Affordable Indie Publishing Solutions
Who we are
Prose Ink was born from the passion to help indie authors achieve their publishing dreams, without breaking the bank.
We're a registered LLC in North Carolina, and a registered publishing house through Bowker—so you can rest easy knowing that your ISBN is legitimately sourced.
Now on to the important information.
WE're sure you have questions, and we have answers!
How does it work?
We're glad you asked!
As a publishing house, the ISBN is technically in our name, you're just paying for the right to use them. This means we MUST be listed as the publisher/imprint in accordance to Bowker's ToS. However, that is where our involvement ends. We are NOT here to market or promote your book, nor can we promise success. We're only supplying you with the means to publish as you please.
YOU own the rights to your books, and can publish them wherever you wish. We will never request information, or monetary compensation for any of your titles published under our imprint.
We know how expensive ISBNs can be, and are here to help give you the freedom to publish without being tied down to a specific retailer or platform. No strings attached, aside from a small fee to help us keep supplying ISBN usage rights at a reasonable price.
The process
- You purchase the package you want.
- We reach out within 24 hours to ask for the necessary information (book title, book description of 350 words or less, format, genre, contributors, publication date, cover image etc.)
- We take care of the ISBN assignment and generate a barcode if applicable.
- We send you a confirmation email as soon as the ISBN is approved (typically within 48 hours).
- You're all set to publish wherever you want!
It's that simple!
What happens if Prose Ink goes out of business?
ISBNs are permanent. This means that your rights will never go away, even if we do. You may still opt to get a new ISBN, and that's perfectly fine, but you don't need to.