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Publishing Services Directory
Through our thirty-six years of business, we have cultivated a stable of first-rate editors, designers, publicists, marketing strategists and others involved in book publishing. Below is a list of some of our recommended vendors you may wish to reach out to and speak with about their services. Waterside does not receive a commission or any other compensation from these referrals.
Book Development: Editing,
Writing & Getting It Done…
Editors
Kevin Anderson & Associates
Work directly with New York Times-bestselling editors to strengthen the substance and structure of your manuscript. Our editorial services improve the quality of your writing, and industry experts will provide in-depth consultation to advise you exactly how to target the market.
Email: [email protected]
Randall Fitzgerald
My primary work now involves ghostwriting books for others. My services range from the complete research and writing of books, to macro and micro editing and book proposal consulting with clients.
Email: [email protected]
Jill Kramer
Jill Kramer worked as a freelance story analyst for NBC, CBS, and other entertainment entities; a copywriter for various ad agencies; and a book editor. She relocated (with Hay House) to the North County area of San Diego, where she was Editorial Director for almost 18 years and edited numerous New York Times bestsellers.
Email: [email protected].
Gary M. Krebs
Gary M. Krebs has an exceptional ability to shape content per specifications and is a master at line edit editing and polishing writing at any level. He has expertise in professional formatting and has an established track record of having published and edited thousands of successful books and numerous bestsellers–fiction and non-fiction.
Email: [email protected]
David Moldawer
I spent over a decade as a book editor at a slew of New York publishing houses including St. Martin’s Press, McGraw-Hill, and Penguin’s prestigious Portfolio business imprint, acquiring and editing bestselling nonfiction in the areas of business, technology, health, and memoir.
Email: [email protected]
Amanda M. Murray
If you’ve completed a first draft and need someone who knows the market to read your work, I can review and provide editorial notes and I can give you editorial notes as well as hands-on line editing.
Email: [email protected]
Writers / Ghostwriters
Kevin Anderson & Associates
Work with our team to plan and write a book that expertly captures your style and vision. Our process allows you to work directly with former Big-5 editors and bestselling writers to ensure your book is of the highest caliber.
Email:[email protected]
Stacy Brown
Senior National Correspondent for the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Black Press USA. Tried, Tested & True New Yorker www.BlackPressUSA.com.
Email: [email protected]
Randall Fitzgerald
Since 2006, I have produced 50 books for a variety of clients, including physicians and celebrities, on topics ranging from narrative autobiographies, anti-aging, sexual vitality, addictions treatment, nutrition, self-help, psychology, legal topics, business creation, etc.
Email: [email protected]
Tara Rose GladstoneTara is a versatile freelance writer, ghostwriter, book coach, and editor whose work spans across genres, including non-fiction, fiction, and both traditional print and modern digital platforms. Her ghostwriting has partnered her with esteemed publishers such as McGraw-Hill, BenBella, and Penguin Putnam, delving into diverse subjects like marketing, social media, self-improvement, spirituality, the arts, and psychology.
She looks forward to discussing your project and helping to bring it into the world.
Email: [email protected]
Gary M. Krebs
Gary M. Krebs is skilled at writing in a variety of categories: Non-Fiction and Fiction. He is excellence at capturing the author’s voice and tone and has a talent for developing, shaping, or honing existing material, as well as researching and crafting new content.
Email: [email protected]
Book Publishing Coaches / Writing Coaches…
Mark Waldman – AUTHOR COACHING
I will be able to help you choose between traditional publishing and self-publishing alternatives. I will give you expert editorial advice to insure that your vision will successfully translate into a book that reflects the quality of a national bestseller, something that is particularly important if you choose the self- publishing route.
Email: [email protected]
Jared Rosen
DreamSculpt is an integrated model that focuses on the ideation and development of distinctly branded books and authentic author platforms. We publish as an imprint of a world-class literary agency. We produce social media videos that are emotionally engaging, thought-provoking, and culturally relevant.
Email: [email protected]
John Selby – AUTHOR COACHING & MENTORING
Over the years I’ve enjoyed coaching quite a number of aspiring authors with a great book inside them needing to get envisioned and completed. Now that I’ve written most of the books in my own bucket-list, I’m opening up more time to help younger writers discover how to envision, rough out, edit and publish their books.
