01 · Selection
Editorial acceptance comes first.
Commercial terms do not constitute acceptance. Where a project is unsuitable for the list, the press may decline it irrespective of the author's willingness to proceed.
Selected Publications · Editorially led
Books selected for substance.
London Charter Press publishes serious non-fiction for specialist, professional and general readers — from medicine, health and engineering to management, education, self-development and informed public reading.
Editorial firstAcceptance before scope
No pay-to-acceptSelection remains separate
Print + digitalMulti-format production
Global distributionPlatform setup support
Publishing standards
Quality is the threshold, not an optional extra.
London Charter Press is built around editorial fit, responsible authorship and long-term reader value. A manuscript is not accepted simply because an author is willing to fund production. Each project is considered for subject relevance, clarity of purpose, originality or practical value, and suitability for its intended readership.
For accepted projects, the editorial and production route is then scoped to the manuscript. The level of editing, review, referencing, design and technical production varies by title — because a clinical handbook, an engineering text and a patient guide should not be treated as the same kind of book.
02 · Integrity
Evidence should be distinguishable from opinion.
Health, scientific, academic and technical works are expected to use appropriate sources, responsible claims and transparent referencing.
03 · Reader value
“A serious book should leave its reader better informed, more capable or more able to understand.”
04 · Production
Designed as a publication, not merely converted into a file.
Typography, cover, metadata, format preparation and distribution are treated as part of the publishing work, not as afterthoughts.
Publishing programme
One press. Many fields of serious non-fiction.
Our list is intentionally broad, allowing specialist scholarship and public-facing knowledge to sit within the same publishing identity without reducing every title to an “academic” book.
Medicine, Healthcare & Rehabilitation
Clinical texts, professional handbooks, patient education, rehabilitation, prevention, public health and evidence-informed health titles.
Science, Technology & Engineering
Textbooks, technical references, applied science, engineering practice, methods, systems and interdisciplinary works.
Management & Leadership
Strategy, operations, entrepreneurship, organisational development, communication and professional growth.
Education
Teaching, training, professional education, study texts, institutional learning and lifelong development.
Self-Development
Evidence-informed works on habits, decisions, wellbeing, careers, communication and personal effectiveness.
Scholarly & Professional Works
Monographs, edited volumes, reference books, handbooks and advanced professional titles for defined specialist audiences.
How a title moves forward
A publishing pathway, not a checkout process.
Projects move through editorial decisions before production begins. The exact pathway depends on the manuscript, audience and intended format.
01
Proposal
Concept, readership, author credentials, contents and manuscript status.
02
Editorial screening
Fit, purpose, originality, evidence, structure and publishing potential.
03
Scope
Editorial depth, format, design complexity, distribution and production plan.
04
Production
Editing, typesetting, cover, metadata, proofs and format preparation.
05
Publication
Approved files, bibliographic records, distribution setup and launch assets where commissioned.
Important: payment does not guarantee editorial acceptance or publication. Fees shown below relate to editorial and production work for projects accepted into an appropriate publishing route.
Publishing programmes
Integrated editorial and production for accepted manuscripts.
For selected projects that require commissioned in-house editorial and production work, London Charter Press offers integrated publishing programmes. Each programme is a starting scope rather than an automatic entitlement: manuscripts with unusual editorial, technical or illustration requirements are quoted separately.
These routes are presented as publishing scopes—not “buy now” packages. The final production plan is confirmed only after editorial assessment and manuscript review.
Prices are stated in GBP and are exclusive of VAT where applicable. Final scope is confirmed after editorial assessment.
Professional Publishing
£3,995
Typically up to approximately 50,000 words
- Editorial assessment
- Standard copyediting & proofreading
- Professional interior typesetting
- Bespoke full-wrap cover
- eBook / EPUB preparation
- ISBN & metadata administration
- KDP and IngramSpark setup
- Amazon metadata optimisation
- Legal-deposit administration
- Proof coordination & project management
Designed for well-developed manuscripts requiring professional editorial and production completion.
Premium Publishing
£5,995
Typically up to approximately 80,000 words
- More substantial editorial intervention
- Paperback, hardcover & eBook preparation
- Premium cover treatment
- Enhanced metadata & positioning
- Keyword/category research
- Amazon A+ content
- Launch graphics
- Press/media kit
- Wider distribution management
- Integrated project management
Our principal route for authors seeking a fuller editorial, format and market-readiness programme.
Signature Publishing
£8,995
Typically up to approximately 100,000 words
- Developmental editing
- Deeper editorial involvement
- Premium cover concept development
- Indexing where appropriate
- Priority production
- Author landing page / website
- Book trailer
- Substantial launch asset suite
- Approximately 90 days of launch support
For books requiring substantial editorial development and a more extensive launch framework.
