Hire the person who has sat on every side of the publishing table.
Paperbacks & Pixels publishes books for authors who mean business: professional production, honest marketing, and full ownership that stays with you. Every engagement is scoped on a call, because the right scope depends on the book.
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Julie Trelstad has worked nearly every seat in book publishing. She acquired books as an editor at Wiley, Reader's Digest, Taunton Press, and Sterling. She ran her own press. She spent five years inside a literary agency, and worked both Publishers Marketplace and the global distributor StreetLib. For the past ten years she has been an independent publishing consultant.
Literary agents and traditional publishers send her their authors, among them Jacquelyn Mitchard, whose debut was Oprah's first book club pick, and the New York Times bestseller who writes as John Twelve Hawks. When the people inside the industry need someone they trust with their own clients, this is where they send them.
She trained as an architect before she ever edited a book, which is why every P&P engagement runs like a well-managed building project: a real plan first, milestones you approve, and no surprises in the final walkthrough.
P&P is deliberately small. There is no intake bot and no sales team. Julie reads every inquiry personally, and she takes on a limited number of clients at a time, because white-glove work requires real attention.
Two things that never change
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. Nothing about working with P&P puts a claim on your book.
You leave knowing how your marketing works.
A published book with no marketing strategy is an expensive business card. Every engagement ends with you understanding your strategy, your distribution setup, and what to manage going forward. The vocabulary stays with you long after the project closes.
Strategy
Start here if you want a written plan before you commit to a production budget.
Publishing Packages
Done-for-you book production and publishing. Pick the package that fits where your manuscript is and how much of the launch you want handled.
Foundation
We produce and distribute the book. You run launch week, with the kit in hand.
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The entire publishing project, handled: production, launch, direct sales, and the first ninety days.
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For ghostwriting, hybrid scopes, illustrated children's books, and projects that don't fit a standard package.
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Bolt-ons for any Publishing Package: editorial layers, managed launches, and audiobook production.
Launch Buddy — With Direct Sales
Launch the book and build the direct-sales channel in the same engagement.
Learn MoreContinuation
Continued strategic support for authors who have already worked with P&P. The retainer is offered only as continuation.
How it starts
Every engagement begins the same way: you get in touch, Julie reads your note personally, and you schedule a call. On the call you talk about your book, where it stands, and what it needs. You leave knowing your options and roughly what each path involves, whatever you decide to do next.
The call costs nothing, and there is no script waiting on the other end of it. If P&P is the wrong fit for your project, Julie will say so and point you toward a better one.
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