Contact: https://www.johnselby.com/contact
Proofreaders
Jill Kramer
Jill Kramer is a content editor, copy editor, and proofreader of all forms of text; plus fiction and nonfiction books, scholarly, university press, and reference books; textbooks (she is a former writer/editor of English grammar books); legal depositions; TV/radio scripts…and anything and everything you need full-proof!
Email: [email protected].
Book Production: Design, Graphics, Layout…
Book Interior Design
Joel Chamberlain
We find that successful design solutions become clearer after you’ve done your homework. We will study the market and your competition, and define an approach to put your product in your customer’s hand.
Email: [email protected]
Jonathan Friedman
From product brochures to theater programs, corporate reports, catalogs, and even entire magazines, Frame25 Productions excels at multi-page layouts of any length or complexity.
Email: [email protected]
Christie Salinas
Experienced Creative Director with a demonstrated history of excellence working in the publishing industry. Skilled in Art Direction, Graphics, Logo Design, Typography, Adobe Creative Suite, and Adobe Indesign CC. Strong design professional graduated from University of Cincinnati, Department of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP).
Email: [email protected]
Elaina Scott
Elaina studied Character Animation at California Institute of the Arts and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Character Animation. While she was still in school, she got her first job in the animation industry working on The South Park Movie: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
Contact: linkedin.com/in/elaina-scott-175970
Cover & Jacket Design
Joel Chamberlain
We find that successful design solutions become clearer after you’ve done your homework. We will study the market and your competition, and define an approach to put your product in your customer’s hand.
Email: [email protected]
Ken Fraser.
Ken Fraser is a man who truely loves graphic design in all its forms. Fifteen years of graphic design experience and twenty years of print production experience. He’s been in the graphic arts industry a long time so has the knowledge that can only benefit you, your company or organization.
Email: [email protected]
Jonathan Friedman
Frame25 Productions has been designing book covers and jackets for 15 years. From subtle artistic pieces to New York Times bestselling pieces such as the Conversations with God series, we have the resources and experience to create the perfect design for any material or target market.
Email: [email protected]
Jill Kramer
Jill Kramer is a creative and technical ad copywriter of corporate communications, flyers, brochures, audio/visual scripts, proposals, script and book analyses, articles, greeting cards, slogans, tag lines, personalized poems, letters, box and liner notes, book jacket copy…and anything else you need written right!.
Email: [email protected].
Tracy Pyke
My name is Tracy Pyke and I’m a creative illustrator, graphic designer, website designer, technologist, and visioneer. We take a 360° approach to help your brand stand out above the rest and that’s how we turn strangers into clients for you.
Email: [email protected]
Christie Salinas
Experienced Creative Director with a demonstrated history of excellence working in the publishing industry. Skilled in Art Direction, Graphics, Logo Design, Typography, Adobe Creative Suite, and Adobe Indesign CC. Strong design professional graduated from University of Cincinnati, Department of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP).
Email: [email protected]
Book Marketing: Publicity Online and in the Real World…
Digital Marketing Specialists, Book Launch, Promotions…
Fauzia and John Burke
Our online publicity campaigns help increase author visibility, create a relationship with readers, and launch books on the web. We help authors cut through the noise in today’s competitive market by reaching out to hundreds of websites in the targeted communities. It is our job to develop a strategy, shape a consistent message, work with the media, and create exposure.
Contact: https://fsbassociates.com/contact
Nicholas DiMeo
There’s a reason every major brand takes its social media presence seriously: it gets results. The question is no longer “Why do I need social media,” it’s “How do I make it work for my brand and me?” Our in-house team of experts are here to simplify this problem by providing a full line of social media services
Email: [email protected]
Sarah Maxwell
In the past decade, Sarah Maxwell has been advising companies on their social impact and branding strategies and encouraging them to invest in the next generation of conscious business leaders. She has worked on events with the United Nations General Assembly focused on utilizing media to “edu-tain”, uplift, and connect artists, activists and mentors with one another.
She is expert in all facets of marketing and communications with a special emphasis on Influencer Marketing.
