First Stages:

This covers:

• sending the manuscript, together with a completed Submission Form, to Apex Publishing Ltd together with return postage.

• if accepted by Apex Publishing Ltd, we will prepare an offer of a contract which will be sent via Royal Mail. We offer all kinds of contracts, and these may vary according to the terms offered.

Submission Form

Click on the link opposite and then use the print button of your browser to print out a hard copy of the form for sending to Apex Publishing Ltd along with your manuscript.

Production:

This covers:

• copy-editing
• review of proofs
• typesetting
• proofreading
• cover design
• back cover synopsis
• printing and binding
• cover lamination
• bar-coding ready for retail sale
• ISBN registration
• forwarding complimentary copies to the author

For more information, please contact our Production Manager, Chris Cowlin:
Chris.Cowlin@apexpublishing.co.uk


Marketing, Sales & Distribution:

This covers:

• distribution of flyers/advance information sheets to agents and booksellers
• contact with booksellers and overseas distributors and agents
• distribution of copies to reviewers and as required by the Copyright act to:
• The British Library
• The Bodleian Library, Oxford
• The University Library, Cambridge
• The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
• The Library of Trinity College, Dublin
• The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
• distribution to local and national libraries
• sending review copies to local/national newspapers
• sending review copies to local/national radio/TV shows
• providing information to press Internet sites
• follow-up on local newspaper coverage
• approaching local bookshops to stock and arrange a book signing
• placing on worldwide Internet sites
• providing information to ordering systems in most bookshops
• providing author with book information cards, flyers and covers
• submit books to television production companies
• submit books to various book competitions/awards

For more information please contact our Marketing and Sales Manager, Jackie Bright:
Jackie.Bright@apexpublishing.co.uk