Most Common Path
Done For You
Handle it for me
We handle the publishing work.
Best for authors who want the most support.
Guidance for first-time authors
You wrote the manuscript. We'll help you understand what comes next.
Personal publishing guidance and professional book-production services for first-time and independent authors. No publishing experience needed — we explain every step in plain English, and you always know what happens next.
You keep your rights and your royalties. Telling us about your book commits you to nothing.
Three ways to publish with us
Choose how much help you want.
Done For You is our established and most common path. Guided Publishing and DIY are for authors who want to take on more of the publishing work themselves.
Guided Publishing
Help me navigate it
You do the work. We review the key publishing pieces.
Best for authors who want more control with professional review.
Do It Yourself
I'll do it myself
Publish independently with intelligent step-by-step guidance for your book.
Best for authors who want to handle publishing themselves.
$297
One book · 6 months
One-time payment · No subscription · No automatic renewal
Not sure? Compare the three paths.
What customers say
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5.0 out of 5, from 100 Google reviews
Real feedback from people who have worked with Self Publish Me.
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All my questions were answered and addressed in a timely manner.
Excellent people to work with.
The Done For You publishing pathway
- 01Manuscript
- 02Assessment
- 03Plan
- 04Agreement
- 05Production
- 06Review
- 07Setup
- 08Publication
Inside a Done For You publishing project
Everything a book needs, and nothing it doesn't.
On the “handle it for me” path you don't pick services off a list. We review the project, agree the work publishing it properly takes, and coordinate it as one project. On Guided Publishing and the DIY path you do this work yourself.
Project coordination
One plan, one schedule, one contact across every stage of your book.
DetailsEditing
The editing level your manuscript needs — recommended honestly.
DetailsCover design
Genre-aware covers built to work at thumbnail size and in print.
DetailsInterior formatting
Typeset print interiors and clean, validated eBook files.
DetailsISBN & publishing guidance
Plain answers on ISBNs, imprints and formats before anything is registered.
DetailsAmazon KDP setup
Your book details, files and formats set up correctly on KDP.
DetailsWhy Self Publish Me
Personal service, not a production line.
Publishing platforms give authors tools. They rarely give them a person. That gap is where most first books stall.
- One point of contact
- You speak to the same person from assessment through publication. Nothing gets lost in a queue.
- Paid work is priced before you commit
- Done For You pricing is confirmed in writing in your project plan after the assessment; Guided Publishing is one fixed package at $2,250, paid in full before activation, starting with a free Fit Consultation. The DIY guidance tools are free.
- Plain language throughout
- ISBNs, metadata, trim sizes, file formats — explained in terms you can act on.
- You keep everything
- Your rights, your royalties, your creative control, and your own Amazon KDP account — on every path.
- Honest recommendations
- If your book does not need a service, we say so. Recommendations follow the work, not the invoice.
- Built for first books
- The process assumes this may be your first time — without ever talking down to you.
Our books
Books we've helped bring to life.
Explore selected books published through Self Publish Me. Choose a book to turn it, zoom in, and see it from every angle.
Our founder
Publishing should feel personal.
Self Publish Me was founded by Maurice Johnson, a longtime author, creative entrepreneur, and publishing consultant who understands how intimidating the publishing process can feel the first time through.
That is why Self Publish Me is built around straightforward guidance, personal service, and helping authors confidently move the manuscripts they have created toward professional publication.
Our mission: To remove the barriers between creativity and opportunity.
Questions
The things authors ask first.
Straight answers, before you commit to anything.
Learning
Resources for independent authors.
The tools that are live today: the Publishing Starting Point, the Self-Publishing Foundations course, the Publishing Director and a free publishing consultation.
Course
AvailableSelf-Publishing Foundations
A structured, self-paced course covering the publishing path from finished manuscript to published book, at your own speed. Finish with your own Publishing Action Plan.
Guided questions
AvailablePublishing Starting Point
Answer a few plain-English questions about your manuscript and the decisions you've made so far, and receive Your Publishing Starting Point — a personalized snapshot you can save, print and keep.
Free consultation
AvailableFree Publishing Consultation
A free consultation about your book: ask your questions, understand the publishing decisions in front of you, and get clearer about what should happen next. No charge, and no obligation to publish with us.
The Publishing Director
Don't just ask a publishing question. Find out what it means for your book.
Any AI can explain what an ISBN is. The Publishing Director can relate the answer to your own project — using the publishing details you've recorded here, remembering the decisions you've confirmed in this browser, showing where your book stands, and pointing to the next sensible move. It also knows when a question is better handled in a free publishing consultation. It never writes or reviews your manuscript.
Ask the question. Understand the decision. Know what comes next.
Ask the Publishing DirectorAnswers the question
Plain-English publishing guidance on editing, ISBNs, covers, formatting and Amazon KDP — no terminology required.
Relates it to your book
It uses only what you've recorded or confirmed yourself. If something about your book isn't known, it says so rather than inventing it.
Keeps track of decisions
When you state a decision clearly, it can become part of your Book Publishing Profile — saved in this browser, not sent anywhere.
Shows what comes next
One recommended next move, drawn from Self Publish Me's publishing framework, with “Why this next?” always available.
Next step
Want Self Publish Me involved in your publishing project?
Done For You and Guided Publishing begin with the publishing intake. Tell us about your book — it takes a few minutes and commits you to nothing. If you are publishing independently, the free guidance tools are yours to use without an intake.
To remove the barriers between creativity and opportunity.