There are many different publishing models available to authors, from approaching a traditional publisher to putting an e-book up on Amazon only, and many variations and combinations in between. Lindy Gifford of Manifest Identity has experience with pretty much every model out there.
Lindy can take a raw manuscript right through to publication and sales suggestions. And she knows how to work with folks who are not professional writers: plain talk, the right question asked, good answers given, and no publication world jargon or buzzwords.“
—Greg Rossel, author of Half-Hull Modeling
The first step in Publishing Consulting
Lindy will offer a preliminary assessment of the manuscript and artwork, for $300. Her suggestions, based on the assessment, include whether the manuscript (and art, if any):
might be considered by a traditional publisher, which ones, and what that would entail;
would be well served by one of the very good pay-to-publish companies;
would be best suited to independent publishing;
needs more work from the author and what that might be.
The preliminary assessment will provide authors with a better understanding of their publishing options, including outlets outside of MI’s services. Lindy will recommend the path she feels best suits the project, and the author can take the information gained from the assessment and use it however they wish. If the author and Lindy agree that MI is the right choice, the manuscript will either stay in Publishing Consulting for further refinement or move to Independent Publishing.
