https://publishing.co.uk/tags/self-publishing-companies/Recent content in Self Publishing Companies on publishing.co.uk — Professional KDP Book FormattingHugoen-gbWed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://publishing.co.uk/guides/best-self-publishing-companies-uk/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://publishing.co.uk/guides/best-self-publishing-companies-uk/<p><strong>Short answer:</strong> there is no single best UK self-publishing company, because they sell completely different things. Start with the type:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Free platforms:</strong> Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu. They cost nothing and pay you the most per sale, but you do the work or hire it yourself.</li> <li><strong>Marketplaces:</strong> Reedsy finds you freelancers and takes a fee.</li> <li><strong>Per-service firms:</strong> Matador, UK Book Publishing, Publishing Push, Whitefox and publishing.co.uk. You pay for the jobs you choose.</li> <li><strong>Package firms:</strong> PublishNation (from £215), Grosvenor House (from £795) and SilverWood (from £3,197 plus VAT) sell a bundle.</li> <li><strong>Contributory &ldquo;hybrid&rdquo; publishers:</strong> Austin Macauley and Olympia ask you to pay towards publication and keep part of your royalty.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Disclosure:</strong> we are one of the per-service firms on this list. So we haven&rsquo;t ranked anyone &ldquo;number one&rdquo;. Every figure below was read from each company&rsquo;s own website on 30 September 2026, and the sources are at the end, so you can check them.</p>