Author resources
The guides and templates our own editors hand to authors — downloadable, current, and free whether or not you ever publish with us. A lighthouse charges no one for light.
Manuscript formatting kit
Word and Google Docs templates set to our house standard — margins, styles, chapter breaks — plus a pre-submission checklist.
Download .docx · 84 KB→The synopsis that gets read
One page, four paragraphs, no “and then”. With annotated examples from three synopses that became Lighthouse books.
Read online · 10 min→Royalty & print calculators
Estimate earnings per copy, print runs and spine width before you spend a rupee. The same maths our quotes use.
Open calculators→Journal submission checklist
Anonymisation, ORCID, data availability, ethics statements and reference styles for all six journals — one printable page each.
Download PDF · 312 KB→Citation style library
CSL files and BibTeX headers for APA 7, Chicago 18, MLA 9 and each journal's house variant. Works with Zotero and Mendeley.
Download bundle→Cover design brief
The exact questionnaire our studio uses to start a cover — comps, audiences, the shelf test. Fill it before you brief any designer.
Download PDF · 96 KB→ISBN, ISSN & DOI explained
What each identifier does, what it costs (often nothing), who assigns it and the scams to avoid. Our most-shared guide.
Read online · 10 min→First 90 days of marketing
A recorded 70-minute session with our publicity team: launch plans, review mailing, and what to skip entirely.
Watch recording→Royalty statements, annotated
Three real (anonymised) statements with every line explained. Pairs with the Royalty Mathematics essay on The Beacon.
Read the essay→