Wordcatcher is a hybrid publisher. We take on a limited number of titles on the traditional model of only getting paid when we sell books, and we also assist authors who prefer to pay for publication.
Our general fiction and non-fiction publication packages start from £795, with a host of options depending on your needs.
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Our standard poetry publication package costs £495 and you receive 25 copies worth up to £225, recouping almost half of your initial investment if you sell them.
Our children’s publication package starts from £1,795 with full storyboarding and advice from start to finish.
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Our Creative Portfolio Series package costs £425, launching your work into the marketplace.
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We offer a limited number of ‘traditional’ publishing contracts where there is no up-front cost to the author and we both get paid when books sell. Much of our existing catalogue has been published on this basis. We are currently closed to this type of submission until 2021 and it is by invitation only.
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