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You wrote this book to serve people. You need an editor who makes it read better and leaves what you believe alone. That is the job we do. Then we publish it so churches, Christian bookstores and readers anywhere can order it.
Send a few lines about the book: what it is, who it is for, how it will be used. Within one business day you get a clear price from someone who works on faith books every week. You pay nothing until you say yes.
The short answer
Columbia Publication publishes Christian books, from devotionals and Bible studies to memoir and ministry resources, for a flat fee from $1,499. Editors work on clarity, structure and flow, never on doctrine, and check every scripture attribution. Books go to Amazon and, through IngramSpark, to Christian bookstores, church bookstores and libraries. Most are live in 4 to 9 weeks, and 100% of royalties are yours.
Prices checked October 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Gia Kahn, Lead Editor · Next review November 2026 · How we check
Is this you?
People decide whether to trust a message before they read a word of it.
They look at the cover first. A homemade one says the book was not worth finishing. A traditional Christian publisher fixes that, then takes the title, the cover and the rights. And a book that lives only on Amazon never reaches the leader who orders twenty copies for her group through the church bookstore.
We fix all three without taking anything. A cover made for Christian readers. An interior built for how the book will be used. And a listing in the catalog Christian retailers already order from. The rights stay in your name.
Your options
Most Christian authors weigh three routes. Read across each row: it shows who controls the message, who owns the book and how long you wait.
| What matters | Traditional Christian publisher | Doing it yourself | Columbia Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who decides | The publisher: title, cover and editorial direction | You, and you do every task | You decide, we produce |
| Getting accepted | Usually needs an agent; most manuscripts are declined | Open to everyone | Open to every author |
| Your rights | Held by the publisher under contract | Yours | 100% yours, permanently |
| Your royalties | A percentage set by contract | Paid by each retailer | 100% yours, no share taken |
| Time to publish | Often years from submission | Depends on finding freelancers | Typically 4 to 9 weeks |
One row decides it for most authors we talk to: who decides. If your message has to reach readers exactly as you wrote it, that row matters more than the timeline.
What we publish
All of them, and each one is edited and designed for the way it is read.
Daily devotionals, study workbooks and small-group curricula, set up for print and ebook and orderable in volume by churches.
Stories of faith, hardship and redemption. We tighten the telling and keep the voice that makes the story believable.
Books on purpose, marriage, grief, prayer and calling.
Sermon collections, leadership books and teaching resources that church libraries and seminaries can order.
Inspirational romance, historical, allegorical and faith-themed adventure.
Bible stories, children’s devotionals and picture books. Illustrated packages start from $1,500, and full-color picture books from $3,000.
Built to be used
Around how it gets used, because these books get handled in ways a novel never is. A devotional is opened every morning. A workbook gets written in. A ministry resource is carried into a small group and passed around a table.
Each entry starts where the reader expects it. The date or day, the scripture, the reflection and a short prayer sit in the same order and style every time, so the eye finds its place before the coffee is poured.
Room to write, clear session numbers, questions that stand apart from the teaching, and paper that takes ink without the other side showing through.
The King James Version is public domain in the US. Modern translations such as the NIV, ESV and NLT allow limited quotation with each publisher’s notice, and longer use needs permission. Your editor checks every reference against the version you name.
Sell it at your church, teach from it, give copies away at events and build a course around it. Author copies are ordered at print cost.
Writing a devotional or a study? Tell us how people will use it, and we will lay it out around that.
Get My Publishing PlanFrom an author we published
“It turned out better than I could have imagined when I first started.”
Jason Patterson, author of City of the Gods. Christian memoir we have published: Uncharted Road, Faithful God! by Pardon Chenjerai, in Kindle, hardcover and paperback.
Prices
Three flat fees for Christian authors. You keep every right and every royalty, and nothing is added to the price unless you approve it first.
Ready to publish
$1,499
Your edited manuscript gets a cover, an interior and a listing everywhere, Christian bookstores included through IngramSpark.
For the finished manuscript: on Amazon and orderable by church and Christian bookstores in about 4 to 5 weeks, every doctrine exactly as you wrote it.
Cover, formatting, ISBNs, wide distribution
Get My PlanRecommended
$2,499
Global Publish, plus a full proofread and one project manager who runs every stage for you.
For the pastor with no spare hours: a careful proofread, scripture references checked, and one person running the whole job.
Everything in Global Publish, plus proofreading
Get My PlanMinistry and speaking
$4,999
Full Production, plus a full copy edit, keyword and category work, an author website and a press release for ministry and speaking.
For the speaker and teacher: a copy-edited book, a website and a press release, ready for churches, conferences and invitations.
Everything in Full Production, plus copy edit
Get My PlanWhat guards your message
Want all three editing levels, an audiobook and a launch campaign? Authority Plus starts from $7,500. Every package is paid in full upfront, once you approve the quote.
What you can count on
How it runs
We’ve started with Publishing & distribution. Add anything else your manuscript needs, and a specialist sends an itemized quote within one business day. Free, confidential, no obligation.
Your quote within one business day. Nothing is charged until you approve it. 100% of your rights stay yours.
Questions
No, never. We edit the language, the clarity, the structure and the flow. We do not alter, moderate or argue with the theology or the faith perspective of any manuscript. If a sentence is unclear, we ask you what you meant. We do not decide for you.
Yes. The King James Version is public domain in the US. Modern translations such as the NIV, ESV, NASB and NLT allow limited quotation with each publisher’s copyright notice, and longer use needs permission. Your editor checks every attribution before the book is published.
Packages start at $1,499 for core production, $2,499 with proofreading and $4,999 with a full copy edit. Developmental editing is quoted once we have read your manuscript. Every price is a flat fee, confirmed before you pay anything.
It can be ordered by them. Through IngramSpark, independent Christian bookstores, church bookstores, Christian wholesalers and libraries can order your book. We set the subject codes and the metadata that Christian retail buyers search by.
Most Christian books are live in 4 to 9 weeks: about 4 to 5 for Global Publish and 7 to 9 for Full Production. Illustrated books and developmental editing take longer, and your quote gives the dates.
Yes, as freely as you like. Every right stays with you. Sell it at church, teach from it, license excerpts for a curriculum and order author copies at print cost.
Yes. Beyond your book, we print Bibles, hymnals, devotionals and study guides and VBS materials for congregations.
In full, upfront, once you approve the quote. That payment fixes your schedule and your delivery date.
Tell us what the book is and who it serves. You will have a clear price within one business day.
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