Springtime Books
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    • Meet the Team
    • Contact Us
    • Our Privacy Policy
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  • Services and Fees
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  • Springtime Titles
    • Expat Bookshop
    • Springtime Direct
    • Expat Life >
      • The Newcomer's Dictionary
      • Badass Abroad
      • #Living the Dream
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • ANZC
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Passage to Persia
      • An Inconvenient Posting
    • Memoir >
      • Badass Abroad
      • #LivingTheDream
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What about your saucepans?
      • Do You Still Have Cleavage With Just One Breast?
      • The Soul Millionaire
      • Turkey Street
      • Passage of the Stork
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Passage to Persia
      • An Inconvenient Posting
    • Moving >
      • The Newcomer's Dictionary
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • #LivingTheDream
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • Living Elsewhere
      • The Art of Transition
      • Life in Motion
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Unpack
      • Should I Stay or Should I Go?
      • Finding Your Feet in Chicago
      • Deconstructing Brazil
      • Laptop Entrepreneur
      • @Home in Dubai
    • Fiction >
      • The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Bernard the Wombat
      • From Barcelona
    • Health & Wellbeing >
      • Méthode Adamski
      • Retour Vers un Avenir pour L'Humanité
      • #LivingTheDream
      • How to stand Up to Sexism
      • The Art of Transition
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • Life in Motion
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar
      • Unpack
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
      • Tracce di BioGeometria​
      • Do You Still Have Cleavage with Just One Breast?
    • Wealth >
      • Whose Career - Yours, Mine or Ours?
      • The Millennial Money Masterplan
      • Here We Are
      • The Flight of the Soul Millionaire
      • The Soul Millionaire
      • Seasons of Wealth
      • Secrets of a Financial Adviser
      • Laptop Entrepreneur
      • Retire to the Life You Love
      • Now It's Clear The Career You Own
    • Travel >
      • Travels Through Asia
      • The Twelve Days of Christmas Safari
      • Jump Down Under
      • Italy, a Romantic Journey
      • Postcards from the Ege
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Deconstructing Brazil
    • Children and Young Adults >
      • The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
      • The Twelve Days of Christmas Safari
      • Hanna and the Flying Carpet
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Bernard the Wombat
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
      • Hanna Och Den Flygande Mattan
    • Humour >
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Bitten by Spain
    • Faith >
      • The Art of Transition
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • Life in Motion
    • Music >
      • Ar Lan y Môr​
    • Geopolitics >
      • Der Prolog
      • El Prologo
    • Foreign Language Books >
      • Méthode Adamski
      • Der Prolog
      • Retour Vers un Avenir pour L'Humanité: BioGéométrie
      • El Prologo
      • Vida En Movimento
      • Hanna Och Den Flygande Mattan
      • Tracce di BioGeometria
  • For Writers
    • Jo Parfitt, Mentor
    • Paddy Hartnett, Proofreader
    • author2author
    • Me-Treats
    • Free Writers' Resources
  • News

The Small Print

​As a partner publisher, Springtime Books charge for our services. In exchange, our authors receive an exceptional royalty of up to 60% and generous discounts of up to 50% on book purchases for personal sale. Our publishing fees are transparent and we always make it clear when costs change.

Our Charging Policy

Our charging process begins with a provisional publication quote based on a realistic estimate of a book in terms of the number of words, the number of pages and likely complexity of design. Our provisional quote will state clearly what is and what is not included. Some fees (for editing, proofreading and design, for example) are variable and so the final bill may be more or less depending on the final size of a book and its design.
  • Before we start we will issue an invoice for 50% of our provisional quote.
  • During design stage we will issue a second invoice for a further 25% of our fees.
  • Before publication we will issue a final invoice for the balance of our fees.
  • All fees must be paid in full before publication.

Our Payment Terms and Conditions

  • Our invoices are due on receipt.
  • Our provisional quote is valid for one year.
  • We reserve the right to alter our fees as a book evolves.
  • If, through no fault of Springtime Books, a book is not published within two years of our first invoice, any fees paid will be forfeit to cover cancellation charges and work completed by us and/or commissioned on the author's behalf.
  • If an author withdraws from their publishing agreement with us prior to the publication of their book, we reserve the right to retain all fees paid to cover cancellation charges and work completed by us and/or commissioned on the author's behalf.
  • If, through no fault of Springtime Books, the book is not ready for sale by the agreed date, our full publishing fees remain payable.

