Distribution makes your book available: listed with online retailers, orderable by bookstores and libraries, and supplied when someone buys it. That is different from guaranteed shelf placement, which depends on retailers choosing to stock a title. No honest distributor can promise your book will be on a bookstore shelf.
We set up distribution channels suited to your goals, explain the settings that influence retailer interest, and help you make the book easier to order, so the opportunities are there when readers and stores look for it.
Read the full overview on our Book Distribution services page.
Nothing moves to the next stage without your approval, and the work remains yours.
A distribution plan for print and ebook
Channel setup in your accounts
Configuration of discounts, returns and pricing
Availability checks after release
We agree formats, platforms and what you already have in place.
Files are checked and metadata is written and agreed with you.
Editions are set up on the platforms you choose, in your name.
We confirm the book is live and hand over notes for managing it.
Here is what you gain when your book is handled by a specialist publishing team at Potter Publishers, working alongside editors, designers and publishing specialists under one roof.
LIVE CHATBooks are set up in accounts in your name, so sales reports and royalty payments come directly to you.
We help you choose the right mix of Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and other channels so readers, bookstores and libraries can find your book.
Categories, keywords, descriptions and ISBN details are prepared carefully, because they decide where your book appears in search.
You receive a written plan with each step, cost and timeline before your book is submitted to any platform.
We edit and proofread in Australian English by default for Australian authors (colour, organise, travelled), and can switch to US or UK spelling if your book targets those readers.
In Australia, ISBNs are issued by Thorpe-Bowker. We help you buy and register them in your own name or your imprint's, so you are the publisher of record.
Australian legal deposit generally requires published books to be deposited with the National Library of Australia and the relevant state library. We include this in your publishing checklist. For New South Wales authors, the state library is the State Library of New South Wales.
Quotes for Australian authors are confirmed in writing, including the currency, before any work begins. The main price factors are:
We are a full-service publishing team for independent authors in Australia and the United States. Writers, editors, designers and marketers work together on your book, so every stage connects and nothing is lost between suppliers.
Tell us about your manuscript and we will send a written plan and quote within 48 hours.
Ready to talk about your book? Contact us or request a quote above.
A distribution plan, channel setup in your accounts, configuration of key settings and availability checks after release.
No. Distribution makes the book available to order; stocking decisions belong to each retailer.
Yes. We work with Sydney authors remotely by video call, phone and email, scheduled in AEST/AEDT (Sydney time).
We edit and proofread in Australian English by default for Australian authors (colour, organise, travelled), and can switch to US or UK spelling if your book targets those readers.
