Your publishing partner, not your production vendor.
Paperbacks & Pixels was founded by Julie Trelstad, a publishing professional with deep roots in both traditional and independent publishing. Julie has worked across every layer of the book business — acquisitions, digital rights, distribution, and direct-to-author services — and built P&P to be the agency she always wished existed for serious, credentialed authors.
Deliberately small. Deliberately selective.
P&P works with a limited number of clients at any given time. That is not a constraint — it is the model. White-glove service requires real attention, and real attention does not scale infinitely.
This is not a production factory or an upload service. It is a strategic partnership from the first conversation through long after your book is on sale.
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. Even authors who hand everything off leave the engagement understanding their strategy, their distribution setup, and what they would need to manage or direct going forward. The skills and vocabulary stay with you long after the project closes.
Your book amplifies what you already have.
P&P clients are not starting from zero. You have reputations, rooms, lists, and relationships. The book is a tool that makes all of that work harder. Every engagement is built around that principle.
When you need something outside our scope
P&P does not overextend. When your project needs a ghostwriter, a publicist, an engineered bestseller campaign, or trade distribution, you get a vetted referral to the right person — not an in-house attempt at something that was not built for. A good referral to the right person is better service than a stretched capability.