Email: [email protected]
Will Brown, 2-Step Social
Two Step Social specializes in one thing, and we do it really well: social media content. Stop worrying about what to post, and let us handle your social media for only $99/month. Reach out today to start building a professional, consistent social media presence – it only takes two steps to get started.
Contact: [email protected]
Sarah Plante
I am an expert in digital marketing: Amazon and Google. I am an Ex-Amazon Promotion and Content Manager working for multi-million dollar companies turned Amazon freelancer. I currently am certified in amazon sponsored ads (brand product). I love helping companies of all levels scale their sales on Amazon. I am an expert in account setup, listing setup and optimization and Ad strategy – setup and optimization.
Contact: https://www.upwork.com/
Jeniffer Thompson
With each new WordPress Website Design we are faced with the lovely challenge of researching your market, discovering who you are and then creating a powerful Website that meets both needs. Our goal at Monkey C Media is to create something that reflects your brand and draws in your audience. With so much competition out there, your site needs to shine. It needs to be professional and engaging, but we also want you to love your Website.
Email: [email protected]
Christopher Van Buren
Christopher Van Buren has worked with hundreds of authors to build their email databases through promotion of their best IFO (irresistible free offer).
Christopher Van Buren has worked with hundreds of authors to set them on the right track with their best and highest marketing priorities. Don’t get distracted with activities that won’t get you closer to your goals. Get your top 3 priorities and stick to to them.
Email: [email protected]
Physical and Digital Marketing Specialists
Devon Blaine
Our greatest strength lies in formulating strategies that result in the right tactics to enable your business and its products or services to be heard clearly over the competition’s noise. Like you, we aim high. Like you, we innovate. And, like you, we succeed. For the past 30 years, The Blaine Group has worked with a number of publishers and authors, scheduling authors’ promotional tours, as their new books launch.
Email: [email protected]
Dave Farrow
Farrow Communications is a full-service public relations and digital marketing agency. We understand the need for a clear and concise brand while paying great attention to the core message. With social media blurring the lines between truth and trash, and complex issues being unfairly simplified, the need for a dependable branding concept has never been greater.
Email: [email protected]
Brendan Kane
We help your brand stand out in crowded markets. There are over 60 billion messages on digital platforms everyday. The average person is exposed to 4,000 to 10,000 ads every 24 hours. Inundated with choices, today’s consumers make decisions in milliseconds.
Contact: https://hookpoint.com/apply
Elizabeth Much
East 2 West Collective is a bi-coastal public relations and marketing agency whose approach goes beyond the traditional. We are storytellers. We create communication campaigns that push boundaries, deliver high-quality results and ignite engagement with consumers and fans. Whether an entertainer, television property, author, lifestyle expert or corporate brand, we become true partners with each client to give their brand a voice and break through the clutter.
Email: [email protected]
Gail Torr
Galaxy Media & Management provides a full range of media and presentation training with professional tips and techniques. Through mock television and radio interviews, we fully prepare you to shine when your REAL chance comes around, so that producers and radio bookers will have you back time and again.
Email: [email protected]
Sarah Wilson
POP Communications is a full-service digital agency with over 10 years of helping authors, thought leaders, start-ups, and political campaigns get noticed.
Our offices are in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York as well as Manhattan – with a world-class team that spans the globe.
Email: [email protected]
Christopher Van Buren
Christopher Van Buren is the founder of LaunchMoxie, a digital marketing firm that specializes in lead generation through direct online strategies, including email marketing, influencer marketing, and strategic and leveraged paid promotions.
Email: [email protected]
Publicists (Traditional Publicity)
Karen Ammond
Karen Ammond is President and Founder of KBC Media, LLC. With over 19 years of National and International Media Relations experience, Karen is a highly respected and a well-known expert in developing high profile media campaigns. As a publicist, she has an extensive history of promoting people, products and events all over the world. She has a solid track record of branding people and companies in a short period of time. From celebrities to start-ups, Karen and her team have the extensive experience to get you media coverage.
Email: [email protected]
Devon Blaine
Our greatest strength lies in formulating strategies that result in the right tactics to enable your business and its products or services to be heard clearly over the competition’s noise. Like you, we aim high. Like you, we innovate. And, like you, we succeed.
