Book Publishing Services and Fees

1. Core Publishing Packages

Each package covers one title, one edition, and one product format. Printing, shipping, statutory deposit copies, and third-party platform charges are not included unless separately agreed in writing.

Package Comparison

Recommended Print Publication Bundles

For authors who want a printed edition, the following bundles combine a core package with the Standard Physical Publication Pack (Section 2) at a combined price:

Bundle prices exclude shipping of the 20 author copies to the author's address, taxes, payment-platform fees, and third-party platform charges.

Standard Production Timeline

The timelines below run from the next business day after all of the following are satisfied:

• -The manuscript has been formally accepted.
• -The publishing agreement has been signed.
• -The required payment has been received.
• -Authorship, copyright, and permission materials are complete.
• -The final manuscript, images, and attachments have been submitted.
• -No outstanding revisions remain pending from the author.

These are target production timelines only. They exclude author revision time, third-party permission wait times, government or public-body processing time, printing time, international shipping time, and delays caused by force majeure.

2. Physical Publication and Statutory Deposit

Page-Count Surcharge

Standalone Printing and Deposit-Coordination Services

Additional Author Copies

Prices below apply when ordered with the first print run, up to 200 pages, black-and-white paperback.

Over 200 pages, colour interior, special paper, special binding, or a separate later reprint are quoted separately.

Print Upgrades

Changes requested after the author approves the final proof may incur replating, re-proofing, or reprinting charges.

Author Copy Delivery and International Logistics

Shipping of author copies is not included in any publishing package or the Standard Physical Publication Pack.

Other Logistics Charges

The publisher does not guarantee customs clearance time, carrier delivery time, or destination postal processing time. Expedited publication, expedited printing, and international courier are three independent services.

3. Rush Tiers

Manuscript Assessment Priority

Assessment fees cover priority scheduling only and do not guarantee acceptance. Non-refundable once assessment work has begun.

Production Rush by Package

Package A

Critical Fast-Track applies only to fully proofread, typeset, publication-ready files that already meet technical standards.

Package B

Package B does not offer a 3-business-day critical production option.

Package C

Bilingual, multilingual, large edited volumes, complex formulas, colour figures, multi-author unification work, and manuscripts over approximately 300 pages are not guaranteed a fixed rush timeline. Package C only publishes a Priority tier — Express or Critical delivery is not publicly committed and is assessed individually.

Rush Service Rules

• -Rush fees must be paid in full before scheduling.
• -Rush fees are non-refundable once the rush slot has begun.
• -Rush only shortens the publisher's internal processing time.
• -Rush does not waive editorial, ethical, rights, or technical review.
• -New author revisions, delayed confirmations, or replaced files automatically reset the original rush timeline.
• -Rush does not include printing rush, courier rush, or third-party platform processing rush.
• -The publisher may decline a rush request based on project complexity or scheduling capacity.

Printing Rush

Printing lead time is counted from the business day after the final print files and proofs are formally approved. Shipping time is calculated separately.

• -Applies only to technically compliant final PDF files.
• -Excludes shipping time.
• -Not all paper stocks, bindings, and finishes can be rushed.
• -Hardcover, special paper, colour interior, and special finishes usually require separate confirmation.
• -Printer scheduling, equipment maintenance, and public holidays may affect availability.

4. Additional Services

Additional Editing and Production Services

“One consolidated round” means the author or editor submits all revision comments in a single document at once. Scattered, repeated, or cross-file revisions are billed as additional rounds or by the hour.

Additional Editions and Digital Formats

Each package covers one title, one edition, and one product format. Paperback, hardback, PDF, EPUB, Kindle-compatible editions, revised editions, translated editions, and other separately distributed versions each require their own ISBN, metadata, and production work — an additional edition or format is never covered by a single flat “ISBN fee.” An additional ISBN will not be assigned unless the additional edition or format has been formally approved and is intended for genuine publication.

Institutional, Series, and Proceedings Publishing

Institutional publications, book series, conference proceedings, annual reports, multi-volume works, large edited collections, and sponsored open-access books are quoted separately according to project size, manuscript complexity, number of contributors, languages, production requirements, publication formats, distribution requirements, and expected administrative workload.

Sales and Distribution Setup

Standard publishing fees do not include commercial distribution. Optional distribution services may be available for eligible titles, subject to the rules, approval processes, territorial limitations, technical requirements, and fees of the relevant platform.

ISBN and Publisher-of-Record Policy

ISBNs are assigned only to publications that have been:

• -Submitted to Panorama Scholarly Books
• -Reviewed and formally accepted
• -Covered by a signed publishing agreement
• -Approved for publication under the Panorama Scholarly Books imprint
• -Supported by complete authorship, rights, and bibliographic information
• -Prepared for a genuine and identifiable edition and product format

Assignment of an ISBN does not constitute:

• -Copyright registration
• -Government approval of the content
• -Academic accreditation or degree recognition
• -Indexing or peer-review certification
• -Commercial distribution
• -A guarantee of sales or citations

5. Payment and Quotation Rules

• 01Package A and physical-printing items are generally payable in full in advance.
• 02Packages B and C are generally 50% deposit to begin, with the remaining 50% due before final file delivery or publication.
• 03All rush fees must be paid in full before rush scheduling begins.
• 04Wire transfers should be arranged so the payer bears all outgoing and intermediary-bank charges.
• 05An international payment and bank-handling surcharge of 12% applies to payments made by credit card, PayPal, Stripe, wire transfer, or other overseas payment channels, covering cross-border processing, correspondent-bank, and currency-conversion costs.
• 06This international payment surcharge is disclosed upfront in the quotation and invoice — it is not a hidden or subsequently added fee.
• 07Quotations are generally valid for 14 days.
• 08Printing and logistics quotations may be adjusted for changes in paper, fuel, exchange rates, carrier, or supplier pricing.
• 09Taxes, duties, and third-party service fees are not included unless expressly stated in the quotation. International bank and payment-platform costs are covered by the 12% surcharge above, not charged again separately.
• 10Final scope of service is governed by the written quotation, publishing agreement, and any confirmed project specification.

Cancellation and Refund Principles

Fees reflect editorial, administrative, metadata, production, design, archiving, and publisher work already performed. Fees paid before work begins may be refundable subject to documented administrative costs.

• -Once editorial administration, rights review, metadata preparation, production, design, typesetting, or proofreading has begun, the completed portion of the work is non-refundable.
• -Fees are normally non-refundable after an ISBN has been assigned or reserved for the accepted publication.
• -Fees are non-refundable after final files have been released or publication has been completed.
• -Author-requested cancellation does not create an entitlement to a refund of work already completed.
• -Where the publisher terminates a project because of plagiarism, rights infringement, undisclosed authorship disputes, unlawful content, false information, ethical violations, or breach of agreement, completed work and incurred costs remain payable.

Detailed cancellation and refund provisions are governed by the signed publishing agreement.

Review and Publisher's Right to Decline

All proposals and manuscripts are subject to editorial, ethical, legal, and technical review. Panorama Scholarly Books may decline or discontinue a project that:

• -Falls outside the publisher's scope
• -Does not meet academic or production standards
• -Contains plagiarism or duplicate publication
• -Contains unresolved authorship or copyright disputes
• -Uses third-party material without permission
• -Contains unlawful, defamatory, deceptive, or materially misleading content
• -Provides false author, affiliation, funding, or publication information
• -Cannot be brought to publication standard within the agreed scope
• -Creates an unacceptable legal, ethical, reputational, or operational risk