Welcome to Sweet Beech Media! Thank you for coming to take a look at our publishing services. Owner Laura "Laurie" Andrews has over a decade of professional self-publishing experience and has worked with more than forty authors on their publishing journeys. Sweet Beech Media marks her transition to helping authors full time. Laurie has assembled a reliable team to help in this endeavor. We believe in being forthright, honest, and transparent with our authors, our services, and our pricing (all $USD).
Services:
Book Formatting (layout and typography design): Starts at $450/first 50,000 words. $35 each additional 5,000 words.
Hit the button below to pay a refundable deposit of $150 to hold next available spot on formatting calendar.
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- ebook and print files
- three images, title/half-title, copyright page, about the author, also-by, thank you pages
- choice of drop caps, first line styles, section break flourishes and style
- we choose font combinations based on content unless author has specific requests
- three additional sessions of typo/minor corrections after final product is delivered
- additional images, custom section breaks or chapter heading images quoted separately
- Indesign available for full custom design, quoted separately
Hit the button below to pay a refundable deposit of $150 to hold next available spot on formatting calendar.
- Books should be edited and copy edited before purchasing this service.
- Author should be prepared to proofread the book after initial format for additional corrections to be made before final files are prepared and delivered.
- After making a refundable deposit, a consultation link will be sent or next steps will be scheduled.
Or schedule free consult or email now.
Publishing Account Set-up: Setting up a new account is $315 for the first platform and $275 for each additional platform.
Book uploads include:
New book uploads to existing accounts are $250 per book. Includes:
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- set-up is a walk-through/training over Zoom with shared screen
- some accounts do require ID verification and all accounts require tax information for royalty payments; instruction provided for author to complete privately
- one new book upload is included over Zoom with shared screen
Book uploads include:
- book description edit
- keyword research if needed
- best platform practices
- print choices if publishing print books
New book uploads to existing accounts are $250 per book. Includes:
- book description edit
- keyword research if needed
- best platform practices
- print choices if publishing print books
Hit the button below to pay a refundable deposit of $100 to hold the next available spot on the publishing account set-up calendar.
- Books must be ready to go for publication before purchasing this service.
- A consultation link or next steps will be emailed.
Or schedule a free consult or email now.
Social Media Account Set-up and/or optimization is $150 per account.
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- Facebook author page
- Instagram author page
- Amazon Author Central
- walk-through/training over Zoom with shared screen
Hit the button below to pay a refundable deposit of $50 to hold the next available spot on the media account creation calendar.
- A consultation link or next steps will be emailed.
Or schedule a free consult or email now,
Turnkey Self-publishing done right! Authors retain full control over:
This service is customized and quoted depending on the services recommended/desired to produce a book ready to publish. Authors will work with specialized team members for the following services or can contract on their own with guidance on next steps:
Average cost is $2600 for an 80,000-word book without multiple images that is already edited and ready for formatting, proofread, cover, and publication. But actual cost will vary by word and page count, images, cover design, and editing needs.
Hit the button below to schedule a free consultation and hold the next available spot on the publishing calendar. Or email now.
- final editing choices
- their publishing platforms
- choices for cover design
- ISBN numbers
- ordering of books at print cost
This service is customized and quoted depending on the services recommended/desired to produce a book ready to publish. Authors will work with specialized team members for the following services or can contract on their own with guidance on next steps:
- developmental edit
- line edit
- copy edit
- cover design
- formatting (required through us)
- proofread
- publishing account set-up and/or new book upload
- social media account set-up/optimization
Average cost is $2600 for an 80,000-word book without multiple images that is already edited and ready for formatting, proofread, cover, and publication. But actual cost will vary by word and page count, images, cover design, and editing needs.
Hit the button below to schedule a free consultation and hold the next available spot on the publishing calendar. Or email now.
Critique: .015/word USD. Read-through of the first twenty pages of your fiction or non-fiction manuscript, about 5000 words, for (as applicable):
This will give you an idea of how to work through the rest of your manuscript before going for a full edit. This is a good way to:
Laurie reads these three days/week and you will receive a time frame when you query so you can decide if it works for you. You get 1-3 pages of feedback and line edits if needed.
