Publish with us
Send us the manuscript. We will tell you the truth about it.
Every submission gets read by a person. If the book is not ready, we will say so and tell you what would make it ready — that is more useful to you than a contract you regret.
The journey
Five stages, and you approve each one.
Send your manuscript
Share the full manuscript or a sample with a short synopsis. We read everything that comes in and reply with an honest assessment.
Plan the edition
Together we settle format, language, print specification, cover direction, and where the book should sell — print, digital, or both.
Edit, design, typeset
Your editor works through the manuscript while the design team develops covers and interiors. You approve at each stage.
Print and publish
ISBN registered, files prepared for print-on-demand, ebook packaged and converted. A proof copy reaches you to approve before the book goes on sale.
Sell and deliver
The title goes live on our bookstore and partner marketplaces. Each order is printed on demand and delivered anywhere in India.
What is included
What you actually get.
Publishing packages differ by book — a 400-page archaeology monograph and a 90-page self-help book are not the same job. What does not change is the list below.
- A named editor who reads the whole manuscript
- Cover concepts developed with you, not handed down
- Interior typesetting suited to the genre
- ISBN and copyright registration
- A proof copy to approve before the book goes on sale
- Listing on our bookstore and partner marketplaces
- A digital edition alongside the print one
- Delivery to readers anywhere in India
Submissions
What to send.
The manuscript
Complete if you have it, or a substantial sample. Word or PDF is fine — formatting does not need to be tidy.
A short synopsis
A page is plenty. What the book is, who it is for, and why you wrote it.
Anything already decided
A language, a target release, a format in mind, an existing cover — tell us so we do not redo it.
Questions
Things authors ask us.
- Which languages do you publish in?
- Tamil, English, and bilingual books that carry both Tamil and English. We do not currently take on manuscripts in other languages.
- Which genres do you accept?
- We publish classical literature, ancient culture and civilisation, archaeology, health and well-being, and self-help. We do not currently accept fiction, including novels and short stories.
- Do I keep the rights to my book?
- Under our author partner terms you retain copyright in your work. The specific rights you grant us — territory, format, duration — are set out plainly in the agreement before you sign anything.
- Do I have to order a print run?
- No. We only print on demand: each copy is printed when it is ordered, whether that is one copy or fifty. There is no minimum print run and no unsold stock, and a book never has to go out of print.
- Do you deliver outside Tamil Nadu?
- We are based in Chennai and deliver to every state and union territory in India. Digital editions are available to readers anywhere.
- I already run a publishing house. Can you work with us?
- Yes — see For Publishers. We handle backlist digitisation, ebook conversion, print production and distribution as a service for existing imprints.