Book publishing & author marketing studio

Kodsinc Studio edits, formats, illustrates, designs and publishes your book and ebook. Then we build the author website and automated blog that keep readers finding you.

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What we do

One studio for both halves of a book's life.

Most authors juggle an editor, a designer, a formatter and a web developer. We put the making and the marketing under one roof, so the book and the author's brand look like they belong together.

Make the book

Publishing, editing, formatting, covers and illustration

From a rough draft to files the printer and ebook stores accept, with a cover that holds its own at thumbnail size.

  • Book & ebook publishing
  • Editing
  • Formatting
  • Cover design
  • Illustration

Find the readers

Author websites and automated blogs

A home on the web built around you and your books, with a blog that keeps publishing on schedule so readers and search engines keep finding you.

  • Author-centric websites
  • Automated blogs
  • Book pages

Services

Pull a book off the shelf.

Pick one service or take the whole set. Open a book to see what's inside, and add it to your brief in one tap.

Book & ebook publishing

We prepare and release your book in print and as an ebook, set up and ready to sell.

What's included
  • Print-on-demand setup
  • Ebook store setup
  • ISBN and barcode guidance
  • Metadata, categories, keywords
  • Pricing and territories
  • Launch checklist

You getLive print and ebook listings

Editing

Careful reading at the level your manuscript needs, from the shape of the story down to the commas.

What's included
  • Manuscript assessment
  • Developmental editing
  • Line editing
  • Copyediting
  • Proofreading
  • A style sheet for your book

You getA tracked-changes manuscript with notes

Formatting

Interiors that read well on paper and reflow properly on every e-reader.

What's included
  • Trim size and page layout
  • Margins, bleed, running heads
  • Chapter openers and drop caps
  • Front and back matter
  • EPUB and Kindle files
  • Print-ready PDF

You getPrint PDF and ebook files

Cover design

Covers made for your genre and readers, legible from a bookshop shelf to a phone screen.

What's included
  • Genre and market research
  • Initial cover concepts
  • Front cover
  • Full wrap with spine and back
  • Ebook cover
  • 3D promo mockups

You getPrint wrap PDF and ebook cover

Illustration

Pictures that carry the story, for children's books and any book that needs art inside.

What's included
  • Character design
  • Children's picture book spreads
  • Chapter-book spot art
  • Maps and diagrams
  • Cover illustration
  • Print-ready art files

You getHigh-resolution print files

What's included

    Where your book goes

    On the stores readers already use.

    We prepare your files and set up your print and ebook editions on the major self-publishing platforms, so your book is ready to sell wherever your readers shop.

    • Amazon Kindle Direct
      Publishing
    • lulu
    • Apple Books for
      Authors
    • Google Play
      Books

    Platform names and logos belong to their owners. Kodsinc Studio is an independent studio, not affiliated with or endorsed by these platforms.

    Cover portfolio

    Covers from the studio.

    Real covers we designed, front, spine and back. Turn a book over to read the back, or open the full print wrap.

    Client work and concept mockups. Whatever style you picture, we can design it.

    Hardback case wrap

    Whiskey Venus Boston

    Children's poetry

    Goodnight Ditties for Curious Kiddies

    Paperback, nonfiction

    No Plan B

    Fiction, full wrap

    Doubting Nikki

    Paperback, picture book

    A Cloud in My Heart

    Paperback, picture book

    Milo the Shy Monster

    Paperback, murder mystery

    The Silent Alibi

    Paperback, psychological mystery

    Hollow Echoes

    Full print wrap: back cover, spine, front cover

    How a book moves through the studio

    Draft in. Book out.

    1. Step 1

      Send the manuscript

      Share your draft as it is, along with where you want the book to go. We read it and agree a plan and timeline with you.

    2. Step 2

      Edit

      Your editor works through the text with tracked changes and notes. You stay in charge of every decision.

    3. Step 3

      Format

      The clean text is set into a print interior and a reflowable ebook, with consistent styles from title page to index.

    4. Step 4

      Design the cover

      Cover concepts, then refinements, then a full wrap sized to your final page count so the spine fits.

    5. Step 5

      Publish and launch

      Your print and ebook editions go live, and your author website and blog are ready to send readers to them.

    Author marketing

    A website that sells you, and a blog that never goes quiet.

    A finished book still needs to be found. We build an author-centric website around you and your titles, then keep it alive with a blog that publishes on schedule.

    Author websites

    Your story, your books, buy links, events and a newsletter sign-up, designed to match your covers.

    Automated blogs

    Posts written around your books' themes, characters and research, scheduled and published for you so your site keeps growing.

    Plan my author site

    Crime fiction & true crimeJoe Broadmeadow Visit the live site (opens in a new tab)

    Everything authors want on their site

    Kept simple: we set it up, and you choose how hands-on you want to be.

    • Connect what you haveAlready have a blog, website or domain? We connect it, or move your posts across.
    • Run it yourselfSimple editing, so you can post updates and add new books without touching code.
    • Or let us handle itPrefer hands-off? We keep your posts, pages and links up to date for you.
    • Book pages that sellA page for every title, with buy links to every store your book is on.
    • Newsletter sign-upsGrow your reader list with sign-up forms linked to your email tool.
    • Free chapter downloadsOffer a sample chapter and turn curious visitors into readers.
    • Events & media kitReadings, launches, interviews and a press kit, all in one place.
    • Found on GoogleSearch-friendly pages and posts, so new readers can find you.

    Start your book

    Tell us where your book is today.

    Answer a few quick questions and we'll turn them into a short brief for the studio.

    1. Fill in the briefA few questions about your book and what it needs.
    2. Send it to the studioCopy the brief we build and email it to us.
    3. Get your planWe reply with the next steps for your book.

    Your book brief

    About a minute
    Where is the book now?
    What do you need? Pick any

    Nothing is sent from this page. You choose when to email it.