For publishers

Become an Indus Books publisher partner.

If you already run an imprint, you do not need another publisher — you need production, conversion and distribution capacity you can rely on. That is what this is.

Capabilities

Work we take on for other imprints.

Pick the pieces you need. Some partners send us only print production; others hand over an entire backlist for digitisation and let us run distribution alongside it.

Production capacity

Editing, typesetting and cover design handled as overflow when your own list is running hot and deadlines are tight.

Print-on-demand

Every copy printed when it is ordered, with paper, binding and finishing specified per title. No print runs and no stock to hold.

Backlist digitisation

Out-of-print and older titles scanned, corrected, re-typeset and published as digital editions that stay available.

eBook conversion

Reflowable and fixed-layout EPUB built properly, including Tamil script, which generic tools mangle.

Distribution

Marketplace listings and orders from bookshops, libraries and institutions, each printed on demand and delivered across India.

No stock to hold

Every copy is printed to order, so there is nothing to warehouse, nothing to count and nothing left over to pulp.

Backlist digitisation

Your out-of-print titles are still worth something.

Most imprints in India are sitting on a list of titles that sold well once and have been unavailable for years — the print run finished, a reprint never quite justified itself, and that was that. Digitised properly and offered as eBooks or print-on-demand, those books need no stock at all and start earning again.

How digitisation works
  1. 01

    Audit the list

    We go through your backlist and flag what is worth bringing back first.

  2. 02

    Check the rights

    Confirming what you still control before anything is digitised.

  3. 03

    Scan and rebuild

    Scanning, OCR, human proofing and re-typesetting into a clean edition.

  4. 04

    Publish and distribute

    Listed digitally, with print-on-demand available for anyone who wants a physical copy.

Tell us what your imprint needs.

Send us a note about your list, your volumes and where the bottleneck is. We will come back with what we can take off your hands.

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