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Book Intake Form.

One short form. Tell us only what you know, upload your files, and hit submit — we’ll confirm on screen and by email the moment it lands. No accounts, no back-and-forth.

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01

Who’s submitting

This tells us who to keep in the loop. If you’re an agency or publisher sending a book on an author’s behalf, choose the second option and we’ll correspond with you, not your author.

Please choose one.
Required.
Enter a valid email.
02

Author snapshot

How the author should be identified — on the record, and on the cover.

Required.
Required.
May differ from the submitter above.
Enter a valid email.
    03

    Book overview

    Required.
    Please pick a category.
    A whole number of words — 34,000, not 34.
    That’s outside the usual range for a manuscript. If it’s right, add a quick note below so we don’t flag it.
    Required.
    Please choose one.
    04

    Key dates

    These drive scheduling. Pick real dates — or mark an event as undecided.

    “Final delivery” means production-ready manuscript + cover files tested in KDP / IngramSpark — not printed copies.
    Please choose a delivery date.
    Tight timeline. Your event is within 14 days of the delivery date. We can often still make it — but late changes may need timeline adjustments. We’ll prioritize this and confirm feasibility with you.
    05

    Purpose & vision

    Please pick a goal.
    06

    Design & publishing preferences

    A little technical — every jargon term has a plain-language note, and you can always ask us to recommend.

    Whoever is listed as the publisher of the book. This one answer decides who supplies the ISBN & LCCN — so we ask it once, here.
    Required.
    Required.
    Pick at least one.
    Trim size is the printed page dimensions in inches.
    Please choose one.
    Great — we’ll coordinate with you to pick one from your pool for this title.
    A Library of Congress Control Number, used by libraries. Optional for most self-published books.
    The scannable code on the back cover. We can generate it.
    These help readers find your book on Amazon. We can suggest them for you.
    07

    Cover direction

    Designing your cover is part of what we do — most authors let us create it from a description. If you already have a finished cover you want to keep, you can hand it straight to us instead.

    Please choose one.
    Type each line exactly as it should be printed — spelling, capitalization and all. This is what we set in type.
    08

    Communication & review

    Quick replies keep your book moving — if a review round sits for more than about 48 hours, timelines may shift. Either way, we always confirm receipt on our end, so you’re never left guessing.
    What to expect: once we have all of your required assets, your first production draft is typically ready within about 72 hours.
    09

    Required assets & files

    This is the heart of it. Upload whatever’s ready — the receipt will list exactly what we got and what’s still outstanding. Nothing gets emailed; everything goes straight to your book’s folder.

      Please attach at least one manuscript file.
                If any assets above aren’t ready, when do you expect to get them to us? Missing assets can delay delivery.
                10

                Acknowledgment

                A few things to confirm so nothing surprises either of us.

                Please confirm all four to continue.
                Please sign.
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                You’ll get a confirmation on screen and by email right away.

                We’ve got it.

                Your book has been received by the VersAssists publishing team.

                Reference  —
                What we received
                  Still outstanding
                    What happens next
                    1. Our team reviews your files and pre-fills your production details from your manuscript.
                    2. We send you a short review where you simply confirm or correct what we pulled — you won’t start from a blank form again.
                    3. Once confirmed, production begins.
                    You don’t need to do anything else right now. We’ll come to you for the next step.
                    VersAssists
                    Submission received · this reference is your proof of receipt.