Every client moves through the same ten steps, in order. Each step fulfills the one before it — nothing moves forward until you've approved the step before it.
Tell us about your career, book idea, manuscript, audience, and publishing goals. We'll determine whether your project is a good fit and recommend the appropriate service.
Based on your goals and current stage, you may be invited into Career Storybook Essentials, Career Storybook Signature, Career Storybook Legacy Suite, or a custom organizational package.
After selecting your package, you'll sign your publishing agreement, submit your initial payment, complete your author questionnaire, and provide any existing manuscript materials, photographs, career information, and creative references.
During this private session, we'll establish the strategic and creative direction for your book. We'll clarify the reader, age range, message, story approach, manuscript needs, illustration direction, and long-term goals.
Depending on your package, we'll assess your completed manuscript, provide developmental editing, collaborate with you on story development, or support the creation of your manuscript.
Once the manuscript is approved, we'll create the illustration direction, character guidance, visual references, and page-by-page illustration plan.
Your book moves into custom illustration, cover design, and interior formatting. You'll review the work at defined milestones and provide feedback according to your package.
The complete book will be proofread and reviewed before publication. You'll approve the final manuscript, illustrations, cover, and interior files.
We'll support the publishing setup, book description, author biography, keywords, categories, and launch preparation. You retain your author royalties and ownership of your approved final files according to your publishing agreement.
Depending on your goals, your book may expand into a companion activity book, educator guide, school presentation, workshop, audiobook, translation, series, or organizational initiative.
Recommended: Career Storybook Essentials
Recommended: Career Storybook Signature
Recommended: Career Storybook Legacy Suite
Recommended: Custom organizational package