Scholarly / Textbook
From £11,995
Individually scoped
- Heavily referenced manuscripts
- Textbooks & professional handbooks
- Edited volumes
- Complex tables, figures or equations
- Indexing and reference coordination
- Multi-author editorial management
- Advanced page architecture
- Illustration coordination where required
Quoted after manuscript and production-complexity review.
Integrated value
Premium Publishing
£5,995
When equivalent components are commissioned individually at the press's published in-house rates, the illustrative combined value is approximately £8,695. The integrated programme consolidates that work under one editorial and production plan.
Illustrative calculation based on the component rates shown alongside; exact manuscript scope may change the applicable services.
Manuscript assessment£495
Developmental / content editing£1,500
Copyediting£1,250
Proofreading£695
Cover design£795
Interior design / typesetting£695
eBook production£295
ISBN & bibliographic administration£395
KDP & Ingram distribution setup£595
Metadata / SEO optimisation£295
Amazon A+ content£395
Launch graphics£495
Project management£795
Edited volumes & chapters
Chapter publication follows editorial acceptance.
Chapter contributions are handled as part of defined edited-book projects. Charges relate to editorial processing and production after a chapter has been accepted; payment itself is not an acceptance mechanism.
Chapter processing & publication contribution
For accepted chapters within an ISBN-bearing edited volume, with editorial screening, similarity review, copyediting, proofreading, reference formatting, typesetting, author metadata, one correction round and inclusion in the overall book distribution workflow.
Up to 5,000 words£795
5,001–8,000 words£995
8,001–12,000 words£1,295
12,001–15,000 words£1,495
Scholarly / Open Access route
For projects requiring a more formal scholarly workflow, enhanced dissemination or open-access treatment, the route is scoped around the actual editorial and technical process.
Peer-reviewed / Open Access chapterFrom £1,295
Independent external peer review+£250
Extensive English-language editing+£250–£500
Complex tables / figures+£150–£500
Open-access / DOI scholarly production+£300–£500
No pay-to-accept model.
Authors are charged only within an accepted project and defined production scope. Editorial decisions should remain separate from an author's ability or willingness to pay.
In-house capability
Specialist work when a manuscript requires it.
These rates support bespoke scopes and additional work outside an integrated publishing programme. They are presented as in-house publishing capabilities rather than as a menu that guarantees publication.
Open a capability area to view indicative internal rates. Final requirements are determined by the manuscript and agreed publishing scope.
Editorial
Manuscript evaluation / editorial assessment£395–£595
Developmental / substantive editing£0.045–£0.060 / word
Copyediting£0.030–£0.040 / word
Proofreading£0.018–£0.025 / word
Reference / citation formatting£350–£750
Originality / similarity review£95–£195
Index preparation£595–£995
Design & production
Basic interior typesetting£395
Advanced academic / non-fiction typesetting£595–£895
Complex textbook layout£995–£1,995+
eBook conversion / EPUB£295
Bespoke front-cover design£495
Full paperback wrap cover£595
Paperback + hardcover + eBook cover suite£795
Premium illustrated / custom cover£995–£1,495
Tables / figures preparation£30–£75 each
Custom illustration£100–£300 each
Bibliographic & distribution
ISBN + metadata administration£195 / edition
3-format ISBN / metadata administration£395
Amazon KDP setup£295
IngramSpark setup£395
KDP + Ingram + wider distribution setup£595
Amazon keyword / category optimisation£295
Amazon A+ content£395
British Library legal-deposit administration£95 + copy/postage
Author & launch assets
Book blurb / back-cover copy£195
Author biography editing£95
Author website£995–£1,995
Book trailer£495–£795
Launch / social-media asset pack£495
Press / media kit£395–£595
PR campaign£1,495–£3,500+
3-month book marketing management£1,995–£3,995 + ad spend
Scope modifiers
Complex manuscripts are scoped honestly.
Additional word count
Beyond programme limits: approximately £25 per additional 1,000 words for proofreading-level work, £40 per 1,000 for copyediting and £55 per 1,000 for developmental editing.
Priority production
Where capacity permits, priority production may carry approximately +25%; express production may carry approximately +40%.
Additional revisions
Extra revision rounds outside the agreed scope are typically £195–£395 depending on editorial and production complexity.
Complex technical work
Equations, large reference sets, footnotes, complex tables, specialist illustrations and multi-author coordination are assessed separately.
For authors
Submission begins with the book — not the fee.
A strong proposal should make clear what the work contributes, who it is for, why the author is qualified to write it and what makes the project worth publishing.
A proposal should normally include
- Provisional title and subtitle
- Book concept, purpose and principal objectives
- Intended readership
- Proposed contents / chapter outline
- Author biography and relevant expertise
- Estimated word count and manuscript status
- Comparable titles where relevant
- Any specialist production requirements
Author proposal
Submit your book for editorial consideration
Tell us enough to understand the book, the intended reader and the current manuscript status. Submission does not guarantee acceptance.
Editorial principle: We are interested not simply in what a book is about, but in what it enables its reader to know, understand or do better.