Trusted Resources for Indie Authors
You’ve poured passion and hard work into your manuscript, and it deserves the best possible chance in the market. But while you’re the expert on your story, elements like promotion, design, or distribution may feel unfamiliar. That’s where having the right support makes all the difference.
With so many service providers out there, it can be hard to know who to trust.
That’s why I’ve put together this shortlist of indie publishing professionals—people I’ve worked with, whose work I value, and who share my ethos of doing what’s genuinely best for you and your book.
If you're ready to take the next step on your publishing journey, these friendly faces are here to help.
Publishing Services
Graham Bartlett, Crime Fiction Advisor
If you’re looking to ensure your crime fiction is full of authentic plots, police officers and scenes to make your narrative sizzle and keep critics from your door? Look no further than Graham Bartlett and his team!
Graham was a UK police officer in Sussex for thirty years, rising to become its police commander. Since retiring, he has become a police procedural and crime advisor helping scores of authors and TV writers (including Peter JamesMark BillinghamElly Griffiths and Dorothy Koomson) achieve authenticity alongside their drama. He works flexibly with authors at all stages of their writing career and adopts an ethos of ‘creativity with credibility.’ Graham runs a series of hugely popular online courses and workshops under the banner of ‘Crime Writing: Making it Real. He is also a best-selling crime writer, with two non-fiction books – Death Comes Knocking and Babes in the Wood – to his name and a crime novel in the pipeline.
Ines Monnet, Book Formatter
Book layout designer & typesetter, with an education and professional background in publishing, Ines provides support to independent authors and publishers in both print and eBook projects.
If you value collaboration, optimism, expertise, and high quality service and you are looking for page layouts with a clean and minimal style… then Ines is the woman for you.
Elliott Frisby, Monkeynut Audiobooks and Sound
With audiobooks being the one of the fastest growing sections of the book market, you’d be mad not to consider publishing an audio version of your book, and Monkeynut Audiobooks are here to answer all your audio questions.
Elliott Frisby has worked in the music and audio industry for over twenty years, working with the likes of Dame Shirley Bassie and Robin Gibb, and is recognised as a one of the top audiobook producers in the UK, working with world-leading publishers such as HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Bonnier and Lion Hudson (most recently completing post-production for England Football Manager Gareth Southgate’s Anything is Possible), as well as upcoming and established authors and scriptwriters to produce audiobooks for professional release.
Renowned for their exceptionally high standards, Monkeynut Audiobooks create audio that keeps people listening, and Elliott’s wealth of expertise and knowledge has helped many authors and artist reach their audio potential. Elliott can help you complete the book, find genre-specific quality narrators, record and produce the sound, edit each page, and publish across all the major platforms including Audible and iTunes.
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