Candlestick Publishing

You wrote the book.We make it a book.

paperback · Kindle

Formatting, ISBNs, cover direction and the whole technical side of getting a manuscript onto Amazon — done by someone who has done it, for a handful of authors at a time.

Tell us about your book

Candlestick Publishing

You open the account. You own the listing. Amazon pays your royalties into your bank, not ours.

How it actually goes

  1. You send the manuscript

    A Word file is best. We read it and tell you plainly what it needs.

  2. We set the interior

    Trim size, margins with a proper gutter, running page numbers, a contents page checked against the actual pages. Print and Kindle are different files; you get both.

  3. We allocate the ISBNs

    Registered with Library and Archives Canada under our imprint, one for print and one for the ebook.

  4. The cover gets built

    Front, spine and back as one wrap, sized to your final page count, with the barcode area left clear.

  5. We publish it together, on a call

    You open Amazon KDP in your own name. We share a screen and walk you through every field while you do the typing. About forty minutes.

  6. You order a proof

    A single printed copy before anything goes on sale.

What stays yours

The account

Opened in your name, your bank details, your tax declaration; we never hold your credentials.

The royalties

Amazon pays you directly.

The copyright

Yours, unchanged.

The ability to do it again

Tell us about your book

Tell us what you have written and what you want made, and we will tell you plainly what it would take.