New · AI book discovery
When a reader asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or Amazon’s Rufus what to read next, does it name your book? A free 90-second check across 2 of the 5 engines.
Check your book’s AI visibility →Writing or launching a book? The full idea-to-bestseller roadmap is just below ↓
The data behind it
Our AI Book Discoverability Index logs every source the AI engines cite when readers ask for books — 90,000+ live citations across 900+ audited books and 16 genres, updated continuously.
For first-time authors, non-fiction & memoir · UK-based · KDP-ready in 24 hours
Six stages from idea to bestseller. Built for first-time authors, non-fiction writers and memoirists — every kind of book, done for you.
publishing.co.uk is a UK-based book-formatting and Amazon-KDP launch service for first-time authors, non-fiction writers and memoirists. We hand-format manuscripts into KDP-ready print PDF, Kindle EPUB and picture-book fixed-layout files in 24 hours, then run five free 60-second diagnostics — KDP readiness, cover readiness, ad conversion, AI discovery, and editorial (coming 2027) — so you can publish on Amazon with confidence.
Writing or launching a book? Not sure where you are? Find your stage →
The three main entry points — pick the one that fits where you are.
Send us your file in any format. We hand-format the interior, build the EPUB, calibrate the cover, pre-flight every image against KDP's spec, and deliver print-ready PDF + Kindle EPUB inside 24 hours. Two free revisions baked in. KDP-approval guaranteed.
See what we do →One bundle for first-time authors who want it done properly. Formatting, cover review, Amazon listing setup (title, subtitle, categories, keywords, A+ Content), ad-readiness audit, AI Discovery Score and 90 days of post-launch check-ins. We do the work; you keep your time.
See what's included →Your book is up but not selling. The free audit pulls your live page, scores the cover at mobile thumbnail size, the title block on search results, the blurb opener and the review base — out of 100, with a clear "ready / test small / not ready" verdict and a money-math projection of what £500 of ads would actually earn.
Run the audit →We don't just do novels. We do every shape and format a book takes — and we treat each one as a different craft.
Standard print interior, reflowable Kindle EPUB, and series branding across multiple titles with consistent typography, drop caps, scene breaks and clean chapter pages.
Business books, history, popular science. We handle proper footnote linking, callout boxes, multi-level subheadings, sidebars, exercises and end-of-chapter summaries.
Image plates, photo sections, family-tree diagrams, multi-perspective chapter labels, foreword/afterword integration. We handle the production so the writing stays in focus.
Two-column ingredient lists, recipe-card layouts, full-bleed food photography, chef's-tip sidebars, multi-axis indexing, metric/imperial alongside, optional colour-cost-saver split.
Fixed-layout EPUB for Kindle Kids, two-page-spread metadata, KDP picture-book trim sizes, full-bleed cover wrap, soft-proofed colour against KDP's printer profile.
Form fields, checkboxes, prompt boxes, week/day templates, low-content-page layouts that print cleanly and read properly.
Right-to-left typesetting (Arabic, Hebrew), Asian-language vertical layout where supported, parallel-text bilingual books, language-tagged accessibility metadata.
Cover wrap calibrated for spine-fold tolerance, sprayed-edge artwork, foil-stamping prep, KDP and IngramSpark hardcover specs, premium-binding production files.
Join hundreds of authors who've published with confidence.
"Publishing.co.uk is a fantastic service. They did an incredible job of formatting my book, made all the small edits I requested, and turned it around — as promised — within 24 hours. It took a massive load of stress off my plate, and they caught and corrected a few last little typos too. The guides they provide are so, so helpful — I've already caught a few things I was completely unaware of that would've caused me pain later. If you're really not sure, just get their full do-it-for-you bundle. Highly recommend."
Approved Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors — vetted against ALLi's Code of Standards for ethics and excellence in self-publishing.
A clear-eyed look at the main options. Different tools fit different authors — pick the one that actually matches what you need.
Pricing and features summarised from each provider's public pricing pages and documentation as of May 2026. If you're writing a fast-moving fiction series and you're comfortable on a Mac, Vellum is genuinely excellent and the lifetime cost is unbeatable. Atticus is the natural fit for cross-platform DIY. Reedsy's free editor is brilliant for simple ebooks. BookBaby works for authors who want everything bundled into one expensive package. We're built for everyone in between — done-for-you, every book type, with the marketing readiness baked in rather than sold as an upsell.
Manuscript · Cover · Conversion · Discovery · Editorial (coming 2027). Free to run, refreshable every 90 days, embeddable badge for your author site. Use them whether or not you ever buy from us.
Drop your DOCX, PDF or EPUB. We run the same 30+ checks Amazon does — margins, gutter, image DPI, font embedding, ToC links, blank pages, ISBN match, bleed — and score it /100 with the exact rejection risks flagged. The score every author should run before they pay anyone, us or anyone else.
Score my manuscript →Drop your cover JPG or PNG. We render it at 90×135 px — the exact size Amazon shows in mobile browse — and score thumbnail legibility, resolution, aspect, genre fit, greyscale survival, and edge safety. Catches the #1 cause of "good cover, bad sales".
Score my cover →Drop your Amazon URL. We score the cover at 90×135 px (mobile thumbnail size), the title block on search results, the blurb opener, the review base, plus A+ Content / format / category / price. Out of 100, with a clear verdict.
Run the scorecard →Live retrieval test against 5 engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Amazon Rufus (simulated). Tells you what each model actually knows about your book — both with web search active and from training data alone. Refreshable every 90 days, with an embeddable badge.
Run the AI score →Readers now ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Amazon’s Rufus what to read next. Our AI Discovery Audit tests your book against all 5 engines (Rufus simulated) — shows which books get recommended instead and the exact sources behind them, checks whether your book was scraped into AI training data, and rewrites your Amazon listing for Rufus.
See the AI Discovery Audit — £29.99 →The exact list we run on every book before delivery. Every item is a real cause of KDP rejection we have seen: trim mismatches, bleed errors, ToC links pointing nowhere, ISBN drift, missing accessibility metadata. Tick it off as you go — about 30 minutes for a typical 250-page book.
After the checklist, the live KDP Readiness Score runs all 47 checks plus 20+ more in 60 seconds.