Your Vision
Our Expertise
We are a self-publishing support platform, which means your book remains your own. We do not take any rights or royalties, and you remain in control of your own book.
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What we do is provide support along the self-publishing journey, connecting you with vetted professionals all invested in making your book the best it can be, from genre-specific editors to incredibly talented artists designing book covers and character art illustrations. We take the guess work and stress out of the process, provide advice on the complicated steps like setting up your book with KDP and IngramSpark, and support you with extending your reach and maximising your marketing efforts!
You might be wondering...
Why should I go with PaperWild? Can't I just upload to Amazon on my own?
Honestly? Yes, you can.
And if you have the time, energy, and patience to figure it all out on your own, then you absolutely can!
But if you'd rather just focus on the writing, we can help with everything else!
The self-publishing world is a lot!
You might know about KDP, but what about IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, and BookVault? What’s an ISBN and why do you need one? How do you make an audiobook? Do you need a copyright? These are all questions I had to learn for myself, and I made mistakes along the way, and I want to help you not make those same mistakes!
Book A Discovery Call
Book a discovery call and tell me all about your book!
This is a free, no obligation chance for you to tell me all about your writing, let me know where you are in the process, and ask any questions you have about the self-publishing road map.
Strategy and Idea Generation
If you choose to work with us, I will get to work identifying the main areas to focus on and coming up with the strategy that will make your book stand out!
Connecting You With Your Team
I will then personally oversee all the parts of your self-publishing journey, including keeping all communication with editors, formatters, designers and illustrators in one central place, and ensuring the final product meets exceptional quality standards.
After Your Launch
The journey doesn't end when your book is out!
Now it's time to market it and get it into as many readers' hands as possible.
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We have a variety of packages to support with marketing, including the PaperWild Indie Bookshelf Newsletter with over 2,000 subscribers to specific genres, and a selection of marketing packages to help with ad design, content creation and bookstore placement.
Our Self-Publishing Services
The 3-Stage Edit
Our editing process is designed to elevate your manuscript and hone your unique voice while ensuring your story is the best version of itself.
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We move from the big picture developmental edit, picking up issues with pacing, character arcs and plot holes, down to the microscopic details of grammar and punctuation.
At PaperWild, we don’t just fix typos; we provide a supportive mirror to your creativity, ensuring your manuscript is polished, professional and ready for the world’s toughest critics.
Interior Formatting
The aesthetics inside the book are just as important as the details on the outside of the book. Professional formatting is the invisible art that makes a book feel "real."
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Whether you need a clean, classic layout for a literary novel or advanced, flourishing designs with custom chapter headers and illustrated section breaks for a fantasy epic, our artists will create a smooth finished product that meets all industry standards and captures your vision.
Our formatting packages include the different formats for print and e-book, and are available to be amended for paperbacks as well as hardcovers and special editions, allowing your readers to lose themselves in your world without any technical distraction.
Bespoke Cover Design
In today's day and age where platforms like Amazon are being flooded with up to 10,000 books daily, the vast majority of them with awful AI-generated covers, your cover is your first and most important impression on a reader. It is your only chance to grab their attention and get them to read your blurb.
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By working with a small team of dedicated designers who share our anti-AI commitment, we create covers that are communicate your genre, look captivating and professional, and beautifully capture your vision.
Character Art & Illustration
There is nothing quite like the magic of seeing your characters come to life in a custom illustration. Character art has become the heartbeat of the indie community, a way to spark conversation and connection on social media before a reader even opens the first chapter.
We are proud to be working with an incredible team of jaw-droppingly talented illustrators, each and every one of whom stand against AI and who specialise in bringing your vision to life with 100% human creativity. From character portraits to custom fantasy maps, we help you build the visual world your story deserves.
Marketing & Branding Support
An incredible book is only the first half of the journey; the second half is making sure people can find it, but for most indie authors, marketing is the bane of their existence. Social media is time-consuming and cringe-inducing, and figuring out Facebook and Amazon ads is a whole new world of its own.
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At PaperWild, we have several systems in place to help expand your reach. From our Indie Bookshelf Newsletter with over 2,000 subscribers signed up to specific genres, to content generation and ad design, we provide the toolkit you need to shout about your book with confidence and reach the readers who are waiting to fall in love with it.
Beta Reading & ARC Management
Beta Readers are a great way to get early stage insight into your work in progress. We have a hand-selected and carefully vetted team of over 100 beta readers across a wide range of genres, all of whom love supporting indie authors and giving thoughtful and meaningful feedback that helps you develop your book.
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ARC stands for Advanced Reader Copy. ARC readers are casual readers who sign up to read your book about a month before its official release date, with the goal of helping you get more reviews and social hype on release day. We use our newsletter of over 2,000 subscribers to recruit ARC readers and manage the organisation of the entire process, giving you all the hype without the stress!