Author Services You Can Offer

If you’ve wondered how to turn your love of books into a business, then author services might be a great option for you. By working with authors, you can do work you love while helping to bring more books into the world!

I’m going to share some ideas of what you can offer to get you started. Just make sure to choose something that you have genuine interest and skills in (or that you’re willing to learn the skills in). For example, I’m terrible at catching typos, so I could never be a copy editor.

Let’s take a look at the ideas!

Design

• Cover design

• Character art

• Illustrated book maps

• Social media graphics

• Merch & PR box materials

• Author websites

• Book interior design and formatting

Marketing

• Email newsletter management

• Social media management

• PR box management

• Book tour management

• Prelaunch and launch marketing

Editing

• Developmental editing

• Copyediting

• Line editors

• Proofreaders

Admin

• Virtual assistant (sometimes called personal assistant in the book world)

• ARC management

• Facebook group managmenet