Resources
One of the hardest thing about beginning the self-publishing process is finding professionals to work with. I had to search many place to find my own team members so I’ve begun collecting professionals for other authors to check out. I’ve listed the books the I worked with the person with. I’ve also added if the professional has client recommendations. I can only vouch for the people I’ve personally used. I recommend that you get references for anyone you consider using.
(This page is a work in progress. Please bear with me.)
Editors
Editors offer different services so be sure to make sure the editor provides what you’re looking for. I highly suggest that you contact several copy editors and have them edit samples of your work. Not all editors are a good fit for you.
Jim Thomsen Offers wide range of services
(website currently under design) can be contacted at thomsen1965@gmail.com Copy edited Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, Chosen, and Here. Copy and story edited Hunted.
Jill Mueller jillmueller111@yahoo.com, Worked on Sacrifice. I was very impressed with her work.
Cassandra Marshall http://www.camarshall.com/ (client recommended)
Anne Victory http://www.victoryediting.com/index.html (client recommended)
Carol Ward website in progress She can be reached at carolrward@gmail.com (client recommended)
Natalia Slyvester http://www.inkyclean.com/for_writers.html
Samantha Robey http://chicklitplus.com/services/
T.S. Tate http://tstate.blogspot.com/p/editing-services.html
Book Cover Designers
(Some only do eBook covers. Others will also do print book covers. Be sure to let the designer know what your needs are when getting a quote.)
Laura Morrigan
http://www.lauramorrigan.com/Laura_Morrigan/Cover_art.html created my own The Chosen series books
Janet Holmes http://www.seejanetwork.com/created the new Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes cover
Heidi Sutherlin Will work with tight deadlines http://mycreativepursuits.com/ (client recommended)
Dawne Dominique
http://dawnedominique.com/and http://dusktildawndesigns.com/ (Client recommended)
Claudia http://phatpuppyart.com/ created covers for Amanda Hocking. (other clients have recommended)
CP Design http://cpdesignandcompasspress.blogspot.com/
eBook Formatters
Lucinda Campbell http://design.lkcampbell.com/ formatted for me: Chosen, Hunted, Sacrifice, Here, and Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes
Print Book Formatters
I formatted all of my own books and have formatted for other authors including Samantha March and Kay Bratt
Self-Pub Friendly Book Review Tours
I have personally found that good, strong, positive reviews sell books. The easiest way to set up reviews is to hire someone to set up a review tour for you.
Samantha at ChickLitPlus Genres: Samantha has a wide pool of bloggers and offers tours for almost every genre. I used Samantha for Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes and will be using her for my upcoming tours for Chosen and Here. Almost all tour stops are reviews.
Roxanne at Bewitching Blog Tours Genre: Paranormal. I used Roxanne for a blog tour with Chosen. Only half of the tour was reviews. The other blog stops were guest blog posts or interviews. Roxanne does offer a Twitter party to promote your book and also set up a blog radio interview. Bloggers Open to Reviewing Self-Published Books
Paranormal
