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We produce your book to professional standard, publish it across the platforms that fit it, and then do the work most publishers skip: help it sell.
Publishing ≠ selling. We do both.
A clear project with a clear finish line: your manuscript, made ready and live across the right platforms.
From ••• · see Pricing →
Book cover design is also offered on its own, for authors who already have a formatted interior and only need a professional cover. Use the Cover Template Calculator to get the exact canvas size, and OW designs the cover to fit it perfectly.
Open the Cover Calculator →The answer to the problem every author has after upload: nothing happens. Book Growth is the ongoing work that turns a live listing into real, tracked sales.
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Ad spend is separate and transparent. The fees above are for management. Your advertising budget is yours, paid to the platforms directly, always visible to you, never marked up.
The pre-publish quality gate
Before a book goes live, it should read clean. So you never have to leave to get your manuscript reader-ready, an optional but recommended step, or bundled into higher production tiers.
In-house
Catching typos, spacing and consistency, the final polish OW already runs on projects like Soul Sneakers, so your book reads clean from the first page.
Coordinated add-on
Heavier editing through trusted editors, the same coordinated model as illustration. From line-level clarity to developmental structure, arranged for you.
Publish everywhere that matters
Your book can reach millions of readers across the world's leading stores. Here's every platform we publish and manage on, what each one is, and the kind of book it suits.
Roughly 70–80% of the global ebook market. Handles ebook, paperback and hardcover through one dashboard with print-on-demand, no inventory, ever. The non-negotiable first platform, and the primary home of the Book Growth ad retainer.
The gold standard for wide print distribution: paperback and hardcover into 39,000+ bookstores, libraries and retailers worldwide. This is what makes a book orderable beyond Amazon, genuine "traditional-publishing" bookstore reach.
Direct access to millions of iPhone, iPad and Mac readers across 50+ countries, ebooks and audiobooks. The major non-Amazon ebook channel.
Strong globally, especially Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific, with genuinely useful promo tools and an active indie-author team (Kobo Writing Life). A key "go wide" ebook store.
The Nook ebook store plus paperbacks on BarnesAndNoble.com, solid royalties and reader credibility. Honest note: print doesn't reach physical B&N shelves without IngramSpark.
Huge Android reach across 75+ countries. Rounds out the major direct ebook storefronts and puts your book in front of the world's largest mobile audience.
The leading aggregator: upload once and distribute an ebook (and now paperback) to many stores at once, the efficient route to "wide" without managing every retailer account by hand.
A premium print specialist: hardcovers, large-format, children's picture books and coffee-table quality, plus its own storefront. Best where print quality and format variety matter.
An aggregator reaching hard-to-access markets (including China) via a subscription model rather than a royalty split, useful for maximum global spread.
A direct-to-reader storefront with 100% royalties and daily payouts. The smart "sell your own traffic here" complement to Amazon discovery.
Also available as situational add-ons: BookBaby (higher-touch full-service print & direct sales) and Blurb (photo-heavy and visual books), offered where a specific project calls for them, rather than as headline platforms.
How we actually do it: we don't upload every book to all ten. The right mix depends on the book, an ebook-first novel, a children's picture book and a bookstore-targeted memoir each need a different set. We advise the mix that fits your book, then publish and manage it there.
Who this is for
New authors
You've written the book. You want it produced properly and published on the right platforms, without learning six dashboards or guessing at specs.
Existing authors
Your book is already out, but nothing's happening. Book Growth picks it up where it is and works on the sales, ads, keywords, pricing and testing.
How it goes
You bring the finished text.
Proofread or edited to read clean.
Interior, cover & metadata built.
Published across the right stores.
The retainer takes over on sales.
Author Toolkit
Two deterministic calculators that solve the most common (and costly) self-publishing errors, and send OW your exact specs before any file work begins.
Computes your exact spine width and full-wrap cover size from binding, paper and page count, so your cover never gets rejected at upload.
Open the calculator →Tells you the correct margins, gutter (it scales with page count) and bleed, so text never gets swallowed into the spine or trimmed off the edge.
Open the calculator →Describe your book and get an instant first look, likely genre, a quick market read, and the OW path that fits. A helpful first look, not a guarantee.
Try the checker →Good questions
Yes, 100%. You always own your book, your rights and every copy. OW never takes ownership or warehouses stock; we produce, publish and grow, and it stays yours throughout.
It depends on the book. We advise the right mix from the top platforms, Amazon KDP and IngramSpark are the usual backbone, with Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play and others added where they fit. An ebook-first novel, a children's picture book and a bookstore-targeted memoir each get a different mix.
Timelines depend on scope, length, whether editorial and illustration are involved, and how ready the manuscript is. We map a clear timeline with a finish line at your consultation, so you always know where the project stands.
Book Growth has two parts: our management fee (setting up and running the campaigns) and your ad spend (the budget paid to platforms like Amazon to show your ads). Ad spend is separate, transparent and yours, paid to the platform directly, never marked up.
Absolutely. Many authors begin with a one-time Production project to get published properly, then add the Book Growth retainer once the book is live and they're ready to push sales. You can start Growth on an already-published book too.
Ready when you are
Book a consultation and we'll map your production scope, recommend a platform mix, and show you exactly how Book Growth would work for your book.
