Let The Professionals Guide You.
Professional Author Services powered by industry-leading hybrid publisher Ballast Books, expertly guides authors through each step of the book creation process. No matter what services you require, we deliver the highest quality work while adhering to publishing industry best practices and standards, leaving you with a top-of-the-line, professionally produced book that is ready for the next steps in your publishing journey.
Why Publish Alone When You Can Work with the Pros?
Process & Philosophy
Professional Author Services has democratized authorship.
We believe anyone with a story to tell should have the ability to create a professionally produced, high-quality book that is ready for its next steps in publishing.
Our mission is to help authors create, design, publish, market, distribute, and sell innovative, entertaining, informative, and humanity-inspiring titles. Our singular goal and purpose is to take your vision and translate it to book format, and we’re the best at it in the industry.
Our process is intuitive and user-friendly. You’ll work directly with our guided publishing pros, who will take you through the entire process, no matter what services you require.
When you partner with Professional Author Services, you keep all rights to your work, take home 100% of the royalties, and maintain complete editorial control.
- Let PAS make your publishing dreams come true.
Services
The Professional Author Services team boasts decades of combined experience developing and publishing hundreds of books. Our writers, editors, designers, and book marketers have been hand-selected and are the best in the industry.
No matter where you are in your publishing journey, our pros will provide expert advice on what your book needs to become a masterpiece—and then make your vision a reality.
Get paired with one of our skilled ghostwriters to uncover your story and transform your ideas into professional, eloquent prose.
Discover your full potential as a writer through a guided approach with one of our seasoned coaches.
A writing pro will construct a detailed plan and schedule for completing your manuscript. They'll help create your table of contents, outline a writing roadmap, provide accountability, and offer constructive feedback as you finally turn your ideas into a finished draft.
Not sure what your manuscript is missing? A manuscript evaluation can be an essential step in your book’s journey.
A professional evaluator will review your work and identify strengths, weaknesses, and inconsistencies, providing a detailed blueprint for making your manuscript the best it can be.
No matter what level of editing your book needs, our editing pros have it covered.
Depending on the level of editing required, we can provide developmental work, line editing, or final proofreading to give your book a professional edge.
Readers will judge your book by its cover. Make a bestselling first impression.
Our experienced designers will create eye-catching covers and professionally laid-out interiors so your book's aesthetics will rise above the self-published competition.
Let your audience take your book on the go! Go beyond hardcover and paperback with an e-book.
Expand your reach by offering a professionally formatted e-book available through all major e-book retailers including Kindle, Nook, and Apple Books.
Engineering, narration, production, and coaching services for the audio version of your book.
Make your book available in all formats everywhere books are sold.
Our team will handle your publishing account setup, file uploads, and metadata creation across major distribution channels so your book can be sold through all online book retailers.
Inform the world of your masterpiece.
If no one knows about your book, no one can buy your book. Our bespoke marketing and PR solutions are designed for independent authors.
Royalties and Rights: You. Keep. All. Rights. And. Royalties.
Pricing
Professional Author Services keeps the pricing for our author and publishing services upfront and transparent. We don’t believe in pre-packaged publishing plans. No two authors or books are the same; their publishing solutions shouldn’t be either. That’s why we custom create solutions for every author according to their specific needs.
Click here to tell us about the services you believe you need and get an idea of what they will cost. Or, better yet, receive an all-encompassing and customized publishing solution.
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