What genres does WordsWorth Publishers work with?

We publish across every genre: poetry, mystery, romance, history, fantasy and memoir among them, from gothic mystery to Regency romance and poetic memoir.

How long does the publishing process take?

The full process runs across five acts: a two week reading, a one week commission, six weeks of composition, a week of impression, and global publication from week ten onward.

How much does a commission cost?

Every commission is bespoke and quoted individually after the initial reading of your manuscript. There is no fixed menu of prices.

Where do you distribute finished ebooks?

We place finished editions across Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play and library systems worldwide.

❦ Bespoke Ebook Publishing ❦

Your Manuscript,
Bound in Heritage.

An old world publishing house for the digital age. We compose, edit, illustrate and place ebooks with the care of a nineteenth century atelier.

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The Master's Craft

Six disciplines, one bound edition.

Curatorial Editing

Structural editing guided by literary tradition, line by line, until your voice reads as though it has always been in print.

II.

Typographic Design

Bespoke ebook interiors set with old style serifs, drop caps, and the compositional dignity of a first edition.

III.

Cover Illustration

Hand directed cover art in the spirit of Penguin cloth and Folio Society: imagery that belongs on a shelf, not a thumbnail.

IV.

Global Distribution

Placement across Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play and libraries worldwide, with the weight of a proper imprint.

Manuscript Formatting

Immaculate EPUB and PDF composition. Every ligature, every widow, every orphan attended to by a human hand.

VI.

Author Marketing

Press releases, launch pages, and heritage tier author branding: the promotion your manuscript deserves.

The Archive

Every genre finds a shelf.

From gothic mystery to Regency romance, epic fantasy to poetic memoir, we publish the storytellers of every era.

01 Poetry Classical

02 Mystery Gothic

03 Romance Regency

04 History Nautical

05 Fantasy Bestiary

06 Memoir Scholarly

Vintage engraving of a writing desk with quill, inkwell, candle and stacked leather books — Plate I: The Writing Desk

Bloomsbury Atelier · MDCCCXLII

Our Philosophy

A book is a physical relic of a digital mind.

WordsWorth Publishers was built on a simple belief: the migration of literature to the screen should not be a departure from dignity. Every manuscript we handle receives the archival reverence once reserved for the great cloth bound editions.

We take our name from William Wordsworth, a poet whose words survived two centuries of technological upheaval. That is the standard we hold for every ebook that leaves our press.

228: Years of literary heritage upheld in every commission.
1,400+: Manuscripts pressed, bound and distributed worldwide.
42: Languages our catalogues have reached, from Reykjavík to Kyoto.
97%: Of our authors return for their second and third editions.

Edwin Hollis

Editor in Chief · Fifth Custodian of the Imprint

They did not simply upload my manuscript to the marketplace. They composed it, dressed it in cloth, and set it upon a shelf. My novel finally reads the way it always sounded in my head.

Julian Thorne · Author of The Silent Fens

Every proof arrived by post, corrected in a hand I could trust. They treated my little volume of verse as though it were bound for a museum shelf, not a marketplace.

Marianne Whitcombe · Author of Fenland Elegies

The typesetting alone was worth the commission: old style figures, true drop caps, a colophon. My readers write to say the book simply feels older and finer than anything else on their shelf.

Alistair Crane · Author of The Cartographer’s Widow

The Atelier

From manuscript to first edition, in five deliberate acts.

Days 1–14
The Reading

Your manuscript arrives at our Bloomsbury reading room. A senior editor reads it end to end: no algorithms, no interns. Within a fortnight you receive a written appraisal.

Plate I: The Reading Desk
Days 15–21
The Commission

We agree the scope of works: developmental notes, copy edit, cover direction, typographic sample. A commission letter is drawn up and countersigned.

Plate II: The Wax Seal
Weeks 3–8
The Composition

Your book is typeset by hand in Garamond or Baskerville. Cover art is directed with a working illustrator. Proofs are pulled and posted for your correction.

Plate III: The Composing Room
Week 9
The Impression

Once every widow is banished and every ligature settled, we press the final EPUB, PDF and print ready interiors. A physical proof copy is bound for your archive.

Plate IV: The Press House
Week 10 onward
The Publication

Global placement across Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play and library systems. A launch page, press release and 12 month publicity retainer accompany every Library Collection.

Plate V: The World Library