Are you thinking about self publishing, but don’t know where to start?
Are you partway through the self publishing process, but having trouble figuring some things out?
Do you need someone with indie publishing experience in New Zealand to talk to about where to get the right technical assistance?

I can help!

My areas of expertise:

• Genres: primarily children’s picture books and junior fiction, but also wider industry observations for other genres.
• Audiences: primarily New Zealand with print books, but also globally with eBooks and POD paperbacks.
• Getting your book ready to print with copyright page, back matter, ISBN barcode and formatting.
• Publishing platforms: Direct paperback sales, Amazon, Ingram Spark, Kobo and more.
• Marketing and publicity: 30+ years as a publicity consultant with ever-expanding book sector marketing knowledge.
• Getting into bookstores: An independent bookseller and owner of the Kiwi Kids’ Bookstore, I see a lot of book submissions and can help you create the elements needed to present your book to NZ booksellers.

I can show you how to do many of these things yourself or find the right professional to do it. I can also do some of these tasks for you myself, such as new book launch publicity, approaching bookstores and libraries, and interior file formatting for novels.

If you're nearly ready to publish, invest in one of my bookseller critiques for any suggestions I have to improve your chances of getting your book into New Zealand bookstores.