Our Services
And How We're DifferentThe Pedernales Difference
- You write and edit the book, then work on marketing. We take care of the rest.
- We take zero royalty cut. Full royalties are paid directly to the author by retailer.
- Full transparency of your sales.
- You retain all rights to your book. You own all the contracts, everything is in your name.
- Flat, fixed fee. No surprises.
- No “packages” to choose from. You get paperback, hardcover and ebooks all for one flat fixed price.
- Personal, superb customer service.
- Excellent optional expedite and author website design services available.
- You get all the design files at the end of the project.
- Guaranteed satisfaction, or your money back, 100%, no questions asked.
What We Do
Pedernales Publishing, LLC. was founded for the express purpose of providing good writers an honest, affordable and straightforward way to publish their books.
Our goal is to provide the services needed to professionally publish your book and give it the best distribution choices possible, including all major e-book formats, online retailers, and brick and mortar stores, if desired. Our promise to authors is that we will help you publish your book for a single, low flat fee within 90 days or less, start to finish. Want it sooner? We have a superb expedite service.
No hidden costs, no overly complex contracts. You own the ISBN. You keep all your sales, rights, and royalties. You review the proofs and decide when to publish. At the end, we give you all the files. We use a professional toolset, including the latest cloud versions of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Oxygen XML Author, Adobe Distiller, WordPress, and Dreamweaver.
Learn more about our business. See testimonials from satisfied customers. See our FAQs for details.
What we do for you:
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Free submission review; but don’t be intimidated, we just want to make sure it is well-written, well-edited and ready to publish.
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We’ll purchase your ISBNs and bar codes in your name, and obtain your Library of Congress Control Number.
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We’ll register your copyright in your name.
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Custom cover design. We will work with you to create a powerful and unique cover that will convey the essence of your story to the reader.
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Custom interior design and layout.
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File creation and submission to Print-On-Demand vendor, such as KDP Print and/or Ingram Spark.
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Order proof copies for your approval.
- Create Advance Review Copies, to send out for pre-launch publicity and blurbs.
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E-book formatting and file submission, including Kindle, iBooks, Nook, Kobo, and others.
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Release for global publication and distribution.
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We provide you with financial modeling and consulting so you can set your retail price, and know how much you will earn. Remember, we never take a cut of your earnings.
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When completed, we give you the digital files containing your cover and book interior.
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All for a single, fixed, low flat fee and we provide a 100% money-back guarantee. No risk to you.
I was impressed with their overall knowledge about the publishing game and their wisdom and ability to guide this complex project. Thanks to their persistence, expertise, and encouragement, my book turned out better than I ever imagined.”
Ivor Davis, 2015 IPPY Gold Medal prize-winning author of The Beatles and Me On Tour and Five to Die: The Book that Helped Convict Manson.