eBook publishing · India
Every story
deserves a light.
Siraj eBooks Publications takes a manuscript from first read to a listed ebook: editorial, cover, ISBN, EPUB conversion, distribution to Kindle, Google Play, Apple Books and Kobo, and royalty you can check line by line.
No reading fee. Rights stay with the author.
Two ways in
Are you here to publish, or to read?
Siraj is both a publishing house and a bookstore. The author side and the reader side stay separate, so neither one gets in the other's way.
Publish with Siraj
You wrote the book. We handle everything between the manuscript and a listing you would be proud to send to your mother.
- Structural and copy edit, then a final proof
- Cover design and interior typesetting
- ISBN, copyright record, and EPUB conversion
- Quarterly royalty statement, every line visible
Read with Siraj
Books from Indian authors, in English and in Indian languages, as ebooks you own a licence to read, not rent.
- Buy once, read on phone, tablet or laptop
- ePub and PDF with every purchase
- GST invoice on every order, no hidden charges
- 7-day replacement on a corrupted or undelivered file
The path
Six stages, no black box
Most authors lose months not knowing which stage their book is at. You get a named editor, a stage tracker, and a date for each handover.
Manuscript read
You send the full manuscript or first three chapters. We read it and reply with an honest assessment: what works, what needs work, and whether we are the right house for it. Nothing is published before this.
10 working daysAgreement and rights
A written author publishing agreement before any editorial work starts. It states exactly which rights you grant, the royalty rate, the payment cycle, and how either side can exit.
Signed, not verbalEditorial and proof
Structural edit, copy edit, then two proof rounds. A plagiarism check and a rights check run alongside, including every third-party image, quote and table.
4 to 8 weeksCover, EPUB, ISBN
Two cover routes, one chosen. Reflowable EPUB for text, fixed layout where illustrations carry the page, then a device test on the phones your readers actually use. An ISBN for each format and edition, recorded in your title's metadata sheet.
3 to 4 weeksPublication and distribution
Your title goes live on the Siraj store and is pushed to Kindle, Google Play Books, Apple Books and Kobo. Delivery is instant, there is no inventory, no minimum order and no stock to write off.
Go-live in 7 daysRoyalty and reporting
Quarterly statements showing units sold, gross value, discounts, platform commission, net revenue and your share. Paid by bank transfer with TDS shown separately where it applies.
Every quarterFree author tools
Do the numbers before you sign anything
Two calculators, no sign-up, nothing stored. Use them to sanity-check any publisher's offer, including ours.
Royalty calculator
LiveWhat reaches you on one ebook sale, after GST, platform commission and delivery.
Method: royalty is paid on net receipts, never on list price. On the Kindle 70% plan Amazon also deducts a size-based delivery fee, which is why that line exists. Every figure here is indicative for planning; the rate that applies is the one written in your agreement.
Publishing cost estimator
LiveAn indicative band for turning a manuscript into a listed ebook, before you talk to anyone.
What this is not: a quotation. There is no print run in any band, because we publish ebooks only. It is a planning figure for a first conversation, and a written quote follows a manuscript read, because length and condition change the work.
Catalogue
The first shelf
Siraj opens with a deliberately small first list. Four titles are in production for the launch season, across fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Institutional sales
Digital libraries for schools, colleges and companies
Institutions do not buy books one at a time. They buy a licensed catalogue, a single invoice, and a way to add 400 students to it without 400 emails.
- Multi-user licence per title, priced by cohort size
- One GST invoice per order, PO and e-invoice supported
- Custom reading lists built with your faculty
- Access usage report each term, not just a sales figure
- Publishing support for in-house faculty titles
What an institution gets
- Catalogue access
- Read-only list with ISBNs, formats and per-title licence prices, refreshed each season.
- Licence types
- Single title, subject bundle, or full catalogue. Concurrent seats or named users.
- Delivery
- Access codes by CSV upload, or SSO if your library system supports it.
- Invoicing
- GST invoice with HSN and SAC codes, 15 to 30 day terms on approved accounts.
- Support
- One named contact, not a ticket queue. Onboarding call for your librarian.
Our word
Four things written into the agreement
A new publishing house cannot show you ten years of backlist. It can show you exactly what it promises, in writing, before you sign.
Rights stay yours
We ask for the specific rights we will actually use. Film, translation, audio and print are separate decisions, and print stays yours unless you ask us to arrange it.
Royalty on net, not list
Every deduction is a named line on your statement: GST, platform commission, delivery fee, retailer discount and TDS. You can rebuild the arithmetic yourself and it should match.
A date, not a promise
Each stage has a stated duration in the agreement. If we miss a stage by more than 30 days without a reason you accept, you can leave.
Out for real
Six months after release, if a title is not listed on at least three channels, the rights revert to you on written request.
Questions
What authors ask first
What does it cost to publish with Siraj?
There is no reading fee and no charge to submit. If we take the book, the cost depends on the route you choose: editorial and production only, that plus launch support, or the full service with institutional sales setup. You get a written quote after the manuscript read, and you can decline it without losing anything. Use the cost estimator above for a planning band.
What royalty rate do you pay?
The rate is set per title in your agreement, and it applies to net receipts after GST, platform commission, delivery fee and any retailer discount. We do not quote a headline percentage against list price, because that figure does not survive contact with a 30% platform cut. The royalty calculator shows the arithmetic that will appear on your statement.
Do I keep the copyright?
Yes. Copyright stays with you. You grant Siraj a defined licence to publish in the formats and territories named in the agreement. Copyright registration is optional in India since protection begins on creation, but we recommend registering before publication because it makes enforcement far cheaper.
How is GST handled on an ebook?
This is the most misunderstood part of digital publishing in India. A qualifying ebook, meaning the electronic version of a book, is generally treated at 5%, while a digital study pack, subscription or online course is generally 18%. The classification follows the product, not your monthly turnover, and there is no monthly sales ceiling that changes the rate. We confirm classification with a Chartered Accountant before a title goes live.
Which languages do you publish in?
English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada at launch, with more added as translators come on. Each language edition gets its own ISBN, because bookstores and libraries catalogue them as separate products.
What format are the ebooks, and where can readers open them?
Every title is produced as EPUB: reflowable for text-led books, fixed layout where illustrations carry the page. Kindle converts that EPUB into its own format on upload, so one production file reaches Kindle, Kobo, Google Play Books, Apple Books and any standard reader. Direct purchases also include a PDF companion, which is what most institutional buyers ask for.
How long does publication take?
Typically 10 to 16 weeks from a signed agreement and a clean manuscript. Editorial and proofing is the longest stage at 4 to 8 weeks. A manuscript that needs a restructure takes longer, and we will tell you that at the first read rather than month three.
What protects my book from piracy?
Watermarking on every download, a per-customer licence key, download limits, and takedown notices against mirrors. We do not claim DRM makes a book unpirateable, because it does not. The honest protection is speed of takedown plus a legal record of your authorship.
Where do you sell?
The Siraj store, Kindle, Google Play Books, Apple Books and Kobo, plus direct institutional and bulk orders on our own store. Delivery is instant, so there is no stock, no warehouse and no minimum order. You are free to sell the same ebook elsewhere, because we do not take exclusive distribution.
Submissions
Send us the manuscript
Tell us about the book in a few lines. If it is a fit, we ask for the full file. If it is not, you get a reply either way, because silence is the worst thing a publisher can send an author.