Book editing
Developmental, copy and proof editing, plus an Alpha Reader Review, to improve your book while keeping your voice.
Learn more about book editingProfessional Book Publishing For First-Time and Veteran Authors
From editing and design to launch and marketing, we help you publish your book to a professional standard, while you keep ownership and control. Submit your manuscript for a free book review and we'll tell you honestly where it stands and what it needs next.
- Free to submit
- Honest feedback
- No obligation to go ahead
Send your whole manuscript, or at least the first three chapters. See how the review works.
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Ask us anything about your book or how we work. Leave your details and a member of the team will reply by email.
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A member of the team will reply to you by email. If you'd like us to read your book, you can submit your manuscript for a free book review at any time.
FreeBook reviewSubmit your manuscript and get our feedback at no cost.
100%OwnershipYou keep your rights and make the decisions about your book.
DirectRoyalty accessYour book launches through your own distribution accounts, so retailers pay you directly.
40BooksOur team's portfolio includes 19 books it has helped write, edit, design or publish.
Experienced publishing help, with every decision explained
Fable Studio is a publisher and publishing services company. Our experienced team helps authors write, edit, design, publish and market their books to professional standards.
Publishing means a long run of choices, from the type of edit to the look of the cover and the formats to launch. For each one, we recommend what we think is best for your book, explain why, and ask for your approval before we go ahead. The decision is always yours.
Our work covers book development, design and branding, and launching your eBook, paperback or hardback through your own distribution accounts, making your book available to potentially more than 50 retailers, wholesalers and bookshops, including:
- Amazon
- Apple Books
- Kobo
- Gardners
- Waterstones
- Blackwell's
Whether a particular bookshop stocks a title is its own decision.
More about how we workHow we work: from manuscript to launch
Four stages, with your approval at every decision that matters.
Submit your manuscript
Send your whole manuscript, or at least the first three chapters, through the free book review form. You don't need to polish it first.
Review our feedback and approve your roadmap
We send our feedback and a recommended publishing roadmap: what we'd do, in what order, and why. Nothing goes ahead until you've approved it.
Review and sign the service agreement
The agreement sets out what each service includes, the fees and payment dates, and what you'll be asked to approve. Work begins once you've signed.
Review the finished work and launch
We carry out the agreed work and share the results with you. When you're happy with the finished book, we launch it through your own distribution accounts.
Publishing services for every stage of the journey
Your roadmap may include several of these services or only a few, depending on what your book needs.
Book cover design
A cover designed for your genre and your readers, and for how it looks as a small thumbnail online.
Learn more about book cover designInterior layout design
Print interiors designed for your genre: type, margins, chapter openings, and front and back matter.
Learn more about interior layout designBook formatting
eBook and print-ready files prepared to platform specifications.
Learn more about book formattingIndependent assisted book launch
Launch your eBook, paperback or hardback through your own distribution accounts, including ISBN, metadata and set-up.
Learn more about independent assisted book launchBook marketing and promotion
Launch plans and campaigns designed to help readers find your book.
Learn more about book marketing and promotionBook writing
Ghostwriting, manuscript development and book planning, in your voice.
Learn more about book writingBook design and illustration
Cover art, picture-book artwork, maps and interior illustrations.
Learn more about book design and illustrationQuestions worth asking any publishing service, including us
Choosing a publishing partner is a big decision, and it's sensible to be careful. These are the questions we'd want answered before agreeing to anything, and we'll answer them for your book before you sign.
Who will be named as the publisher of my book?
That depends on whose ISBN is used. You can use one registered to your own imprint, or ours. If we use ours, we're listed as the publisher in the book's metadata, but that gives us no rights in your book.
Where will my book be sold, and through whose accounts?
Your book is published through your own Amazon KDP and IngramSpark accounts, which are in your name, with our help at launch. Those accounts are how your book reaches the retailers, wholesalers and bookshops described above.
What happens with my rights and royalties?
You keep all rights in your book, and we never take ownership of it. Retailers pay your royalties directly to you. We can't promise sales, rankings or reviews, because those depend on readers, retailers and platforms we don't control.
What does the service agreement cover?
It sets out what each service includes, the fees and payment dates, what you'll approve, and how many rounds of changes are included. It also covers the rights in our design and editing work, so you can publish freely.
Books from our team's portfolio
Memoir, children's books, self-help, fiction, romance, mystery, fantasy and poetry: 19 titles by independent authors from our team's portfolio. Take a book off the shelf to see where to buy it, or read the case studies as they are added.
Choose a spine to take the book off the shelf.
Memoir
- A Manchester Nurse's MemoirView on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- Surviving The UK Mental Health SystemView on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- You've Got a NerveView on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- STENHOUSE: Growing Up in Edinburgh and BeyondView on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- Still Here: A Story of Love, Loss and What Came AfterView on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
Children's
- Neb Crystal and the Stolen Weathervane
Self-help
Fiction
Romance
Mystery
Guides to help you plan, edit and publish your book
Clear answers to the questions authors ask most, from ISBNs and editing to choosing how to publish.
ISBNs in the UK: do you need one, and who should own it?
What an ISBN does, when you need one, why it matters who owns it, and a legal deposit duty that is easy to overlook.
Which kind of edit does my book need?
Developmental, copy-edit or proofread? What each does, and how to tell which one your manuscript needs.
Self-publishing or independent publishing: what's the difference?
Two routes to market, and how to choose the right one for your book.
Talk to us about your book
Start with a free book review, or ask us anything first. Whichever way you get in touch, we'll give you an honest answer.
Free book reviewSubmit your manuscript
Send us a messageAsk a question or tell us about your book
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Mailing address:
65a Midland Road #5001
Wellingborough, NN8 1HF
United Kingdom
Common questions
What is the free book review?
It's a free assessment of your manuscript. You send the whole book, or at least the first three chapters if it's still in progress, and we read it and send you our feedback. A member of the team decides whether we're a good fit for your book, so we may accept it, decline it, or accept it with conditions. You're under no obligation.
What happens after I submit my manuscript?
A member of the team reads it and sends you our feedback. If we think we're a good fit, we'll add a recommended publishing roadmap for you to approve. Once you have, we send the service agreement for you to review and sign, and work begins when it's signed.
How much does it cost?
The review is free. Our services are paid for, and what you pay depends on your book and what it needs. You'll see a written quote and the service agreement, including fees and payment dates, before you commit to anything.
Can I use just one service?
Tell us what you have in mind. After we've reviewed your manuscript, we'll recommend whether a single service or a fuller roadmap makes sense for your book, and the decision is yours.
I haven't finished my book. Can you still help?
Yes. If you have at least three chapters, submit them for a free review and we'll tell you what we think. If you're still at the idea stage, our book writing service covers planning and manuscript development, so send us an enquiry and tell us what you have in mind.
Ready for an honest read of your book?
Submit your manuscript for a free book review. Send the whole book, or at least the first three chapters. There's no obligation, and you'll hear what we think before you're asked to commit to anything.