We use the Chicago Manual of Style. We allow for your own style and voice in our editing process, but the Chicago Manual is a great baseline. It's something every writer should own. It's easy to understand and easy to look things up.
You can employ an editor at any point in your writing process. A great rule of thumb is to always completely rewrite your book once you finish the first draft. This sounds like a lot of work at first but it can also feel incredibly freeing. Instead of facing the
Yes. Hardcover books are included in the partnership and pro packages. If you specifically want a hardcover and you have the author-driven package let us know. We can alter the package for you. However, please keep in mind that hardcover books cost more to produce so therefore they are less
Absolutely! There are print on demand services that only require you to send a word document. Those services often have a "cover creator" wizard where it will automatically make a cover for you with your image and title. To start with an easy-to-use service, you might want to look at
Unfortunately, no. An image is only part of a good cover. A book cover is part of an overall design process, the image and text must be sized precisely to fit the number of pages in the book and the size of the book. In addition there are practical elements
Usually editing is the most expensive service when it comes to writing a book, and editing is absolutely essential. There are so many things you can do to improve your manuscript before you hire an editor. Ask a friend or loved one to read it and give you honest feedback
No. Marketing is about promoting your book as best we can and bringing readers to your book. We can do a ton of stuff with advertisements but many of our strategies involve your presence as an author. You should plan to reach out to your circle, maintain an active social
Yes. We usually host the book on our publishing platforms and manage the book for our clients. For this work we get part of your royalties. If you would like to publish on your own account you can get 100% of the royalties, but in that case we can't help
Basically, this is about marketing. If you want to produce a finished book for the minimum price choose author directed. We have a ton of advertising services that we use and the larger packages include marketing. We include the cost of advertising in these packages and automatically buy ads for