Email: [email protected]
Fauzia Burke
Our online publicity campaigns help increase author visibility, create a relationship with readers, and launch books on the web. We help authors cut through the noise in today’s competitive market by reaching out to hundreds of websites in the targeted communities.
Contact: https://fsbassociates.com/contact
Dea Shandera-Hunter
Dea Shandera-Hunter has consulted in every area of the entertainment and communications businesses from publicity to production through distribution for books, products, films and television. The mission of Spirit Rising Productions is to use all forms of technology and media to inspire, uplift and entertain humanity worldwide.
Email: [email protected]
Nicholas DiMeo
Talk radio campaigns are a favorite for clients who enjoy the conversational format and appreciate the flexibility of radio. Guests are interviewed by telephone from the comfort of their homes. In fact, we have many clients who’ve been doing back-to-back talk radio campaigns for years!.
Email: [email protected]
Jackie Lapin
How do you reach those people just waiting for what you have to say? What to do when the media is changing so rapidly, the Internet opportunities are overwhelming and social marketing is becoming an imperative! Wouldn’t it be great if you had a COACH to give you all the right tools and point you in the best directions? To tailor a program just for your book designed for your market? Enter Jackie Lapin. Book Marketing Coach, 30-year veteran PR expert and best selling author.
Email: [email protected]
Sara Sgarlat
Sara is dedicated to working with authors and publishers to maximize the media exposure so vital to successful sales. Known throughout the industry for her conscientious and diligent attention to all her clients, Sara is as comfortable promoting current-affairs titles as she is for spirituality/new thought, parenting, narrative nonfiction, business, memoirs, fiction, and more.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Greg S. Reid
Dr. Greg Reid has published, co-authored and been featured in over 100 books in 45 countries. He has had 28 best sellers, including Three Feet From Gold and his most recent title, Wealth Made Easy. He’s been a part of five motion pictures and co-produced the motion picture Wish Man, based on the true story of Frank Shankwitz. You can also find him speaking at events across the country including the #1 networking event in the world, Secret Knock.
Contact form: https://jointventurepublishing.com/get-started
Imal Wagner
Publicist Experts, Companies, Celebrities, Authors,Tech Companies, Branding Nationally and Globally on TV, Radio, Newspapers, Mags blog tours
Email: [email protected]
Sarah Wilson
POP Communications is a full-service digital agency with over 10 years of helping authors, thought leaders, start-ups, and political campaigns get noticed.
Our offices are in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York as well as Manhattan – with a world-class team that spans the globe.
Email: [email protected]
Content Repurposing: Audio, Video & Online Courses…
Blackstone Audio
With a fresh perspective on the reading experience, Craig and Michelle Black, along with their trusted team, found new and innovative methods to not only produce and distribute audiobooks, but also pioneered creative ways to collaborate with publishers, booksellers, and the audiobook listening community. The company continues to grow, innovate, and further the ascendancy of the overall audiobook business. Our goal is to publish groundbreaking books (fiction and nonfiction) by talented writers, and to forge long-term connections with readers, booksellers, librarians, and the overall literary community.
Chris Kyle
Chris is a speaker, teacher, consultant and eLearning expert who helps teachers, authors, entrepreneurs, change agents and organizations develop transformative online courses and grow highly-engaged learning communities that unite and inspire people across cultures.
Contact: https://www.chriskyle.com/contact/
Pro Online Course Setup & Hosting
Waterside Education offers a turnkey solution for any author or expert wanting to create and offer a course for sale…but doesn’t want the hassle of building a maintaining a self-hosted platform. And the hosted platforms like Kajabi and Teachable don’t give you any help with your course development, sales pages and other materials.
Publish and launch your course with Waterside Education and we’ll help you setup all elements of your course, from the audios and videos to the sales pages and automated emails. There are no monthly fees and you earn 80% of all course sales revenue. Check it out at https://watersideeducation.com
Contact: [email protected]
Jared Rosen
DreamSculpt is an integrated model that focuses on the ideation and development of distinctly branded books and authentic author platforms. We publish as an imprint of a world-class literary agency. We produce social media videos that are emotionally engaging, thought-provoking, and culturally relevant.
