapters from manuscript to retail.
Launch takes 4 to 6 weeks, Launch Pro 8 to 12, Signature 12 to 18 and Elite 14 to 20, counted from the accepted quote and payment.
Send your manuscript
Send your draft, or whatever part of it exists, with a line about what you want to publish. We read it, reply within 1 business day and send a fixed quote for the work your book needs.
Edit
Your editor works through the editing layers in your package. You get tracked changes after every round, you accept or reject each change, and nothing moves to design until you sign off.
Design and produce
Your designer sends cover concepts, and the interior is typeset for print and ebook. We register the ISBN, write the metadata and set your categories, and you approve the final files.
Publish and distribute
Your book goes live in your own accounts on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books, and from Launch Pro, 20,000+ retailers and libraries. Launch Pro and above include 30 days of post-launch support.
Who does the work
People edit your book.
Your book is edited by Nova's in-house editors, who work in separate fiction, nonfiction and genre teams. Cover designers, interior formatters and a project manager handle the rest, and you approve every stage.
How you work with them
Every change tracked. Every call yours.
You get tracked changes after every editing round and accept or reject each one. Nothing moves to the next stage until you approve it.
Nova also has its own development team. It builds the tools that take admin off the team, like IRIS, which reads a manuscript and reports on its structure and readiness. That gives your editor and designer more time for the book itself.
Publishing for fiction, nonfiction and everything between
Every book goes through the same four stages. The editor, the cover direction and the distribution plan change with the genre.
From the Nova bookstore: Real authors. Real books.
A sample of books in the Nova bookstore. Each author owns their book and keeps their retailer royalties.
Before you commit · free
Is your manuscript ready?
Take the free 2-minute readiness check. You get a report on where your manuscript stands and what to work on next, and Nova's team can answer your questions about it.
- Is your manuscript structurally sound?
- Is your genre positioning clear?
- Is your cover concept defined?
- Is your audience identified?
- Is your launch runway ready?
FAQ: What authors ask before they publish
All questions →Nova Publishers has four fixed-price packages: Launch at $999, Launch Pro at $1,899, Signature at $3,799 and Elite at $5,499. Launch is for ebooks, and most print books go with Launch Pro. Send your manuscript and you'll have a fixed quote within 1 business day.
Ready when you are
Send us your
manuscript.
Or whatever part of it exists. We'll read it, reply within 1 business day, and send a fixed quote for what your book needs.