Book Development

What We Do

Book development, also called book production or book packaging, is a common but hidden part of the publishing world. In collaboration with a publisher, we perform all the tasks of a publisher—developing a book idea, hiring writers, and editing text—except the final stages of printing, distributing, and marketing. Because we are often a silent partner with the publisher, our name sometimes does not appear on the books we develop and produce. We commonly work on multiauthor and university-related books, such as critical anthologies, encyclopedias, and reference books.

For examples of our work with Gale (Cengage Learning) and St. James Press (now owned by Gale), click on Literature, Humanities, or Business in the left column.