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Costs
How much does a ghostwriter cost in the UK?
Real 2026 rates by word, by project and by genre — plus what the cheap end actually buys you and where the money goes.
Costs
How much does it cost to publish a book in the UK? 2026 breakdown
Line-by-line UK costs for editing, cover design, typesetting, ISBNs and distribution, in pounds — plus the three places British authors reliably overspend.
Strategy
Self-publishing vs traditional publishing: an honest comparison
Advances, royalty rates, rights, timelines and control — what each route actually gives you, and who each one genuinely suits.
Ghostwriting
How to hire a ghostwriter without getting burned
The seven questions that separate a professional ghostwriter from a content mill, and the contract terms you should never agree to.
Marketing
Amazon categories and keywords: the free fix most authors skip
Why category selection moves more copies than advertising, and how to research the seven keyword slots properly.
Design
What makes a book cover sell at thumbnail size
The design decisions that survive being shrunk to 80 pixels wide — and the ones that quietly destroy conversion.
International
Publishing a book across Europe: VAT, ISBNs and territory pricing
What changes when you sell into the EU — ISBN registration by country, VAT on eBooks, and how to price by territory.
Free resource
The Author's Publishing Checklist
A 14-page checklist covering everything between a finished draft and a book on sale: file specs, metadata, category research, pricing by territory, and the twelve things authors most often forget. No cost, no sales sequence.
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