One fixed quote
for your whole book.
Publishing a book with Nova Publishers (thenovap.com) costs one fixed, quoted price. Launch is $999 for ebooks, Launch Pro is $1,899 and covers what most print books need, Signature is $3,799 and Elite is $5,499. Your quote is based on your word count, genre and the services your book needs, and the price is set once you accept it.
How much it costs to publish a book with Nova
Every book Nova Publishers publishes starts with a fixed quote. You send your manuscript, or as much of it as you have, and tell us what you want to publish: an ebook, a paperback, a hardcover, an audiobook, or all of them. We reply within 1 business day with a quote that lists every service, the price and the timeline.
The quote is built on four things: the length of your manuscript, how much editing it needs, the formats you want, and any extras such as marketing, an author website or a book trailer. Once you accept it, the price is set for the whole project. Revision rounds, calls and messages within the scope of your quote are all included.
There are four packages. Each package includes everything in the one before it, and every package comes with a project manager, setup in your own retailer accounts and 100% of your retailer royalties. If you only need part of the work done, you can buy single services instead.
Start with what your book needs
Fixed package prices. Your quote confirms the package and any extra services your book needs before work starts.
Packages cost less than buying the same services one by one.
- Copy editing & proofreading
- Ebook cover (2 concepts, 1 revision round)
- Ebook formatting (ePub3 + Kindle)
- ISBN (Nova's by default)
- Listed on Amazon, B&N and Apple Books
- Set up in your own retailer accounts
- 100% of your retailer royalties
- 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
- Everything in Launch Pro
- Audiobook production & distribution
- Podcast booking campaign (3 placements)
- Amazon Ads management (3 months)
- Author website setup
- Email newsletter setup
- Social media launch kit
- 100% of your retailer royalties
- Everything in Signature
- Dedicated developmental edit plus a final proofread
- 30–60s video book trailer
- Comparable-title & market positioning analysis
- Extended marketing + $500 ad credit
- Trade review submission (Kirkus and BookLife)
- Priority production queue
- Milestone payments available
- 100% of your retailer royalties
Which package fits your book
Publishing an ebook first
Launch, $999. For a clean manuscript going out as an ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books. You get a copy edit and proofread, an ebook cover with 2 concepts and 1 revision round, ePub3 and Kindle files and an ISBN.
Publishing in print and ebook
Launch Pro, $1,899. The package most print books need. It adds a flow, pacing and continuity edit, a full print cover with 3 concepts and 2 revision rounds, print typesetting and distribution to 20,000+ retailers and libraries, plus a launch plan and a press release.
Adding audio and marketing
Signature, $3,799. For authors who want the audiobook, the marketing and an author platform in one plan: audiobook production, a podcast booking campaign with 3 placements, 3 months of Amazon Ads management, an author website and newsletter setup.
The full launch
Elite, $5,499. Everything in Signature, plus a dedicated developmental edit, a 30 to 60 second book trailer, comparable-title analysis, a $500 ad credit, Kirkus and BookLife review submissions and priority production. Both the Kirkus and BookLife review fees are included in the Elite price, and Elite can be paid in milestones.
Single publishing services
Already have an edited manuscript or a cover? Buy only the services you need, at a fixed price. Packages include project coordination and one schedule, so they usually cost less than the same services bought one at a time.
Copy & Developmental Editing
From $1,500A developmental edit for structure, flow and pacing, then line and copy editing, with tracked changes after each round.
Cover Design
From $600A custom cover for print and ebook, with the spine sized to your page count and source files delivered.
Interior Formatting
From $450Print interior + ePub3 + Kindle. Built to pass KDP and IngramSpark checks.
Audiobook Production
From $1,800Human narrator from $2,800, AI voice from $1,800.
Distribution Setup
From $750ISBN, metadata, categories and listings set up in your own KDP, IngramSpark and other retailer accounts.
Author Website
From $1,800A custom author website with newsletter signup and a press kit, built for you to keep.
Book Trailer
$3,000A 30 to 60 second video trailer for your book, cut for TikTok, Reels, YouTube and Amazon.
What it costs to publish a book with Nova
Nova Publishers has four fixed-price packages: Launch at $999, Launch Pro at $1,899, Signature at $3,799 and Elite at $5,499. Your exact quote depends on word count, genre and the services your book needs, and the price is set once you accept it. Either way, your book goes live in your own retailer accounts, credited "Published by Nova Publishers" on a Nova ISBN, and you keep your rights and 100% of your retailer royalties.
Nova Publishers' prices are fixed: we quote once, before any work starts, and the price in your quote is the price you pay for the whole project, including the agreed revision rounds and every call along the way.
A Nova Publishers quote depends on four things: the length of your manuscript, how much editing it needs, the formats you want (ebook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook) and any extras such as marketing, a website or a book trailer.
Nova Publishers takes payment upfront in full, by card or bank wire through our bank merchants. Packages over $5,000, such as Elite at $5,499, can be split into milestone payments, and the schedule is written into your quote.
At Nova Publishers, Launch Pro at $1,899 covers what most print books need, because it's the first package with the full edit, a print cover and print typesetting. Launch at $999 is for ebooks. Signature adds an audiobook and marketing, and Elite adds a book trailer and trade reviews.
No, Nova Publishers' Launch package at $999 is ebook only, and print books start with Launch Pro at $1,899. Launch covers copy editing and proofreading, an ebook cover, ebook formatting and an ISBN, while Launch Pro adds print typesetting, a full print cover and the flow, pacing and continuity edit most print books need.
Yes, Nova Publishers sells single services: formatting from $450, a cover from $600, distribution setup from $750, copy and developmental editing from $1,500, an audiobook from $1,800 and an author website from $1,800.
Usually not: a Nova Publishers package costs less than the same services bought one at a time, because it includes project coordination and one schedule. Single services suit authors who already have part of the work done, such as an edited manuscript or a finished cover.
Every Nova Publishers package includes a project manager, an editor matched to your genre, a custom cover, formatting, an ISBN, setup in your own retailer accounts and 100% of your retailer royalties.
No, a Nova Publishers quote covers everything listed in it, with no per-revision billing inside the agreed rounds, and Nova takes nothing from the royalties retailers pay you.
Nova Publishers' Copy & Developmental Editing starts from $1,500 on its own, which is more than Launch because it's a deeper edit. Launch includes a copy edit and proofread, while Copy & Developmental Editing also works on structure, flow and pacing, which takes an editor much longer.
Nova Publishers produces audiobooks with a human narrator from $2,800 or an AI voice from $1,800. Audiobook production is also included in the Signature and Elite packages.
At Nova Publishers, Launch takes 4 to 6 weeks, Launch Pro 8 to 12 weeks, Signature 12 to 18 weeks and Elite 14 to 20 weeks. Timelines start once you accept the quote and pay.
Get a quote for your book.
Tell us your word count, genre and what you want to publish. We'll send you a fixed quote within 1 business day.