Publishing Deposit & Manuscript Evaluation
$35 Applied toward your publishing package
Start Your Publishing Journey with Confidence
Not ready to select your publishing package yet? Start with a $35 publishing deposit and receive your professional manuscript evaluation first.
With Your Publishing Deposit + Manuscript Evaluation:
- Receive a detailed professional evaluation of your manuscript
- Gain insight into your market, audience, positioning, and publishing opportunities
- Your $35 deposit is applied toward your Outskirts Press publishing package
Not ready yet? You can speak with one of our publishing consultants and submit your manuscript for a free preliminary review.
A Small First Step Toward Publishing Your Book
Publishing your book doesn’t have to begin with a large commitment.
Start with a $35 publishing deposit and receive your professional manuscript evaluation before selecting your publishing package.
You’ll gain professional insight into your book, its audience, and its position in the marketplace. Best of all, your $35 deposit is applied directly toward the cost of your Outskirts Press publishing package when you decide to publish.
What You Receive with Your Manuscript Evaluation
Your manuscript receives a detailed publishing analysis designed to help you understand your book’s strengths, audience, positioning, and potential in the marketplace.
We compare your manuscript to successful books in your genre to identify market trends, reader expectations, and competitive positioning.
We identify your book’s unique selling points and how it stands apart from other books competing for the same readers.
We help identify the readers most likely to connect with your book, including relevant interests, motivations, and audience characteristics.
Receive guidance about how your cover can be designed and positioned to attract readers while fitting expectations within your genre.
We analyze your manuscript’s commercial potential and identify strategies for positioning your book and reaching its target audience.
We recommend relevant keywords and industry classification codes that can help retailers categorize your book and readers discover it.
We identify retail and library distribution opportunities that may help connect your book with the readers most likely to enjoy it.
Why Authors Choose This Option
Many authors appreciate receiving professional guidance before selecting a publishing package.
Your evaluation can help you better understand your book and determine which publishing and marketing services make the most sense for your goals.
The evaluation also provides valuable feedback you can use no matter where you ultimately choose to publish.
Your $35 Goes Toward Publishing
When you decide to publish with Outskirts Press, your entire $35 deposit is applied toward the cost of your publishing package.
You’re not adding another expense. You’re simply taking a smaller first step toward publishing your book.
Important Things to Know
- The $35 publishing deposit is completely optional.
- You can submit your manuscript for a free preliminary review at no cost.
- A full manuscript evaluation is already included with every Outskirts Press publishing package.
- This option simply gives you the opportunity to receive your full evaluation before selecting a publishing package.
- If you publish with Outskirts Press, your $35 deposit is applied toward your publishing package.
Ready to Take the First Step?
Secure your professional manuscript evaluation for just $35.
Gain professional insight into your manuscript before selecting your publishing package, while knowing your deposit can go directly toward publishing your book with Outskirts Press.