Every children’s book begins with an idea that deserves to be shared. Whether it starts as a bedtime story, a character, or a creative spark, bringing it to life requires more than imagination alone.
Dublin Publishing Press supports authors through every stage of the publishing journey, from developing manuscripts to creating finished books that children and families can enjoy. We specialise in children’s publishing across different age groups and help writers transform their ideas into professionally produced books with care, creativity, and attention to detail.
Our team understands storytelling, design, and the publishing process, making your vision a reality today.
Tell us about your book and a consultant will get back to you within 24 hours, with no obligation.
We keep our list focused. Rather than trying to cover every kind of book, we concentrate on children’s writing and do it properly.
If you are looking for publishers for children’s books in the Dublin area, here is a good idea of who we typically work with:
Not every publisher out there is worth your time or your story. Before you sign anything, it is worth asking a few direct questions of any publisher you are considering, us included.
You also do not need to go straight to the biggest children’s book publishers in Dublin to get a fair deal or a well-made book. Smaller, focused publishers often give a manuscript far more personal attention, and you are not just one title on a very long list.
It helps to know what kind of publisher you are dealing with. We are a traditional publishing company for children’s books in Dublin, which means we cover the cost of editing, design, and printing ourselves, and we make our return through book sales rather than an upfront fee charged to you. This is different from self-publishing, where you pay for every service yourself and carry all the financial risk. Neither route is wrong. It depends on how much control you want to keep and how much risk you are willing to take on.
We are children’s picture book publishers accepting submissions in Dublin right now, so if you have a finished manuscript, or even a rough draft you are not fully sure about, send it our way. We read every submission that comes in ourselves. We will let you know either way, and if we pass on a story, we will try to tell you why.
You send your story, or sample chapters if it is a longer book, along with a short note about the book and who it is written for. If you are an illustrator without a finished text, tell us that too, and we can help find a match.
We read every submission ourselves rather than passing it to a reading pile that nobody gets to. If a story is not right for us, we will say so honestly instead of leaving you waiting for months. If we are interested, we will come back to you with feedback and clear next steps.
Once we take a book on, an editor works through the text with you, chapter by chapter or page by page for a picture book. If it needs illustrations and you do not already have an illustrator in mind, we help find one whose style genuinely suits the story.
The book is laid out page by page. We check how text and pictures sit together, how the story flows as a child turns each page, and how the cover will actually look sitting on a shelf next to other books.
Once everything is approved by you, the book goes to print. We handle getting it out into shops, schools, and libraries, so the finished book reaches readers rather than sitting in a box in your hallway.
Our book publishing Dublin service covers the full journey, not just the final print run. Every Dublin book publishing project we take on begins with a proper look at the manuscript, so we understand exactly what stage you are at and what your book actually needs next.
We publish books across the platforms most authors use today, including Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and other global distributors. Whether you want a print book, an ebook, or both, we help you choose the right format and route for your goals. Whether you are planning a small print run or a wider release, every book publication project in Dublin gets the same attention from our team, from formatting checks right through to final proofing.
Explore Book PublishingWe offer developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading, depending on what stage your manuscript is at. Our editors focus on structure, clarity, and accuracy, while keeping your tone and your voice exactly as you intended it. You will always get notes explaining why a change was suggested, not just a marked-up page with no context.
Explore Book EditingWe provide ghostwriting support across fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, business books, self-help, and children’s stories. Our writers work closely with you, turning your ideas, notes, or recorded conversations into a manuscript that still sounds like you. Drafts are shared regularly along the way, so you can steer the direction of the book before too much work goes in the wrong way.
Explore Ghostwriting ServicesWe design covers for fiction, non-fiction, academic books, and children’s titles, in both print and digital formats. From illustrated concepts to clean, simple typography, our designers build covers that suit your genre and catch a reader’s eye. We usually offer a few different directions to choose from, rather than a single take it or leave it design.
Explore Cover DesignWe format manuscripts for novels, academic texts, children’s books, and non-fiction titles. Every layout is prepared for paperback, hardback, and ebook versions, so your file meets the technical requirements of each platform before it goes live. Small details, like consistent chapter headings and clean page breaks, get checked carefully before anything is approved.
Explore Book FormattingWe help you plan a launch, prepare online listings, build simple author branding, and run targeted campaigns where it makes sense. The goal is straightforward: get your book in front of the readers most likely to actually enjoy it, rather than spreading a small budget too thin across everyone.
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Every children’s book is different, so we will not put one flat price on this page and pretend it fits every project. A thirty-two-page picture book with full colour illustrations costs more to produce than a text-only chapter book, and price also depends on things like page count, print run size, paper quality, and how much editing or illustration work is needed. A book that needs a full illustrator search and a first-time author edit will naturally take more hours than a polished manuscript from an experienced writer.
Once we have read your manuscript and understood the project properly, we will give you a clear, written quote before any work begins, broken down so you can see exactly what you are paying for. There are no hidden extras added on afterwards, and if your plans change partway through, we will talk you through what that means for cost before going ahead, not after.
It deserves careful development, professional publishing support, and a team that understands how stories connect with young readers. At Dublin Publishing Press, we help transform ideas into meaningful books that families, schools, and communities can enjoy for years to come.
As publishers of children’s books in Dublin, we know how much a story can mean to the person who wrote it, and to the child who eventually reads it. If you have a manuscript sitting in a drawer, or an idea you have not written down yet, get in touch. Send us what you have, tell us a bit about the story, and we will take it from there.
No. Most of our authors are based in and around Dublin, but we work with writers from anywhere in Ireland. We simply operate out of Dublin, so our team and printing partners are close by for meetings and proofing.
It varies with the book, but most projects take somewhere between six months and a year from a signed manuscript to a printed copy. Picture books often take longer because of the illustration work involved, while a text-only chapter book with a clean manuscript can move a bit faster through editing and design.
No. Plenty of writers come to us with text only, and we help match them with an illustrator whose style fits the story and budget.
No. We agree on publishing rights with you for a set term, laid out clearly in a contract before anything is signed. You are always told exactly what you are agreeing to, and any questions about the contract are answered before you sign, not after.
Yes. We take on custom projects for schools, charities, and other organisations who want a story built around a specific theme, such as a school history or an awareness campaign for children.
We publish across the range, from board books for toddlers up to fiction for readers around age twelve, plus some non-fiction titles for young readers.
Send your manuscript, or the first few chapters for a longer book, along with a short note about the story and who it is for. We read everything ourselves and reply to every submission.
Tell us about your manuscript and a publishing consultant will come back to you within 24 hours — with an honest assessment and no obligation.
