Pay once, or pay nothing.
Buy the work outright and keep 100% of net revenue — or pay nothing up front and we take 30% only if the book sells. Either way: print, eBook & Kindle, your ISBN, distribution to 40,000+ retailers and libraries, and you keep your rights.
Choose how you pay for it.
Never both. Most publishers charge a fee and take a share of your royalties — you do one or the other here.
- Pay once. Keep every penny the book earns.
- You keep 100% of net revenue, for as long as it sells
- One payment, no ongoing split
- Same work, same distribution, same team
- Best if you can fund it up front, or expect to sell well
- Pay nothing. We only earn if your book does.
- You keep 70% of net revenue; we keep 30%
- No fee, ever — we carry the production cost
- Same work, same distribution, same team
- Open to any author — one book at a time, in order of application
- Or awarded as Publisher's Choice to a book we particularly want
- Switch to outright any time before we print, and keep 100%
Three levels of work.
The level depends on the manuscript, not on which track you pick. The price shown is what you’d pay to buy it outright; on the partnership track it’s what we invest in your book.
- Copyedit & proofread, line by line
- Every quotation and citation verified
- Interior typeset to a print-legal trim size
- Print-ready cover, correct bleed and spine
- Paperback + eBook + Kindle
- ISBN included
- Amazon, B&N & Ingram — 40,000+ retailers and libraries
- Unlimited editorial queries, answered one at a time
- Proof cycles until you approve — nothing prints before you do
- Everything in Essential, plus…
- Line edit — rhythm, repetition, clarity
- Custom cover design
- + Hardcover edition
- Sources and scripture references checked against the originals
- Headings, lists and footnotes rebuilt where they were lost
- Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo and dozens more storefronts
- Your author page on safahi.com
- A direct line to your publisher, by email or WhatsApp
- Everything in Professional, plus…
- Developmental edit — structure, argument, pacing
- Rewriting and additional writing where a chapter needs it
- Bespoke premium cover
- Launch kit (blurb, social, press)
- Reader email-list setup
- Native-speaker review on any translated edition
- Priority scheduling
Not sure which plan fits? Let's have a conversation →
Regional pricing.
The prices above are for authors in high-income countries. Buying outright shouldn’t depend on where you happen to live, so it doesn’t: the fee is reduced by World Bank income classification. The partnership track is free everywhere and needs no adjustment.
| Buy outright | Essential | Professional | Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $1,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| Lower-middle-income countries | $500 | $1,250 | $2,500 |
| Low-income countries | $300 | $750 | $1,500 |
Tell us where you’re based when you submit and we’ll quote the right column. It’s a price, not a discount you have to ask for.
Not sure which one you need? You don’t have to guess. Send us the manuscript and we’ll read it, tell you which level it lands in, and show you exactly which findings put it there — before you pay anything. Every level includes print, eBook & Kindle in one language (English). Hybrid and vanity presses charge $2,500 to $25,000 for the same work.
Published, not just printed.
Every tier includes the whole distribution footprint. An editor hands back a file; we put the book on sale.
Every major storefront
Paperback, hardcover and Kindle on Amazon worldwide; your eBook on Apple Books, Google Play Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Everand and dozens more.
40,000+ retailers and libraries
Through Ingram, your book becomes orderable by bookshops, universities, wholesalers and library systems worldwide — the trade channel that self-publishing platforms alone cannot reach.
Up to 50 languages
Publish the same book in additional languages as an add-on, each with its own eBook and Kindle edition, and print wherever the language is supported.
- Amazon
- Barnes & Noble
- Apple Books
- Google Play
- Kobo
- Ingram
- Everand
- Hoopla
- OverDrive
- Tolino
- Vivlio
- Borrow Box
Print through Amazon and Ingram; eBook through the rest. Retailer names are used to describe where your book is sold — they aren’t partnerships or endorsements.
Reach more readers.
Optional extras on any tier — priced simply, so you can go as far as your book deserves.
AI Audiobook
Turn your book into an audiobook with a natural AI voice, distributed to Audible, Apple, and Spotify.
$250 standard · $500 premium
Premium recommended for fiction. Up to 100k words; +$100 per additional 25k.
More Languages
Publish the same book in up to 50 languages — each additional language includes eBook + Kindle. Translation quality scales with your tier (native-speaker review on Signature).
20% off your tier
From $800 (Essential) · $2,000 (Professional) · $4,000 (Signature) per language. Print available in supported languages.
Human Narration
Prefer a human narrator for your fiction? We’ll match you with professional talent.
Contact for a quote
Most authors choose our premium AI voice — great quality, a fraction of the cost.
Questions
What’s included in the price?
Every level includes your paperback, eBook, and Kindle edition in English, your ISBN, and global distribution — at no extra cost. Audiobooks and additional languages are optional add-ons.
Which should I choose — pay the fee, or the partnership?
If you can fund the work up front and you expect the book to sell, buy it outright: you pay once and keep 100% of net revenue for as long as it sells. If you’d rather not pay anything, take the partnership: we carry the whole production cost and keep 30% of net. You never pay both.
What does “net revenue” mean?
What’s left after print cost and retailer or platform fees. On the partnership track you keep 70% of that and we keep 30%. If you paid the fee, you keep all of it.
Can anyone take the partnership track?
Yes. It isn’t reserved for books we think will be bestsellers — we simply work on one partnership book at a time, because we carry the whole production cost on each one. It runs as a straight queue: if the place is occupied when you apply we’ll tell you where you are in line, and it opens again as soon as the book in it is published. Buying outright is always available immediately.
What is Publisher's Choice?
The partnership place normally goes to whoever is next in the queue. Publisher’s Choice is when we give it instead to a manuscript we particularly want to publish, so that an exceptional book doesn’t sit behind an ordinary one purely because the ordinary one applied first. The terms are identical to any other partnership book: no fee, and you keep 70% of net. You can’t apply for it, and there’s nothing to do differently — every manuscript we read is considered for it automatically.
Can I switch from the partnership to paying the fee?
Yes, up until we send the book to print: pay your tier fee and you keep 100% of net revenue from the first sale. Be aware that the window is short and it is the only one — production can run in a matter of weeks, and once the book has gone to print the split is fixed for good, whether or not it has been published yet. By that point the work is delivered and the 30% is what paid for it. So if you think you will want to buy it out, decide early rather than waiting to see how the book sells; it will not have sold anything yet.
Can I get an audiobook?
Yes — add an AI-narrated audiobook for $250 (standard) or $500 (premium, recommended for fiction), distributed to Audible, Apple, and Spotify. Prefer a human narrator? Contact us for a quote.
Can you publish my book in other languages?
Yes — in up to 50 languages. Each additional language is 20% off your tier and includes the eBook + Kindle edition; print is available in supported languages. Higher tiers add editorial and native-speaker review.
Do I keep my rights?
Yes. You own your book and your content, always.
How long does it take?
Our first client book went from manuscript to print-ready in five days. How fast depends on the manuscript and on you: a finished, clean draft with a responsive author moves in days; one that needs restructuring, rights cleared or chapters rewritten takes longer. After we submit, Amazon usually lists within about 72 hours, and Barnes & Noble and Ingram roll out over the following weeks — that part is the retailers’ timetable, not ours.