How to publish a book in Nepal
A plain account of what publishing actually involves in Nepal — the decision, the work, the ISBN, the print run, and how a book reaches readers — written by a Kathmandu house that does this every week.
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From a sentence you cannot stop turning over, to a manuscript a publisher can read. What the work actually is, and how SPH will sit with you through it.
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What an ISBN is, who it is issued to, and what a Kathmandu publisher actually does with it. No invented numbers. No agency we cannot name from the official list.
Read the guideWhat publishing costs
The things that actually move a number: extent, colour, paper, binding, print run, editorial depth, writing support, and the campaign. No fake NPR quote. A proposal after we have read the work.
Read the guidePrivate publishing
Few books. A dedicated house. From first idea to the shelf — thinking, writing, editing, production, ISBN, distribution and a public campaign.
Read the guideAcademic publishing and Tribhuvan University
SPH is an approved publisher with Tribhuvan University. What that means, what it does not mean, and how a scholarly book actually gets made.
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