Storyteller
£3,699.00
Storyteller covers what a novel needs to reach readers, each step done with care. A professional cover. Pages laid out so the story holds a reader's attention. And an editorial assessment: a close look at sample passages, an honest account of what's working, and a recommendation on the editing your book actually needs. Your paperback and ebook formats each carry an ISBN at a price you set.
Now comes the reason you wrote it: to be read.
HOW YOUR BOOK IS PUBLISHED
The formats your book is available in, so readers can purchase it based on their preference
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Ebook Format
Your book, available to download and read anywhere, sold through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online retailers. -
Paperback Format
Perfect-bound on acid-free library stock paper—the format most readers reach for, made to hold up on a shelf for years.
HOW YOUR BOOK IS MADE
The craft between a finished manuscript and a book someone wants to pick up
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Content Review
We check for plagiarism, copyright issues, libel and sensitive content before your book meets a wide audience.*
*Note: This is not legal advice; make sure to consult an attorney for specific legal protection. -
Editorial Assessment
A close look at sample passages, telling you honestly what's working, what isn't, and the kind of editing your book would benefit from. -
Professional Cover Design
A cover has seconds to earn a stranger's attention. Our designers build yours around your ideas, your images, and how you want the book to feel. -
Book Interior Design & Formatting
A custom interior built to industry standard—chapter titles, headings, page numbers, and up to ten images placed where they belong. -
Series Branding Template
A matching cover system for future titles, so a reader who finds one of your books recognizes the next one immediately.
HOW YOUR BOOK IS PROTECTED
The registrations that record your book and help readers find it
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ISBN Assignment
The thirteen-digit number unique to your book. Distributors, retailers, printers and readers all use it to find and order what you wrote. -
Library of Congress Control Number
We submit your book to the Library of Congress and arrange for its catalog number—your work, recorded in the national collection.
HOW MANY COPIES YOU RECEIVE
Copies to give to friends, family, reviewers and readers to help generate early buzz and get people talking about it
- 50 Ebook Gift Codes
- 10 Paperback Copies
HOW YOUR BOOK REACHES READERS
What we do to help readers find your book
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Set Your Own Price
You decide what your book sells for. The retail price is yours to set, with a corresponding royalty rate. -
Book Discovery Plan
We optimize keywords and categories and identify ideal readers to maximize discoverability in channel retailers like Amazon. -
Book Launch Plan
A marketing roadmap for before, during and after launch—what you can do yourself and the professional services that suit your book. -
Book Launch Announcement on Balboa Press Social Media Account
Your book is announced to our social audience in a post featuring our recent releases. -
Featured Book Placement on the Balboa Press Online Bookstore
Two weeks in the Featured Books section of our bookstore, where visitors browsing new titles will see yours. -
Hay House Online Catalog Listing
Your book appears in the Balboa Press catalog on the Hay House website in one of Hay House's quarterly online catalogs.
Why your book belongs at Balboa Press
Balboa Press exists because our founder was once where you are now. In 1984, Louise Hay self-published her first two books because no one else would. They sold more than 35 million copies, and the company she built around them became Hay House. She never forgot how it started—and created Balboa Press so that authors with something worth saying wouldn't have to wait for permission either.
Where it could go from here
Hay House representatives review Balboa Press titles regularly, looking for authors to sign. Some have made that crossing: Bronnie Ware's The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Mark Crowley's Lead from the Heart, and Shawn Leonard's Spirit Talker began here and are now Hay House books.
Being reviewed is not the same as being signed, and most Balboa Press authors publish with us and build their readership independently. But the door is a real one, and it is open to every book in our catalog—including yours.
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