Most books suit a reflowable ebook: the text adapts to the reader's screen and font size, so the file needs clean structure rather than a fixed design. Picture books, cookbooks and heavily designed books may need a fixed layout instead, where each page keeps its design. We recommend the right approach for your book and explain the trade-offs.
Every file is built with a linked table of contents, proper headings, embedded or appropriately fallback fonts and correctly sized images, then checked on a range of devices and reading apps before delivery.
Read the full overview on our Ebook Formatting services page.
Nothing moves to the next stage without your approval, and the work remains yours.
EPUB file in reflowable or fixed layout
Linked table of contents and navigation
Optimised images and styling
Device testing before delivery
Share your final files, references and the formats you need.
We prepare concepts or sample pages for your approval.
The full design or files are produced to specification.
You review a proof, we apply corrections and deliver final files.
Here is what you gain when your book is handled by a specialist design and production team at Potter Publishers, working alongside editors, designers and publishing specialists under one roof.
LIVE CHATReaders decide whether to look closer at a book in moments. A genre-appropriate cover and a clean interior earn that second look.
Files are built to retailer and printer specifications, including trim size, bleed, fonts and image resolution, avoiding rejected uploads.
Professional typography, margins and spacing make long reading comfortable in print and on every ebook device.
Paperback, hardcover, ebook and audiobook artwork are planned together, so your book looks consistent everywhere it is sold.
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.
An EPUB file in the right layout for your book, a linked table of contents, optimised images and styling, and device testing.
Text-led books are almost always reflowable. Picture books, cookbooks and layout-heavy books often need fixed layout.
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.
