Author Advice - ‘General Publishing Guidelines’

Instant-Books UK Ltd believes that all authors should have the opportunity for their book to be published so long as that author has the commitment to their project that can bring the design of their book to a publishable form in A4 page size format.
We believe in Authors and we trust Authors to produce their Instant-Books Edition as they would like their readers to see their book.

What is Publishable by Instant-Books UK Ltd?

Basically ‘Everything and Anything’; no subject is excluded for being too obscure, too esoteric, too small a market. At Instant-Books we don’t know where the next ‘Best Seller’ is coming from, so our intention is to give every Author the chance to see their book in publication; for Instant-Books UK Ltd this ‘publication’ is in the form of a digital Instant-Books Edition available for Instant Download by web users World-Wide.
There is no limitation on what your Instant-Books Edition contains so long as it meets our fundamental guideline of ‘not offending the reader’. Remember that ‘reader’ could be anyone anywhere.

General Publishing Guidelines for Instant-Books Editions

Your final submission of your Instant-Books Edition must comply with the following four guidelines:-

  • the Book is entirely the author’s own work and where any permissions to use material in the book are required these permissions have been obtained by the author in writing.
  • the Book does not contain any direct, or inferred, reference to encouraging the reader to commit a criminal offence as defined by UK law.
  • the Book shall in no way, directly or inferred, encourage the reader into acts of religious, racial, sexual, national intolerance.
  • the Book does not contain any pornographic content.
Potential Breaches of Instant-Books UK Ltd ‘General Publishing Guidelines’

When submitting your Instant-Books Edition you will be required to complete the Instant-Books Publishing Agreement which includes you indemnifying Instant-Books UK Ltd against any action should your Instant-Books Edition fail to meet these General Publishing Guidelines.
Should there be a complaint by a client that an Instant-Books Edition title is allegedly in breach of the ‘General Publishing Guidelines’ then Instant-Books UK Ltd will examine the complaint, and if it is found to have any substance then that Instant-Books Edition will be withdrawn from the Catalogue while the complaint issue is resolved between the Author, Client and Instant-Books UK Ltd.

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