Self-publishing
Australia.
In book publishing quality matters.
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Why publish with
Green Hill?
In book publishing, quality matters. Green Hill Publishing has helped over 1,000 Australian indie authors achieve publishing success.
Interested in publishing your book but unsure where to start or what is even involved? Tell us about your project and we will post you a copy of our:
The Little Book of
Big Publishing Tips.
In just a quick 8,000 words, this little book will equip you with the knowledge you need to successfully publish your book.
The Little Book of Big Publishing tips goes into the essentials of self-publishing a book, outlining the business and financial side of publishing, legal issues, design, editing, sales and marketing. There’s even a section on how to identify a vanity-publishing scam.
What we do best
Editing
Cover design
Typesetting
Book marketing
Book printing
Online distribution
Childrens books
Author websites
Illustration
What we do best
Keepsake
- Suitable for the author that would like a straightforward, low-cost option to transform their manuscript into a beautiful keepsake or short-run of books for friends and family.
Professional
- Suitable for the author who knows just what they want and can market their book themselves.
Premium
- Suitable for the author that requires a market-ready book with online visibility. Our team of industry professionals will provide strategic advice for your book’s best chance at success.
Custom
- Our custom package is suitable for high-end illustrated productions such as cookbooks, artbooks, lifestyle and fashion books, and complex/illustrated reference books.
Amazing Print Deals
Don't pay too much to print your book.
Green Hill has an unbeatable print solution on quality and price for Print-on-Demand (POD), offset, digital toner, and digital inkjet book printing solutions. You might have seen publishing companies offering low crazy prices on production, but the catch is you are locked into sky-high print prices.
This table details the printing prices for a standard size, 200 page paperback book, colour cover, black and white interior, 200 copies. Please note the purpose of this table is not exact at the time of viewing and is to be used only as a reference.
Prices are accurate at March 2025
If your book needs high production values e.g. embossing, foils, special binding and papers, and in volume in excess of 500 copies, our partner company Fox Merit will be able to provide a very attractive price.
Print in Asia with Fox Merit - suitable for high volume print with special treatments, binding and paper e.g. children's board books, cookbooks, coffee table books
The Green Blog
For up-to-date information on Green Hill, news on the Australian publishing industry, and to get tips on writing and publishing best practices, check out our blog!
Guest Blog – Let’s talk about editing
If you think your work does not require editing, then you are badly mistaken. Editing does not change your style or reduce your voice. On the contrary, it will actually enhance it. Find the right editor who ‘gets’ your work and let them work their magic.
Do book covers need to be meaningful?
Often authors overthink their covers, putting too much emphasis on the interpretive meaning. They want their covers to do the impossible.
How does the RRP of my book affect my royalties?
If you’re a self-published author struggling to properly price your book’s RRP, you’re not alone.
Frequently Asked Questions
For answers to the most important book publishing project questions please provide your details and we will send a free copy of The Little Book of Big Publishing Tips.
Are you based overseas?
No, we are the Australian company.
We have a real office, a real design studio and a team of real book designers who work from the studio.
This is a question well asked because the last thing you need as an Australian author is to be trying to call Toronto at 12 noon Sydney time to discuss your book.
Many of the UK and North American companies do have a hole-in-the wall office in Sydney or Melbourne – but you won’t have any idea who your designer is. You’ll be speaking to an account manager/salesperson.
Do you help with marketing and sales?
Yes.
We are a full-service publisher and have capability in book distribution through retail outlets.
Online retail distribution is guaranteed but physical bookshop distribution depends on a wide variety of factors.
During the early stages of book production, we will assess its potential for traditional book shop distribution and provide strategic advice on how your book may achieve distribution through physical stores in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
You don't seem to offer the range of services like overseas providers
No, we don’t.
We do everything that is critical to the success of your book, performing over 120 actions/tasks in making ready each title. There are simply too many of these to list.
But we don’t do the junk (and charge for it). This is because services like book stubs, book trailers, movie scripts, business cards and fake paid reviews are next to useless. Some of these can even have a negative impact not only on your hip pocket but on your reputation as an author. If you are enamored by the long lists of gimmicks offered by our UK, US and Canadian competitors (and you are prepared to pay their hefty price tag) then Green Hill is not the publishing option for you.
Having said that we can do anything if you ask for it.
We do offer professional digital marketing services, publicity, author websites, ebooks, audiobooks, illustration, book mentoring and distribution services.
And for the record, because we are committed to serving authors in any way, we can do book stubs and posters (if you really want)!
Do you take royalties from my sales?
No, Green Hill does not take royalties.
Unlike other publishing companies, Green Hill does not take a percentage of the sales made on your book. We are a fee-for-service business, so, once we receive the final payment for the production book, we transfer the control of the book distribution over to you and you can manage everything. By managing your own distribution, you cut out the middleman and reap more profit from each of your sales.
Who owns the rights to my book if I publish with Green Hill?
The answer to this is simple.
The author owns the rights to all of their own content right from the start.
Upon receipt of the final payment after the production process has been completed and your book is ready to be sent to the printers, Green Hill assigns the rights of the book design to you as well, but until this stage Green Hill owns the rights to the design. All of the written content and any images that our authors supply remains wholly theirs.
Are illustration and editing costs included in the publishing packages?
No, both illustration and editing are separate from the publishing package prices. Included in the packages is a complimentary editing assessment voucher and the brokering of illustration, but as Green Hill works with partnered editors and illustrators, each project is quoted individually by the partner and cannot be included in the packages.