To Press & Beyond

As experts in book publishing consulting and support services for over 15 years, we take your book project and shepherd it through writing, editing, design & layout, printing, distribution, sales and promotion, both in trade and niche markets and on the Internet.

At To Press & Beyond, we are dedicated to providing clients with cutting-edge, customized marketing strategies to assure your book's maximum visibility and sell-through.

 Collaborating with a staff of creative professionals, we help marry the art and science of the web so your website becomes a web solution.

Think of us as your virtual team members who think outside the box and provide branding, resourceful marketing and sales solutions.

We have worked with over 300 authors and independent publishers, and we've had clients as far away as London, Switzerland, Egypt and Thailand.

"For the reluctant self-publisher this is the perfect solution — all the decision advantages and control, and a built-in editorial, production, and marketing team."

~ Dan Poynter, The Self-Publishing Manual

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Publishing Consulting

 Let us help you go from stressed (or at the very least overwhelmed) to success. Ask us the questions, and we'll give you the best direction. We consult on many areas of publishing including:

• Becoming a Publisher
• Manuscript Critique
• Budget for Your Project
• Book Proposal Writing

 Get in touch with us. We'll provide you with a half-hour gratis consultation!

Editing, Etc.

TP&B offer all levels of editing, from proofreading to content and developmental editing to copyediting to rewriting. If you have a great idea, but no time to put pen to paper, we also do ghostwriting.

• Ghostwriting
• Rewriting
• Content editing
• Copyediting
• Proofreading
• Copywriting
  • Dust jacket text
  • Website content
  • Press releases
  • Print ads
  • Brochures
  • Direct mail
• Fact Checking & Research
• Indexing

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Get in touch with us. We'll provide you with a half-hour gratis consultation!

Book Production Coordination

 We work with experienced book designers and cover designers and have relationships with numerous printers -- both digital and traditional, here and abroad. We handle all of the details needed for copyright, getting the files to the printer and then finished books to your fulfillment house or distributor's warehouse in a timely manner.

Many of the details we coordinate include:

• Cover Design
• Interior Design
• Art Direction
• Securing ISBN
• Securing PCIP Block
• Copyright
• Printer Bids

Traditional Marketing and Promotion

 In customized campaigns, TP&B provides both trade and niche marketing, working from a set of deliverables mutually agreed upon with the client. This includes coordinating efforts with distributors, wholesalers, chains bookstores, Independents, book clubs and specialty stores as well as submissions to reviewers, author tours, coordinating advertising, PR, and more.

• Branding (Taglines and Logo Development)
• Marketing Plans
• Publicity Services
• Local, Regional and National TV and Radio Exposure
• Media Coaching
• Press Kit Development
• Press Release Distribution & Writing
• Website Development
• Issue-oriented Articles
• Marketing to the Trade
• Locate Buyers in the Non-Traditional Markets
• Special Markets
• Foreign Rights
• Premium Sales

Social Media Marketing (A Very Important Ingredient!)

Successfully launching a book requires pre-promotion before your title is released … up to a year beforehand. You want your book's audience to know you, like you, and trust you. Creating a platform that makes your book a success before it's published, whether it's a printed version or an e-book is the wise thing to do.

As an author/publisher you may not be able to do it all. We tell you where you need to be to get noticed. We navigate the complex and over populated world of social media marketing with a savvy bunch of well-connected advisers and our ten years of picking and choosing the smart opportunities.

From search engine optimization to book trailers, we consistently find the best solutions and customize a social media marketing plan that includes the obvious and the hidden gems that will take your book to the opinion makers that are waiting just for you.

Our social media marketing services include, but are not limited to:

• Blog creation and ghostwriting
• Twitter account creation, page branding and ghostwriting
• Facebook page customization, support and ghostwriting
• Book Trailers and YouTube promotion
• Podcast creation and iTunes promotion
• Amazon author page creation, and presence optimization
• Building Internet relationships on all of the above, and more...

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