My Network of Professionals to Help You!
Tom Joyce has more than 30 years experience as an art director, print, web and broadcast designer, writer and photographer. He has worked at numerous advertising agencies, been a partner in his own firm, and created memorable campaigns for a range of companies and products. He has designed numerous exciting books and covers for a range of authors and publishers.
Ruth Schwartz is a Book Midwife, helping self-publishing authors turn finished manuscripts into finished books, complete with professional cover design, interior layout, and ebook editions—all up online and available for sale around the world. Ruth brings over 50 years of book publishing, design and printing industry experience to every author's project and has worked on over 140 independently-published books since 2012 when print on demand technology enabled the current indie publishing revolution.
Carole Engler has many years of advertising agency media planning and estimating experience coupled with a sharp proof-reading eye (the devil is in the details). Her keen design sense adds to our team's ability to develop book layouts and cover designs.
Linda Jay is a book manuscript copyeditor and a proofreader with decades of experience, beginning at Little, Brown and then Houghton Mifflin Publishers in Boston. She was an advertising copywriter in the Trade Book Department of Little, Brown, and had the same job, later, in the College Textbook Department of Houghton Mifflin.
Cat Smith is a social media expert in the Bay Area helping REALTORs®, authors, and other creatives with their digital marketing. She has skills with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WordPress, marketing, ads, and more. She can help organize and execute a solid book marketing program for you.