A La Carte Author Services

Now is the time to bring

your magic into the world.

Doing meaningful work in the world, such as telling your story, takes no prisoners and requires no less than all of your heart, talent, and biggest dreams. Entourage is a go-to book author services company specializing in editing, design, publishing, and marketing. Our purpose is to offer support to authors looking for a team to help bring their dream, their magic, into the world in a professional, polished, inspiring way. You will have a backstage pass to a small but mighty team of book lovers, wordsmiths, techies, screenwriters, illustrators, and marketers who see your vision as clearly as you do – the ones who know how wild the ride to book publishing can be, and yet are still ready to yell “shotgun!” and join in for the ride. 

 

Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting takes your vision and rough notes [and notes from our interviews with you] and turns it into a fully developed book that is ready for publication.

From notebooks filled with your thoughts and ideas to a fully finished, professional book.

Ghostwriting can take 3 to 12+ months, depending on the project. Availability is extremely limited.

A LA CARTE DONE-FOR-YOU-SERVICES

Book Coaching

Weekly one-to-one sessions that include writing reviews, expansion of ideas, and more.

Book coaching helps make intimidating parts of the writing and publishing process simpler and more accessible to every author.

This is for authors who want someone to bounce ideas off and to add method to the madness, keeping them accountable. Friends don't let friends write alone.

Editing + Proofreading

Developmental Editing is your skyview, big-picture editing service. We look at the structure of your manuscript - characters, tone, and book.

Copy Editing is for manuscripts that need someone to sharpen and improve the text quality.

Proofreading - a close-up look for spelling and grammar - should be the last pass we do of your manuscript.

Book Layout + Design + Prepress

Interior page design and layout, including font styles, headings, running headers, spacing, special paragraph styles, indexes, and more.

A cover design that sells, including preparation for Amazon, Ingram, ebook, paperback, and hardcover.

People DO judge a book by its cover. So, let's make sure your readers love yours as much as you do.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for believing in my story, for seeing how impactful it could be to other people, for saving my story from the ashes, and for working so hard to make my dreams come true. You are an incredible woman, and I hope that when you look yourself in the mirror, you see just how amazing you are. You are a fucking badass, and I truly can’t wait to see everything that Entourage does in the future because I have no doubt that amazing things are waiting for you."
CoCo Roper Influencer, International Bestselling Author, CoCo Roper, "Look at Me" / "Mírame" / Cancer Heroes
I thoroughly enjoyed working with you and that means A LOT. You made it fun because, in addition to enjoying our discussions, you made the product better! There is so much talent you have to offer and share. I AM very lucky that our paths crossed – and that happened for a reason! My hats off to Chris as well!
Eurice E. Rojas Author of Out of the Rough,
Healthcare Executive, Politician | Eurice E. Rojas, a first-generation Cuban-American, takes readers on a journey through the tumultuous history of Cuba, his family's escape from communism, and his improbable partnership with the sport of golf.
I am grateful to my editor, Jennifer Goulden, for her magical way of taking my idea and bringing this beautiful book to fruition. Thank you for melding together the words in this book with your tears and rewriting them with so much love and sensitivity. Many hearts are beating in sync to serve the world through this book, and your heart plays the lead note.
Shirin Ariff Curator and Co-Author of Cancer Heroes | Best-selling author of five books and boasts over three million global views for her viral speech, “Love Conquers All.” As a Life Transformation Coach, she provides her clients with the tools and insights they need to tap into their personal power, leading lives filled with authenticity, joy, freedom, and dignity.

Launch & Love

Publishing your book is just the beginning! That's when the fun, the author experience, truly takes off.
You'll be talking about your new book in press releases, news interviews, on podcasts, in your marketing funnel, and through your author newsletter and website. If all of this makes you nauseaus just thinking about it, Entourage will be your go-to team for all things marketing.

A LA CARTE DONE-FOR-YOU-SERVICES

Optioning for Film/TV

Many authors dream of their stories being the next big Netflix series or movie.

Our in-house script and story consulting team is available to guide you through your book's film/TV options.

From script writing to pitching pilots, you will be able to turn to your Entourage for answers, ideas, and options.

A LA CARTE DONE-FOR-YOU-SERVICES

Events

Your book launches, talks, and signing events should be the highlight of your author experience. On the flip side, events require logistics organization and execution if they're going to go smoothly. Signage, marketing, venue selection, volunteer apparel, catering, emcees, ticket sales, and RSVP forms, parking and hotel arrangements, liasoning with venue or book sop staff... You focus on being an author. We will help with the rest.

