What’s included in your Up & Away experience?

· Complete Project Management: Our team of industry experts will guide you through the entire publishing process from start to finish over the course of a roughly ten-month production and publishing schedule.

· Manuscript and Editorial Assistance: Whether you have a solid draft or just a brilliant idea, you’ll work with our editorial team to craft and perfect your manuscript, making sure the final product is polished and ready for print.

· Professional Illustrations: You’ll work with our production team to create a detailed illustration brief that captures your vision and choose from our large pool of talented illustrators to find the best fit to bring your book to life.

· Text Layout and Book Design: This encompasses expert design and layout of your book’s cover and interior to bring your manuscript and illustrations together.

· Publishing Assistance: We will guide you through the setup of your self-publishing author account with a recommended print on demand platform to make your book. We’ll also work with you to complete the title setup, file upload, and listing optimization to the highest industry standards.

· Book Launch Support: On pub day (hooray!), your book will be available to readers everywhere through major online retailers (Amazon, Barnes and Noble online, Target online, Bookshop.org, etc.). Our team of marketing and retail experts will support your launch by helping you prepare for this major milestone through strategic media and retail outreach.

· 100% Royalties: As a Blue Balloon Books Up & Away independently published author, you will keep 100 percent of net royalties on sales of your book.

· Full Ownership: You will reserve all rights to your work and own everything created for your project from start to finish. Story? Yours. Illustrations? Yours. Final book files? All yours.

Our Up & Away: Guided Children’s Book Publishing program is a cover-to-cover approach designed to take your story from idea to market through a ten-month personalized publishing journey.

24-Page Fully Illustrated Book $780/month for 10 months; $7,800 total

32-Page Fully Illustrated Book $840/month for 10 months; $8,400 total

Are you ready to take your book publishing dreams to new heights? Talk to our acquisitions team and start your journey to become a published children’s book author today!