From manuscript to launch day

The author invests in production and the publisher supplies a professional team and process. Compared with traditional publishing, you keep control, keep your rights, and earn far higher royalties. Compared with self-publishing, you get a book that meets industry standards without doing every job yourself.

Zion follows the IBPA hybrid publisher criteria.

To start the publishing process, yes. To apply and have a call with Colin, no. If you're close to finished, apply now and we'll talk timing.

Every submission is reviewed. To be accepted it must show strong writing, effective storytelling, clarity of message, marketability, and alignment with our values. We don't publish every manuscript.

Projects typically start at [$X,XXX] and are quoted individually after we've read your manuscript. Payments can be split into three to five installments, and many authors spread them over eight to nine months. Printing is quoted separately once the book is ready.

Yes. You retain full copyright ownership and control over your content and future editions.

Zion receives $1 per book sold. You keep the rest, typically 85% or more of net proceeds.

Four to seven months on average from signed proposal to launch, depending on the editing needed and the print option. We've delivered a book in under 90 days when an author had a hard date, but most projects don't need that.

Your book will be available through Amazon, Ingram, Barnes & Noble online, Books-A-Million online, and other retailers depending on the print option you choose. We help with local bookstore outreach. Placement in national chains is never guaranteed by any publisher.

No publisher can guarantee sales. Our job is to position the book and your platform so it has the best possible chance. Authors typically begin to see a return around 700 copies sold.

So far: memoir, non-fiction, theology, devotionals, planners, and children's books. If yours isn't on that list, apply anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether it's a fit.