Distribution*

Plug your book into a distribution networks of over 40k iIndependent bookstores, online stores, chain stores, ebook retailers, libraries, and Universities. Your title will be available to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Independent bookstores, Walmart.com, Target.com, Chapters / Indigo (Canada) and more.

A LA CARTE DONE-FOR-YOU-SERVICES

Books as a Business

Entrepreneurs who write non-fiction knowledge-share titles do so to help more people at one time than they otherwise could in person.

By sharing their expertise, their contact list grows, as does their client list.
Books spell out their author's zone of genius, shares their "why" in their own voice, and paints a picture of what any client could expect from working with them.

I had the absolute pleasure of working with Jennifer for my first publication, Our Yellow Brick Road. I was extremely apprehensive about the editing process, as the book told my very personal story and I was nervous that my voice would be removed. However, it turned out to be a brilliant experience with Jennifer! Her suggestions were offered with respect and care, and I was both relieved and ecstatic to see that she managed to bring out even more of my voice in the process. Jennifer is a true gem who I can't wait to work with again!
Kristin Light Co-Author of Our Yellow Brick Road | Communications strategist, vintage dance specialist and award-winning speaker, Kristin Light has split her eclectic career between the boardroom and the ballroom. As a vivacious showgirl and co-founder of two successful companies, she was perhaps the last person you'd expect to be suffering with a diagnosed mental disorder. But following a brush with suicide that left her confined to a psychiatric ward, she now speaks out to provide real insight and practical strategies that demystify the facts surrounding mental illness and neurodiversity including inspirational (and often hilarious) stories from her own personal and professional life.

Can we skip to the good part?!

When your rewrites have rewrites.

Is your manuscript at the point that it has been written, re-written, and re-written again? Perfect. Welcome to your new creative, safe space and your next best step.

Editing & Proofreading

To polish and perfect

Entourage delivers developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading that, together, will be transformative for your book. Rely on Entourage to keep your project on track, making course adjustments where necessary.

Design

To send a message

When you see an inexpensive or DIY book design, you know it. It sends a message. All publishing contracts include interior page and cover design done by professionals who know how critical it is to your book’s brand and messaging to get it right. Font choices, spacing, consistency, headers, footers, index formatting, character and paragraph styling, photo placement, and editing… If it sounds like a lot of work, you’re not wrong. But when you have a team of book nerds, writers, editors, and designers, you can take refuge in a smoother, faster process. and a book you can be proud of.

Tech Support

To make it happen

When you find someone who is good at writing AND at tech, you keep them forever. And so we have. From meta tags to pre-press set-up, tech mistakes can ruin your launch. Whereas good tech, helps your book lands in stores and on bookshelves across North America. For magazine producers, we can help you gain a distributor and placements within book and grocery stores.

Marketing

To launch, sell, & create a profit plan

Launch teams, beta readers, mailing lists, publication day events, lead funnels, book sales, and profit that exceeds what you’ve put into your project: that’s the goal, right? Writing a book can generate revenue in many ways. For some authors, revenue comes from corporate book sales. For others, it’s bookstore sales, and for many, it’s a combination of all of the above plus an increased business revenue (such as from coaching programs and programs) that changes their lives, brand, and reputation. The fun part is deciding what sounds best to you and creating a map from here to there. Your job is to write something that makes a difference in the world. Our job is, well, everything else!

Jennifer, thank you for the late nights of tag-teaming edits with me and for your word-wizardry and technical knowledge.
Cardsy B Author of The Saturn Diaries: A Modern Day Grimoire | Rebecca Szymczak—aka Cardsy B—is an author, celebrity tarot reader, and wellness influencer. Her work has been featured in MTV, Nylon, Shape, Bustle, and The Zoe Report. She quit her fashion career to dive deeper into her intuitive gifts after experiencing a dark night of the soul. She now uses tarot to guide clients, including celebrities, C-suite executives, artists, and entrepreneurs, to their own inner knowing and healing abilities. In addition to creating her signature tarot deck, Badass Bitches Tarot, Cardsy B is also the host of the Hex and the City podcast. The Saturn Diaries: A Modern Day Grimoire is her first book.
Jennifer is the best editor to work with! Not only is she extremely talented and professional, but she brings a warmth to the experience that is unmatched! I would highly recommend working with her in any capacity for your writing projects.
Kady Romagnuolo Co-Author of Our Yellow Brick Road | Kady Romagnuolo is a Spiritual Business Coach who helps heart-led entrepreneurs overcome fear, break the cycle of self-sabotage, and release past traumas so they can build a business they love and find fulfillment in their life and work. She is a certified NLP Master Practitioner, multiple best-selling and award-winning author, international speaker on the world tour for Think and Grow Rich, Podcast host, and was recently featured on the hit TV show Dragons’ Den.

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