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- continuity
- logic
- pacing
- adequate setting
- adequate description
- effective dialogue
- effective structure
- consistency of point-of-view and voice
- consistent characterization
- motivation/goals
- through line
- emotional through line
- varied and active syntax
- formatting
- punctuation
- grammar
This will give you an idea of how to work through the rest of your manuscript before going for a full edit. This is a good way to:
- get an idea of your level of writing craft.
- get solid constructive criticism.
- decide if your full manuscript is ready for a full edit or beta read.
Laurie reads these three days/week and you will receive a time frame when you query so you can decide if it works for you. You get 1-3 pages of feedback and line edits if needed.
Hit the button below to schedule a free consultation and hold the next available spot on my reading calendar.
Or email now.
Beta Read of your current completed book draft. Fiction or Non-Fiction. $500/up to 400 pages (100,000-110,000 words). 2-4 pages of feedback on (as applicable):
Laurie may pull examples but doesn't guarantee she will. No line edits except possibly in examples.
Hit the button below to schedule a free consultation and hold the next available spot on Laurie's reading calendar.
Or email now.
- continuity
- logic
- pacing
- adequate setting
- adequate description
- effective dialogue
- effective structure
- consistency of point-of-view and voice
- consistent characterization
- motivation/goals
- through line
- emotional through line
- varied and active syntax
- formatting
- punctuation
- grammar
Laurie may pull examples but doesn't guarantee she will. No line edits except possibly in examples.
Hit the button below to schedule a free consultation and hold the next available spot on Laurie's reading calendar.
Or email now.
Synopsis/Query Letter/Book Description Edits Fiction/Non-Fiction, $85/each.
Involves a couple of emails back and forth to get an idea of your book and you need to provide one of the above to be edited—we won't create from scratch :-)
Includes Review changes in Word and notes explaining recommended changes.
Hit the button below to purchase an edit and hold the next available spot in the schedule.
Or email now..
Involves a couple of emails back and forth to get an idea of your book and you need to provide one of the above to be edited—we won't create from scratch :-)
Includes Review changes in Word and notes explaining recommended changes.
Hit the button below to purchase an edit and hold the next available spot in the schedule.
Or email now..
Author Coaching All Fiction/Non-Fiction $75/hour on Zoom For those interested in learning all the things:
Self-publishing: learn how to:
Traditional publishing: learn how to:
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Self-publishing: learn how to:
- use tools in Word
- set up your social media author business pages
- set up your KDP account
- set up your Amazon Author Page
- navigate your Amazon Dashboard
- upload books
- order author copies
- upload to other platforms
- write a synopsis
- write a back cover blurb
- write a book description
- find an audio book narrator
- get started with marketing basics
- set up book promotions
- set up Facebook and Amazon ads
- set up a Kickstarter
- format your own book
- create covers that sell
- set up direct sales
- book fulfillment
- and more, just ask!
- trustworthy sources for more info
- useful software tools
- email newsletters/email sequences
- secure sharing of ARC/gift books
- research of categories/keywords
Traditional publishing: learn how to:
- decide if your manuscript is ready for submission
- find, vet, and approach agents
- write a query letter
- the publishing process once you have landed an agent
- what an agent can do for you
- the process of traditional publishing
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Writer's Life Coaching $60/hour phone call, FaceTime, or Zoom. Fiction/Non-Fiction
Need general writing help? A conversation on:
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Need general writing help? A conversation on:
- getting started
- dealing with writers block
- story generation
- setting boundaries
- time management
- fitting in writing time
- hashing out a story knot
- taking the next step in your writing
- fear in writing
- ???
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Author/Editor Website Build starts at $750/site.
We build on:
We will also repair/re-do/optimize existing sites at Weebly/Square/Wix/Shopify starting at $250.
Hit the button below to pay a refundable deposit of $100 to hold the next available spot on the website work calendar.
Or schedule a free consult or simply email now.
We build on:
- Weebly/Square
- Wix
- Shopify
We will also repair/re-do/optimize existing sites at Weebly/Square/Wix/Shopify starting at $250.
Hit the button below to pay a refundable deposit of $100 to hold the next available spot on the website work calendar.
- After making a refundable deposit, a consultation link will be sent or next steps will be scheduled.
Or schedule a free consult or simply email now.