Your book. Professionally published. Fully yours.

You have a manuscript — or an idea that deserves to become one. You want it published well, marketed honestly, and owned completely. Paperbacks & Pixels handles everything from production to launch so you can stay focused on your work.

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Publishing a book should not feel like this.


The DIY trap

You have spent months writing. Now you are expected to become your own typesetter, cover designer, distributor, and marketing department — all at once.

Giving up control to get help

Most publishing paths ask you to trade ownership for convenience. You should not have to choose between getting help and keeping your rights.

A beautiful book nobody reads

You publish, the launch week passes, and then — silence. Without a real marketing strategy, even a great book disappears.

Looking self-published

Bad formatting, a weak cover, or missing distribution metadata signals "amateur" before anyone reads a word. Your book deserves better than that.

Who this is for

Subject matter experts and creative writers who are serious about their books and their careers.


Physicians, attorneys, therapists

You want a book that extends your practice and establishes your expertise beyond your existing patient or client base.

Executives and consultants

You are using a book to position yourself, generate speaking opportunities, or drive corporate-level visibility.

Coaches, educators, thought leaders

You are building a platform — whether that is an audience, a course, a speaking career, or a direct relationship with readers.

Creative writers and memoirists

You want professional production and distribution without surrendering ownership or waiting years for a traditional deal.

Already-published authors

You published a book independently but never built the marketing infrastructure around it — no email list, no direct sales channel, no reader relationship.

Children's book and illustrated nonfiction authors

You are navigating retail, institutional, and gift market channels and need a team that understands the differences.

How it works

Three steps. No runaround.


1

Tell us about your book

Start with a conversation — a Navigator session or a Manuscript Review. We figure out where you are and what your book needs.

2

We handle production & strategy

Design, formatting, distribution, metadata, launch plan — everything a professionally published book requires. You approve at every milestone.

3

You publish with full ownership

Your name. Your rights. Your margin. You leave with a published book, a marketing strategy you understand, and a direct relationship with your readers.

Three paths. One result: a published, positioned, supported author.


Discovery & Strategy

Get clarity before you commit — whether you have an idea or a finished draft.

Manuscript Review

Find out if your manuscript is ready — and what it will take to publish it.

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Navigator

Get clarity on your publishing path — before assumptions get expensive.

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Production

Your book, professionally produced and distributed — with you in control of the timeline and the rights.

Publish-Ready

Your manuscript is polished. Your audience is defined. You need production handled.

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Publishing Concierge

From manuscript to market — production, launch, and strategy, handled for you.

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Full Concierge

Hand off everything — from first polished draft through launch day.

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Growth & Platform

Launch your book and build the infrastructure to keep it selling.

Launch Buddy

A managed launch campaign — run alongside you, not handed off to software.

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DTC Funnel

Build a direct relationship with your readers — on your terms, not Amazon's.

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AI Edition

Turn your book into an app or chatbot your readers can interact with.

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Work with authors? Let's talk.

Whether you are an editor, book coach, ghostwriter, or small publisher — we partner with publishing professionals who want to give their clients a clear next step after the writing is done.

We also build tools for people like you. Concierge Core is our publishing project management platform — built to handle the chaos of managing multiple author projects without the spreadsheet gymnastics.

Your book amplifies what you already have.

You are not starting from zero. You have a reputation, a practice, an audience, relationships. The book is a tool that makes all of that work harder.

That is why every engagement includes a marketing approach built around what you already have — your platform, your network, your readers — not a generic launch checklist.


Two things that never change

You leave knowing how your marketing works.

That is not a bonus feature. A published book with no marketing strategy is an expensive business card. Every client ends the engagement with a clear understanding of their marketing strategy, their distribution setup, and what to manage going forward.

You keep full ownership. Always.

Every client publishes under the imprint of their choosing — ours, a partner's, or one built for you. You control the rights, the timeline, and the margin.

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A step-by-step overview of the journey from manuscript to published, positioned, selling book — so you know what to expect before you spend a dollar.

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Julie Trelstad, founder of Paperbacks & Pixels

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Whether you have a finished manuscript or an idea on a napkin, the right first step is a conversation.

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