Email: [email protected]
Promotion You Can Purchase
Greg Voisen – Podcasts
Greg offers promotional services that are done via a donation. All of the pricing is a guideline. As an author you can make a donation to Greg’s non-profit called Compassionate Communications Foundation which donates all the ad revenue to people in need and who are trying to turn their lives around and become productive citizens.
See the Brochure: https://pubhtml5.com/
Other Resources: Books, Reports, Videos, Etc.
The American Booksellers Association
Is a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Email: [email protected]
Independent Book Publishers Association
IBPA’s MISSION is to lead and serve the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success.
Email: [email protected]
Poets & Writers
Writers helping writers improve their craft, achieve their goals and recognize their dreams—since 1920.
Our mission is to help ignite writers’ creative vision and connect them with the community, education and resources they need to bring it to life.
Poets & Writers
Founded in 1970, Poets & Writers is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers.
Our mission? To foster the professional development of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
With this basic instruction always in mind, Anne offers a step-by-step guide on how to manage the writer’s life. From “Getting Started,’ with “Short Assignments,” through “Shitty First Drafts,” “Character,” “Plot,” “Dialogue.” to “How Do You Know When You’re Done?”
The Author CO-OP (Free Gift Network)
Grab the free gifts for authors and writers and consider joining with your own free gift offer to build your email database of followers and fans.
The Author CO-OP: https://launchmoxie.com/marketing-offers/
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.
The Creative Penn Podcast
I’m Joanna Penn, an author, just like you, and on this site, I share my own lessons from the writing journey.
I’ve made so many mistakes, I want to try and save you time, money and heartache along the way and so I share articles, video and audio about writing and creativity, publishing options, book marketing and being a creative entrepreneur.
Contact : https://www.thecreativepenn.com/contact/
Reading and Writing Podcast
Hundreds of interviews with Authors and writers.
Marketing, Launch Campaigns, Publicity & Promotions…
Devon Blaine
Our greatest strength lies in formulating strategies that result in the right tactics to enable your business and its products or services to be heard clearly over the competition’s noise. Like you, we aim high. Like you, we innovate. And, like you, we succeed.
Email: [email protected]
Jackie Lapin
How do you reach those people just waiting for what you have to say? What to do when the media is changing so rapidly, the Internet opportunities are overwhelming and social marketing is becoming an imperative! Wouldn’t it be great if you had a COACH to give you all the right tools and point you in the best directions? To tailor a program just for your book designed for your market? Enter Jackie Lapin. Book Marketing Coach, 30-year veteran PR expert and best selling author.
Email: [email protected]
Elizabeth Much
East 2 West Collective is a bi-coastal public relations and marketing agency whose approach goes beyond the traditional. We are storytellers. We create communication campaigns that push boundaries, deliver high-quality results and ignite engagement with consumers and fans. Whether an entertainer, television property, author, lifestyle expert or corporate brand, we become true partners with each client to give their brand a voice and break through the clutter.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Greg S. Reid
Dr. Greg Reid has published, co-authored and been featured in over 100 books in 45 countries. He has had 28 best sellers, including Three Feet From Gold and his most recent title, Wealth Made Easy. He’s been a part of five motion pictures and co-produced the motion picture Wish Man, based on the true story of Frank Shankwitz. You can also find him speaking at events across the country including the #1 networking event in the world, Secret Knock.
Contact form: https://jointventurepublishing.com/get-started
Sara Sgarlat
Sara is dedicated to working with authors and publishers to maximize the media exposure so vital to successful sales. Known throughout the industry for her conscientious and diligent attention to all her clients, Sara is as comfortable promoting current-affairs titles as she is for spirituality/new thought, parenting, narrative nonfiction, business, memoirs, fiction, and more.
Email: [email protected]
Dea Shandera-Hunter
Dea Shandera-Hunter has consulted in every area of the entertainment and communications businesses from publicity to production through distribution for books, products, films and television. The mission of Spirit Rising Productions is to use all forms of technology and media to inspire, uplift and entertain humanity worldwide.
Email: [email protected]
Gail Torr
Galaxy Media & Management provides a full range of media and presentation training with professional tips and techniques. Through mock television and radio interviews, we fully prepare you to shine when your REAL chance comes around, so that producers and radio bookers will have you back time and again.
Email: [email protected]