Beagle Bay, Inc. offers professional book packaging services to help both novice and experienced publishers produce the highest quality product possible. As a small publisher, you probably do not produce enough new products each year to keep a full time staff of designers and production managers busy. You could farm out individual tasks to independent contractors piecemeal, but that can be a management nightmare as you try to keep everyone on track, on schedule and on budget.

The most important thing to know about us is that we create award winning publications. Click here for samples of recent projects.

While we are more than happy to undertake descreet parts of your project, our strength is in our extensive experience in all phases of the design and production process. By using us as your design and production "back office," you can effectively leverage your resources and focus on other critical activities such as marketing, sales and new product development.

For those seeking even more comprehensive consulting services from concept development to ultimate sales, we offer Book Shepherding.

To give you an idea of the range of packaging services we offer, we have developed a menu of services that represents the typical steps of professional publishing. You can choose from our services "a la carte" or in packages. Our "All-In-One" package provides you with a full production and design back office so that you don’t have to manage all the details—but reap all the benefits!

In addition to our book packaging services, we offer marketing and publicity services and - for select titles only - distribution and fulfillment services.

NOTE: If these terms seem unfamiliar to you, please visit our Self-publisher FAQ page for explanations.

What our customers say:

"[Beagle Bay's] expertise and professionalism made the process of getting my third book into print and into reviewers' hands as smooth as possible. [They] kept to their schedule (I had to keep to mine also!) to ensure publication hit our target date. The book looks great and has already garnered many awards from the publishing industry (which [Creative Minds Press] suggested we enter). I'd gladly work with them again and have already recommended them to many others looking to get books out to the marketplace.”
- Judy Gruen, author of the award-winning The Women's Daily Irony Supplement

"Every day, I can see the value of something you told me or explained to me and I feel like an insider because of your incredible knowledge and helpful advice. Probably another company could have done a book, but no other company would have provided me with so much assistance and guidance as you have that has been so invaluable and has led to increased book sales as well".
- ArborVitae Press

Contents:

Consulting
Editing and Market Evaluation
Editing Package
Book Design & Layout
Book Design Package
Website Packages
Print Brokering
Book Design and Print Package
Form Management
All-in-One Package
Publicity and Market Plans
Distribution and Fulfillment

Because each book project is different, we do not post our prices. Let us bid on YOUR book and see how competitive we are. Samples upon request.

Consulting

Many clients need a general consultation before deciding how to proceed. Call us for a one hour consultation that will cover what your needs are and what direction you need to take. Please fill out the CONTACT form and specify that you would like a consultation, your name and phone number. We will give you a fee quote in the reply.

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Editing and Market Evaluation

Market Evaluation: a thorough, written critique to help you understand how the manuscript meets book trade expectations and an evaluation of its sales potential. Identifies problems, including any need for research, rewrites and/or editing.

Editing