Publishing materials for independent authors
Finished manuscript. Clear publishing path.
Positioning, retailer copy and metadata, author brand, launch plan, and reader emails—built around one book. You keep creative control.
$297 USD one time · one book only · five named deliverables · founding-customer price locked through the first 10 verified paid customers
Fictional sample preview
See the level of preparation before you buy.
This compact preview is a fictional example—not a customer, result, or real Publishing HQ. It shows how book-specific materials and author-owned next actions can work together around one imagined book.
Explore the full fictional sampleBook and author positioning
Reader promise: a place-rooted family novel about inheritance, work, and the story a family keeps intact.
Retailer description and metadata direction
Lead with the return home, the orchard ledger, and the question that changes the sale of the land.
Publishing HQ
A fictional author route: confirm final files → choose distribution pathway → approve author-controlled next actions.
What gets prepared
Five working materials, tied to the same book record.
The Publishing Foundation is $297 USD one time for one book only: five customized materials and guidance—book and author positioning; retailer description, keywords, categories, and metadata direction; author-brand messaging and direction; a practical launch/operations calendar; and a reader welcome email sequence. It also includes private Publishing HQ, a personalized What Comes Next map, and the full Execution Resource Library.
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Book and author positioning
A focused frame for your book, ideal reader, author perspective, and promise.
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Retailer description, keywords, categories, and metadata direction
A book-specific retailer description and clear direction for the keywords, categories, and metadata you will finalize and use.
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Author-brand messaging and direction
Clear language for your bio, themes, reader promise, and public-facing presence.
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A practical launch/operations calendar
A practical calendar of author-owned decisions and next actions around your intended publication window.
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A reader welcome email sequence
A customized reader welcome sequence prepared for your review, approval, and sending.
Fit, clearly stated
For authors who need decisions, materials, and control to stay aligned.
Ideal for: independent authors with a finished or nearly finished book, usually 3–6 months from intended publication, who need an organized path from positioning through reader welcome emails.
Not ideal for: authors deep in drafting; anyone seeking manuscript editing, cover or interior design, formatting or uploads, publishing, posting, advertising, third-party outreach, purchases, or changes to external accounts; or titles controlled by a traditional publishing contract.
Building a series? Ink Cadence preserves the positioning, brand, audience, and continuity decisions from each completed product, giving future books a stronger starting point. Each additional title requires its own product.
Ready when the value is clear
One book. Five named deliverables. $297 USD one time.
A founding-customer offer: $297 is locked through the first 10 verified paid customers. There is no remaining-count claim, discount, subscription, or automatic price change.
Delivered within seven business days after Ink Cadence confirms complete onboarding in writing.
Boundaries that protect the work
Prepared for your approval—not executed in your name.
Ink Cadence prepares customized materials and guidance. It does not edit your manuscript, design your cover, format or upload files, publish, post, advertise, contact third parties, purchase services, or change external accounts. You retain creative control, ownership, and final authority over every outside action.
Delivered within seven business days after Ink Cadence confirms complete onboarding in writing.
The one consolidated revision round covers the five named materials listed above: book and author positioning; retailer description, keywords, categories, and metadata direction; author-brand messaging and direction; a practical launch/operations calendar; and a reader welcome email sequence.
One consolidated revision round across all five packages is included when requested within 14 calendar days of delivery. Revisions are refinements or corrections within the approved book record and direction—not a new book, changed positioning premise, new audience, expanded deliverables, manuscript editing, or external execution. Incomplete onboarding does not start the delivery clock; author response delays pause delivery or revision work.