Three ways in. Two roles. One catalogue.
Whether you are writing a book, defending a dissertation, or running a press with a catalogue to place — this is how publishing with us actually works.
You keep the rights
Publishing with us is a licence to sell, not a transfer of ownership. The work stays yours, and you can take a title off sale whenever you want.
A person reads everything
Every submission is read by an editor or a moderator before a reader ever sees it — no automated approvals, in either direction.
One fee, shown up front
The submission form calculates your publishing fee line by line and shows the total before you commit to anything.
Paid on every sale
Commission accrues the moment a payment clears and is paid to the account that published the title, on schedule.
The pipelines
The three publishing pipelines
Every title on Glare Books arrived through one of three routes. They share a review and a storefront; they differ in who may use them and what they ask for.
Route 1 of 3 · The Book
Your own manuscript — fiction, non-fiction, poetry, a textbook — reviewed by our editors and sold in the Bookstore as a soft copy, a hard copy, or both.
- Who can use it
- Anyone with an account
- Formats
- Digital and print
- Review
- Editorial, by a person
- You keep
- Full ownership of the work
- 1Sign the author self-declaration — the studio opens straight awayyour move
- 2Fill in the guided submission: manuscript, cover, blurb, pricingyour move
- 3Pay the publishing fee, shown in full before you commityour move
- 4An editor reviews the work and talks to you about any changeswith our team
- The title goes live worldwide and starts earning commissionon sale
The roles
The two roles
An account holds one of two publishing roles. One you give yourself; the other we grant after reading your application.
Self-servedAuthor
A person publishing their own work. The role is self-served: sign the declaration and the Author Studio opens immediately — there is no application to wait on.
What this role can do
- Publish books and dissertations under your own name or pen name
- Keep a public author profile readers can find and follow
- Track submissions, reviews and sales in the Author Studio
- Earn commission on every sale, paid out on schedule
- Ask for edits to a live title, or take one off sale and relist it later
Where the line is
- You may only publish work you wrote or hold the rights to
- You cannot list another author's title on their behalf
- An account is either an author or a publisher — never both at once
How you get it: Create an account, open the Author Studio and sign the self-declaration. That is the whole of it.
Become an authorStep by step
From account to catalogue
- 1
Create an account
A free reader account is the starting point for every route — author, researcher or press.
- 2
Pick your route
Book, dissertation, or a publishing house registration. The form adapts to the one you choose.
- 3
Submit and pay
Fill in the guided form and pay the fee, which is shown in full before you commit to anything.
- 4
Editorial review
A real editor reads the work, runs our checks, and talks to you about anything that needs changing.
- 5
Go live and earn
Your title is listed worldwide, your public profile links to it, and you earn on every sale.
By the numbers
What that adds up to
Everything below is live — the catalogue as it stands right now, not a figure somebody typed once.
- Titles on sale
- 4
- Published authors
- 5
- Publishing houses
- 2
- Reader reviews
- 0
Questions
Before you start
Do I keep the rights to my work?
Yes. Publishing with us is a licence to sell, not a transfer of ownership. The work stays yours.
How much does it cost?
One publishing fee per title, calculated by the form and shown in full before you pay. Dissertation fees are fixed per degree level.
Can I be an author and a publisher?
No — an account holds one of the two roles. If your circumstances change, our team can convert the account, and every title moves with it.
How long does review take?
Most submissions are decided within the service window shown on your submission. You are notified at every step, and you can message the reviewer from the task.
What happens if my work is rejected?
You are told why, in writing. You can revise and resubmit — repeated near-identical resubmissions are flagged to our reviewers.
Ready when you are.
Pick a route, fill in the form, and let an editor take it from there.
Start your submission