At STUDIO by WriterFest, we support you by providing a la carte editing and publishing services. Need feedback on your fiction manuscript? A copyedit of your work in progress? Help with a pitch or proposal? Ready for marketing copy or webpage support? We’re here for you!

Our Services

  • $200 - A professional press kit about you and/or your new book release, ready to be added to your website or used in mailings or email pitching the media and events managers.

  • $200 - A professional media pitch tailored toward the type of media you or your publicist will be approaching. This will be set up in a templatized manner so you can easily make tweaks on your own as needed moving forward, attracting media attention through public relations work.

  • $500 - A social media content calendar with personalized instructions for organizing your content production and posting to optimally connect with your intended audience on a timeline you (or your social media support person) can manage on your own.

  • Starting at $550 - A professional assessment of your current presence across key platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, Threads, and more. We’ll show you what’s working, what’s not, and how to optimize your online presence to attract the readers, agents, and publishers you want to reach. Customized quotes available for additional platforms or deeper strategy work.

  • $500/month, 2-month minimum commitment, required Social Media Audit to be completed first (starts at $550) - Work with our team to define your social media goals and create a custom social media posting plan tailored to your two platforms (pick 2 from Instagram, LinkedIn, or Tiktok). Your social media coordinator will create content, post, and provide simple engagement with your fans and accounts you follow.

  • Starts at $1000 - Work with seasoned former book publicist Sara Wigal to craft an overarching strategy for your book launch. Sara, with a STUDIO publicist, will walk you through the timeline, process, and options for celebrating your book’s publication day with ease and accomplishment. Each plan is tailored to the author and author’s goals, but generally include segments such as how to reach an audience through earned media and traditional media channels, social media strategy, editorial reviews, digital marketing, and influencer pitching. Please inquire at studio@writerfestnashville.com for more info and pricing.

  • $1,500-Interior page formatting for print and/or ebook, for KDP and/or IngramSpark. We provide finished files for authors to upload.

  • $800-Custom book cover design properly formatted and print and publish ready. No Ai tools used to generate any images, and ready for self-publishing authors to upload in KDP or IngramSpark formats.

  • $1000 - A book editor will read and review your manuscript looking for developmental areas to improve– this includes structure, plot, character, genre expectations, and other “big picture” editorial concerns.

  • $1250 - A book editor will read and review your manuscript looking for developmental areas to improve– this includes structure, plot, character, genre expectations, and other “big picture” editorial concerns.

  • $1,250-$15,000 - A book editor will read and review your manuscript looking for developmental areas to improve– this includes structure, plot, character, genre expectations, and other “big picture” editorial concerns.

  • $1,500-8,000 - A book editor will read and review your manuscript looking for developmental areas to improve– this includes structure, plot, character, genre expectations, and other “big picture” editorial concerns.

  • 1.5-3 cents/word - A copy editor in your genre will read and review your manuscript looking for areas to improve– this includes grammar, punctuation, spelling and style (standard book publishing style is Chicago Manual of Style).

  • $5000 - Our team will work with you to develop a book proposal (any genre) for your proprietary use with agents and editors.

  • $150-One of the Ami McConnell Literary Agents will review your query letter and overall submission presentation for a literary agent and consult with you to prepare to send it to agents. The consulting agent will not consider you for a client author if they consult with you.

  • $5,000-Our team make it easy to self-publish your book. We provide developmental editing, copy editing, formatting, cover design, and proofing services and manage the upload process for KDP and/or IngramSpark for you. You control your intellectual property and you control your self-publishing accounts.