Publishing Terms and Conditions

  • Authors can either take our full publishing package or mix and match from a menu of selected services. We are not responsible for any service which an author commissions independently. This includes, but is not limited to, editing, proofreading and design. 
  • We recommend authors check a physical proof copy of their book before publication. Not doing so is at the author's own risk.​
  • All the books we publish are offered for sale to a wide range of international and regional online retailers. However, no retailer is obliged to list or stock any book but if they do, they can vary the list price as they wish.​​
  • Once an author has signed-off the final files of their book any revisions they wish to make thereafter will incur a fee. We will provide a quote in advance.

Royalties and Direct Sales to Authors

We pay a tiered royalty rate of up to 60% on worldwide sales based on a combination of net receipts from retail sales and direct book sales to the author.
We sell books directly to authors at cost of print and delivery plus a tiered commission rate based on the number of books purchased. The author will be liable for any applicable import fees including but not limited to duty, custom clearance fees and VAT.
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  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Contact Us
    • Our Privacy Policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Services and Fees
    • Publishing Programmes
    • Selected Services
  • Springtime Titles
    • Expat Bookshop
    • Springtime Direct
    • Expat Life >
      • The Newcomer's Dictionary
      • Badass Abroad
      • #Living the Dream
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • ANZC
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Passage to Persia
      • An Inconvenient Posting
    • Memoir >
      • Badass Abroad
      • #LivingTheDream
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What about your saucepans?
      • Do You Still Have Cleavage With Just One Breast?
      • The Soul Millionaire
      • Turkey Street
      • Passage of the Stork
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Passage to Persia
      • An Inconvenient Posting
    • Moving >
      • The Newcomer's Dictionary
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • #LivingTheDream
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • Living Elsewhere
      • The Art of Transition
      • Life in Motion
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Unpack
      • Should I Stay or Should I Go?
      • Finding Your Feet in Chicago
      • Deconstructing Brazil
      • Laptop Entrepreneur
      • @Home in Dubai
    • Fiction >
      • The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Bernard the Wombat
      • From Barcelona
    • Health & Wellbeing >
      • Méthode Adamski
      • Retour Vers un Avenir pour L'Humanité
      • #LivingTheDream
      • How to stand Up to Sexism
      • The Art of Transition
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • Life in Motion
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar
      • Unpack
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
      • Tracce di BioGeometria​
      • Do You Still Have Cleavage with Just One Breast?
    • Wealth >
      • Whose Career - Yours, Mine or Ours?
      • The Millennial Money Masterplan
      • Here We Are
      • The Flight of the Soul Millionaire
      • The Soul Millionaire
      • Seasons of Wealth
      • Secrets of a Financial Adviser
      • Laptop Entrepreneur
      • Retire to the Life You Love
      • Now It's Clear The Career You Own
    • Travel >
      • Travels Through Asia
      • The Twelve Days of Christmas Safari
      • Jump Down Under
      • Italy, a Romantic Journey
      • Postcards from the Ege
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Deconstructing Brazil
    • Children and Young Adults >
      • The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
      • The Twelve Days of Christmas Safari
      • Hanna and the Flying Carpet
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Bernard the Wombat
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
      • Hanna Och Den Flygande Mattan
    • Humour >
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Bitten by Spain
    • Faith >
      • The Art of Transition
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • Life in Motion
    • Music >
      • Ar Lan y Môr​
    • Geopolitics >
      • Der Prolog
      • El Prologo
    • Foreign Language Books >
      • Méthode Adamski
      • Der Prolog
      • Retour Vers un Avenir pour L'Humanité: BioGéométrie
      • El Prologo
      • Vida En Movimento
      • Hanna Och Den Flygande Mattan
      • Tracce di BioGeometria
  • For Writers
    • Jo Parfitt, Mentor
    • Paddy Hartnett, Proofreader
    • author2author
    • Me-Treats
    • Free Writers' Resources
  • News