Helpful Tips

• BookSmart Services – How We Differ (PDF)
• Book Publishing Overview (PDF)
• Book-Design-Production-Checklist
• Marketing your Book (PDF)

Resources

Editing +

• Peruzzi Communications
  Brett Peruzzi, brett@peruzzicommunications.com
  Editing, proofreading, marketing, publicity, and social media services for authors.
• ASK Writes
  Adam S. Karofsky, adam@askwrites.com
  Ghostwriting, co-authoring, writing consulting, and rewriting services.
• AutoCrit
  Software tool that provides automated results based on different techniques/services.
• SmartEdit
  Online tool geared toward editing short stories and novels.

Book Design

• Book Design by Commercial Graphics
  Simon Shendelman, 508.615.5117
  Cover and interior design, design production.
• Levine Design & Illustration
  Rob Levine, 617.875.2195
  Cover and interior design, design production..
• Book Design by Jennifer
  Jennifer Aumiller, 714.745.7354
  Cover and interior design, design production.

Illustration

• Marianne Orlando Illustrations
  Marianne Orlando, 508.875.4552
  Warm, friendly pen-and-ink or color drawings that capture the essence of a person or place. Ideal for children’s books and public communications. Published illustrator.
• JALARTS Art for Healing Environments
  Janis Luedke, 774.286.6065
  Artist and illustrator, specializing in colorful abstract, impressionistic and whimsical images.
• Bernadette Quirk Fine Art
  Bernadette L. Quirk, 781.259.3186
  Artist and illustrator.
• Levine Design & Illustration
  Rob Levine, 617.875.2195
  Illustration for marketing and publishing, as well as custom map illustration.
• Childrens Illustrators
  An online resource for sourcing children’s illustrators.

Marketing

• Peruzzi Communications
  Brett Peruzzi, brett@peruzzicommunications.com
  Editing, proofreading, marketing, publicity, and social media services for authors.
• Boston Web Group
  Kyle Russell, 617.771.5119, kyle@bostonwebgroup.com
  Websites for authors (special package via Damianos Publishing, information here).