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Lighthouse Publication
Est. 2011 · New Delhi — London — Singapore

We publish what deserves to endure.

An independent house for books and research that outlast their season. From first draft to thirty-eight countries — guided, every step, by one light.

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From manuscript to the world

A publishing journey with no dark stretches

Eighteen editorial stages, distilled into six moments you'll actually feel. You can watch your book move through every one of them, live, from your author dashboard.

01

Submit

Upload your manuscript online. A human editor — never a form letter — replies within 14 days.

02

Refine

Structural editing, line editing and proofreading with editors who argue for your reader.

03

Design

A cover worth judging and typography worth rereading, drafted until it's undeniably yours.

04

Register

ISBN, copyright, and for academic work a Crossref DOI — your book becomes citable, findable, permanent.

05

Release

Print runs, ebook and audio, distributed to stores and libraries in 38 countries.

06

Grow

Marketing sprints, events, and a royalty dashboard that pays quarterly and hides nothing.

Self-publishing, done properly

Keep your rights.
Keep your royalties.
We do the rest.

The craft of a traditional house with the control of self-publishing. One dedicated project editor, transparent pricing, and up to 100% of net royalties — paid to the rupee, shown in real time.

  • Publish in 90–120 days, hardcover to audiobook
  • Free ISBN, copyright filing and barcode
  • Amazon, Flipkart, Kindle, Apple Books + 400 stores
  • Royalty calculator before you spend a rupee
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Lighthouse Academic

Research that gets read, cited and kept

Six peer-reviewed journals. Double-anonymous review with a median first decision of 31 days. Crossref DOIs, ORCID integration and indexing that actually reaches your field.

  • Scopus, DOAJ, UGC-CARE and MLA indexing
  • Reviewers credited and honoraria paid
  • COPE-aligned publication ethics
2.84LJIR impact factor
31 daysMedian first decision
4,300+Published articles
60+Countries citing us
In their words

The people we publish

Three publishers rejected the silences in my novel. Lighthouse built a cover around them. That's the difference — they read for what a book is trying to become.
Meera RaghunathanAuthor, The Cartographer of Silences · JCB Prize 2025
My royalty dashboard shows every copy, every store, every rupee — updated weekly. After two decades in academia, this is the first publisher I haven't had to chase.
Dr. S. VenkataramanAuthor, Letters to a Young Scientist · Padma Shri
I self-published my first collection with their Harbour package. Ninety-six days later it was in forty bookstores and I still owned every word of it.
Ishaan BediPoet, A Field Guide to Forgetting · 3 print runs

Your manuscript has waited long enough.

Send us the first three chapters. A commissioning editor will read them — personally — and reply within fourteen days.