Authority Standard: Professional nonfiction with full editorial standards

Professional nonfiction with full editorial standards.

Authority Standard is the tier for executives, subject-matter experts, and senior professionals writing on their field. Everything Professional Launch includes, plus indexing, endnotes, a premium cover, the hardcover option, fifty author copies, three rounds of revisions, and a launch profile on La Caribeña News that places your book in front of Caribbean business media on the day it goes live. The price is GYD 700,000, or USD 3,500. Twelve to sixteen weeks.

The price.

GYD 700,000. Or USD 3,500 for international authors.

Payment is split fifty-fifty. Fifty percent deposit begins production. The remaining fifty percent is due at the final-proof signature gate.

MMG+, bank transfer, Stripe-processed card payments, and international wire transfer are all accepted on this tier.

Who this package is for.

The bank executive writing on Caribbean financial regulation. The university professor publishing a long-form work on Caribbean history. The senior consultant releasing a professional book that will appear on the desks of clients and on the shelves of business libraries. The cabinet minister documenting a portfolio of work. The Caribbean entrepreneur who built something worth reading about.

Authority Standard is the right tier when your book needs to look the part. Indexing matters because reviewers and academic citers expect it. Endnotes matter because your sources have to be visible. A hardcover option matters because corporate gifting and library acquisition want it. The launch coverage on La Caribeña News matters because the first week of media exposure shapes a year of sales and a decade of credibility.

This package is not the right fit for the first-time emotional memoirist, the poet, or the family historian. Professional Launch handles those well. It is also not the right fit if you want a ghostwriter to draft the book with you. Shaw Authority Package is built for that.

What you get.

Everything in Professional Launch. Developmental edit, copy edit, proofread, cover, ebook and paperback formatting, global distribution through Amazon and IngramSpark, and ISBN in your name.

Plus indexing. A professional index built to academic and business publishing standards, with cross-references and a useful structure for the reader who wants to find the passage they remembered.

Plus endnotes or footnotes. Your editor formats your citations to a chosen style (Chicago is the default, others on request). Your bibliography is set in a separate section.

Plus a premium cover. Two or three design directions presented and refined. Premium typography and image treatment, ready for hardcover, paperback, and ebook.

Plus the hardcover option. Distribution through IngramSpark in hardcover edition alongside paperback and ebook. Hardcover-only is available on request.

Plus fifty author copies of the paperback shipped to your delivery address, with optional hardcover copies at print cost.

Plus three rounds of revisions across the editorial passes.

Plus a launch profile on La Caribeña News. A written profile, an interview slot, and launch-day coverage in the LCN newsletter and across LCN social channels.

Rigorous international best practices editorial review from our global team. Same-day review at every gate.

Timeline.

Twelve to sixteen weeks from signed contract to live book on every platform.

Weeks one through four. Developmental edit. Revision letter, marked manuscript, and a phone call to discuss the substantive changes if you want one.

Weeks five and six. Copy edit and editorial gate.

Weeks seven and eight. Cover design, premium direction selected and refined. Endnote and bibliography formatting.

Weeks nine and ten. Interior layout, indexing, and proofread.

Week eleven. Final proof. Publication gate signed. The book goes live across Amazon, IngramSpark (paperback and hardcover), Apple, and Kobo.

Weeks twelve through fourteen. Print run, your fifty author copies shipped, La Caribeña News profile published, launch coverage. Buffer through week sixteen for platform approvals and the launch news cycle.

How Authority Standard protects you.

Your name is on the ISBN. You are the publisher of record on Amazon, IngramSpark, Apple Books, and Kobo.

Your KDP, IngramSpark, Apple Books, and Kobo accounts are all in your name with your bank wiring. Royalties go to your bank, never ours.

We do not take a percentage of your royalties. The platforms pay you. We are paid the one-time service fee on this page.

Nothing publishes without your signed approval at the editorial, design, and final-proof gates.

You can take the book and leave at any time. Manuscript, cover, accounts, indexing files, endnote files. All yours.

What our authors say.

[TBD — Testimonials to be added as the first three Authority Standard authors complete and review their launches. Plan to populate this block by Phase 3.]

Frequently asked questions about Authority Standard.

What does indexing actually add to a nonfiction book?

A professional index is the alphabetized list of concepts, names, and references at the back of a book that lets a reader find the passage they remember without re-reading. For business and academic books, it is the difference between a book a reviewer cites and a book a reviewer cannot use. Authority Standard includes a professional indexer who reads the final laid-out manuscript and builds the index to publishing-industry standards with cross-references. Books without an index are quietly excluded from many academic reading lists and corporate gifting programs. Most Caribbean publishers do not include indexing at any price. We include it on Authority Standard.

What does the La Caribeña News launch profile include?

A written long-form profile of you and your book, an author interview, launch-day coverage in the LCN newsletter, and posts across LCN's social channels on launch day. The profile is reported and edited to international news standards by the LCN editorial team. The interview slot runs 45 to 60 minutes on Zoom. Launch coverage hits the LCN newsletter that lands in front of Caribbean business decision-makers across the region. This is not a paid placement. It is editorial coverage, scheduled to align with your launch.

Will my book be in Caribbean bookstores?

Yes, where the bookstore stocks IngramSpark inventory or orders directly through us. IngramSpark distribution makes your book orderable by any bookstore in the Caribbean, the United States, the United Kingdom, and worldwide. We work with you on direct-stocking arrangements with specific Caribbean bookstores on request, and we promote the book to retailers as part of the launch profile on La Caribeña News. Most Caribbean bookstores will stock the book when readers ask for it. Driving that demand is part of what the launch coverage does.

Will TSCP help me market my book after launch?

The Authority Standard package includes a launch profile on La Caribeña News, an author interview, and launch-day coverage across the LCN newsletter and social channels. That places your book in front of Caribbean business media in the first week. After the launch window, ongoing marketing is your responsibility, though we are available for advice and we will feature you in periodic LCN coverage when it fits the news cycle. Authors who want a more aggressive ongoing marketing partnership move to the Shaw Authority Package, which includes six months of post-launch support.

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Wondering whether Authority Standard is the right fit?

If your book is a first memoir or a novel-length nonfiction and you do not need indexing, hardcover, or media coverage, Professional Launch at GYD 350,000 is the right tier. If you need a ghostwriter to build the manuscript with you, the Shaw Authority Package at GYD 1,500,000 covers full ghostwriting under our imprint. If you are still drafting and want coaching first, start with the Subscription tier.

See all five packages side by side on the Packages overview.