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Publishing & Printing

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TURNING YOUR PASSION INTO PRINT

Whatever the genre - family history, memoir, fiction, poetry, cookbook, children's picture book - we help writers throughout New Zealand become self-published authors.

We guide you through all the processes involved in producing a well-designed, well-bound book at a cost-effective price. You can print as many books as you need, whenever you need them. We cover:
  • Preparation of your manuscript (including editing and proofreading*)
  • Preparation of photographs or other illustrations
  • Book layout
  • Book cover design

If your book is intended for commercial distribution and sale we can also:
  • Supply ISBN / bar-code. 
  • Register your book with Nielsen.  
  • Place your book with on-line retailers (e.g. Amazon, Fishpond, The Nile and Mighty Ape).
  • Place your book on our own on-line bookshop www.realnzbooks.co.nz 
  • Provide an excerpt of your book as a biblet**
  • Convert your book to eBook format. 
  • Support your marketing and distribution efforts.

* We strongly recommend that you have your manuscript edited and proofread before we begin work on it.
It should also be proofread after the design work is complete and before printing. We can suggest local freelance editors and proof-readers who can assist you with this.

** A biblet is a nifty piece of technology (a.k.a. a "widget") which transforms a selected portion of your book into a file which can be sent by email or placed on a website, blog or Facebook page. The recipient clicks on the file, and is able to read your book excerpt on-screen - just as if they are flipping through an actual book.


CONTACT
Phone:    03 547 2972

Email:     [email protected]
Website: www.copypress.co.nz

Or drop in and see us at: 
141 Pascoe Street
Annesbrook, Nelson

DAVID BRIGGS (CONSTELLATION BOOKS)
Self-Publishing with Amazon KDP

If you need help and guidance in self-publishing through Amazon's KDP, feel free to contact me for assistance. Having grappled with KDP on numerous occasions I can offer one-off advice about how the system works, and how to deal with some of its idiosyncracies and glitches, or can help take you through the whole process from formatting your manuscript to pricing and ordering. If you wish (and if I consider the book worthy of inclusion) you can also publish your book under my Constellation Books imprint.
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All these services are offered for free, though note that I cannot offer help with promotion and distribution. My assistance is also time-limited depending on other obligations!

​CONTACT: 
Email: constellationbooks@outlook.com
Website: www.davidbriggs.site
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact
    • The ToS Committee
    • Writing Goups >
      • Group funding
    • Top of the South Writers' Trail
  • News
    • Newsletters
  • Short Story Awards
    • Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2025 >
      • Judges
      • Terms & Conditions
  • Resources
    • On-line Resources
    • Writing Services >
      • Artwork & Graphic Design
      • Beta Readers
      • Editing & Proof-reading
      • Promotion & Publicity
      • Publishing & Printing
      • Website Design
  • Authors
    • Authors A-G >
      • Jeanette Aplin
      • Garrick Batten
      • Megan Bell
      • Robyn Bennett
      • Patricia Berwick
      • Martin Bird
      • David Briggs
      • Ali Brown
      • Suzanne Clark
      • Rachel Craw
      • Marion Day
      • John Du Four
      • Colin Fisher
      • Phil Garnock-Jones
      • Bruce Gilkison
      • Jeanette Goode
      • Elizabeth Gould
    • Authors H-P >
      • Carolyn Hawes
      • Rebecca Hayter
      • Pam Henson
      • Wix Hutton
      • Linda Jane Keegan
      • Julie Kennedy
      • Liz Mahoney
      • Jan Marsh
      • Anne Marshman
      • Paul Maunder
      • Carol Maxwell
      • Rosalina-Ludmila McCarthy
      • Helen McKinlay
      • Phil Morrell
      • Tania Norfolk
      • Trish Palmer
    • Authors Q-Z >
      • ​Tarmo Rajasaari
      • Shannon Savvas
      • Annabel Schuler
      • Wendy Scott
      • Kate Shaw
      • Susan Smith
      • Charlotte Squire
      • Karen Stade
      • Emma Stevens
      • Chris Stuart
      • W F Stubbs
      • Fiona Summerfield
      • Kerry Sunderland
      • Sylvan Thomson
      • Chris Tait
      • Colin Taylor
      • Lucy Wilson
      • Iona Winter
      • Angela Woolf
  • Books
    • Adult Fiction
    • Art, Crafts & Hobbies
    • Biography
    • Children
    • Fantasy
    • Humanities
    • Poetry, Plays and Short Stories
    • Practical & Self-Help
    • Travel & Adventure
    • Young Adult