Bold Story Press Book Package
Included in our publishing package are the following services. While this list does not cover all of the services we provide, it will give you a good overview of the work.
EDITORIAL
Proofreading
All authors publishing with Bold Story Press will have their final manuscript proofread. This is to identify issues with style, typos, and grammatical errors. Every Bold Story Press book adheres to a high-quality publishing model, and we strive to publish beautiful, error-free books.
Developmental editing/Copyediting (Not included in your Bold Story Press publishing package.)
Our editorial standards are high at Bold Story Press. If your final manuscript does not meet our standards as submitted, but we feel it has such potential that a detailed, line-by-line edit by an expert developmental editor would bring the manuscript to the level we require, rather than reject your manuscript, we will recommend more in-depth editing. If your story requires additional support, we will provide experienced copyeditors, developmental editors, and/or book coaching.
PRODUCTION
Cover Design
Your cover design is a very important detail in selling your book. That’s why at Bold Story Press we work with the best designers to make sure that your books are beautiful and compelling.
The Bold Story Press publishing package includes a custom cover design. Our cover designers have years of experience and understand the industry. We take our cover designs very seriously. We will collaborate with you to make sure we’re giving your book its best chance of success in the marketplace.
We start the design process after you fill out a cover memo to help our creative team understand your vision. We’ll ask you to give examples of other book covers that fit the style you seek. Where it’s needed, we offer title and subtitle support, as well as input on your back-cover copy and where possible, leads to potential endorsers.
Interior Book Design
Your manuscript will be laid out into a beautiful design by one of our interior designers once we’ve approved your final cover design.
At this point, you’ll have a chance to review the manuscript and correct any formatting mistakes and other small errors that become visible once a book is designed and actually looks like a book. A manuscript typically goes through additional edits post-layout.
As part of our publishing package, we do full file preparation, both for e-publication, for print, and for POD (print-on-demand).
Printing
Once both the cover and interior files are approved, your book will be uploaded and made ready and available on Amazon and through Ingram distribution to 39,00 other retail platforms for sale POD (print-on-demand) and as an Ebook. You will have the opportunity to order Advance Reader Copies* (ARCs) of your book. This is your last chance to catch anything before the book is printed. After you receive your ARCs, you send us any remaining final changes, and after updating, we will make the book available for sale.
There are a myriad of steps in the process of taking a project from manuscript stage to a bound book for sale. We ensure your final published book will be professionally edited, designed, and published.