Houston Book Publishing: professional book editing, cover design, formatting, ghostwriting, and worldwide distribution for authors.

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Global Distribution

Published everywhere readers are.

We turn finished manuscripts into published, profitable books, crafted with care and placed on every shelf, app, and platform your readers already use.

Amazon KDP

The world's largest bookstore, with millions of readers browsing daily.

Apple Books

Premium ebook placement across iOS and macOS worldwide.

Barnes & Noble

Trusted digital and print shelf space across the United States.

Kobo & Google Play

International reach across 190+ countries and languages.

IngramSpark

40,000+ retailers and libraries reached across 100+ countries.

Featured published book cover by Houston Book Publishing

One House, Every Genre

From first draft to final shelf, built for every story you have to tell.

What we do

Everything your book needs, in one house.

01

Ghostwriting

From a rough concept or a full outline to a finished manuscript, written entirely in your voice. You bring the story and the expertise; we shape it into prose readers cannot put down.

  • Concept & outline
  • Chapter drafting
  • Voice matching
  • Unlimited revisions
Start with ghostwriting
02

Editing & Proofreading

Developmental, line, and copy editing, pass after pass, until every page earns its place. We sharpen structure, tighten prose, and catch the final typo before a reader ever can.

  • Developmental edit
  • Line & copy edit
  • Final proofread
  • Editorial letter
Polish my manuscript
03

Cover Design

Covers designed to sell, striking at thumbnail size and commanding on the shelf. Genre-aware, market-tested, and built to stop the scroll the moment a reader lands on your book.

  • Concepts & revisions
  • Front, spine & back
  • Print + eBook versions
  • 3D mockups
Design my cover
04

Formatting & Conversion

Beautiful interiors, laid out for effortless reading and converted to every format retailers require. EPUB, MOBI/KPF, and print-ready PDF, tested across real devices before launch.

  • Interior typesetting
  • EPUB & MOBI/KPF
  • Print-ready PDF
  • Device QA testing
Format my book
05

Publishing & Distribution

Your book goes live on Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, and beyond, and you keep your rights and your royalties. One upload, global reach, zero platform lock-in.

  • Global distribution
  • Retailer setup
  • Metadata & ISBN
  • You own your rights
Publish worldwide
06

Author Marketing

A launch plan that puts your book in front of the right readers. Strong metadata, sharp positioning, and campaigns that build momentum well past release week.

  • Launch strategy
  • Keywords & categories
  • Ad campaigns
  • Ongoing growth
Grow my readership

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How it works

The Houston Method.

Turn the pages. This is how your manuscript becomes a published book.

Houston Book Publishing

The Publishing
Method

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Our portfolio

Stories we're proud about.

A showcase of covers and published works created with authors through Houston Book Publishing.

Houston Book PublishingHidden KnowledgeShaLee M.
Hidden Knowledge by ShaLee M., fantasy book cover
Fantasy

Hidden Knowledge

ShaLee M.

An epic of thirteen tribes and an ancient darkness, three hundred years after a crash landing on the alien world of Edden.

AmazonBarnes & NobleGoogle Books
Houston Book PublishingWill My Kitty Be In HeavenMichele C.
Will My Kitty Be In Heaven by Michele C., children's book cover
Children's

Will My Kitty Be In Heaven

Michele C.

A tender picture book that helps young readers understand loss, love, and the comfort of remembering.

AmazonApple Books
Houston Book PublishingDear Sir, Dear MadamMary Lydon
Dear Sir, Dear Madam by Mary Lydon, memoir book cover
Memoir

Dear Sir, Dear Madam

Mary Lydon

A memoir-in-letters that carries readers across decades, and a memoir finalist on release.

AmazonKoboGoogle Books
Houston Book PublishingThe Quiet AdvantageR. Osei
The Quiet Advantage by R. Osei, business book cover
Business

The Quiet Advantage

R. Osei

A practical playbook for building calm, durable companies, from first hire to lasting legacy.

AmazonApple Books
Houston Book PublishingThe Cedar RoomA. Beaumont
The Cedar Room by A. Beaumont, literary fiction book cover
Literary Fiction

The Cedar Room

A. Beaumont

A luminous debut about family, memory, and the houses that hold our secrets long after we leave.

AmazonBarnes & Noble
Houston Book PublishingNightingale DownJ. Marquez
Nightingale Down by J. Marquez, thriller book cover
Thriller

Nightingale Down

J. Marquez

A pulse-quickening thriller that never lets go, optioned within weeks of publication.

AmazonKobo

Author voices

Stories that make us proud.

Real authors, real results. Here is what it feels like to publish with Houston.

★★★★★Rated 4.9 out of 5 by 350+ published authors

Publishing packages

Choose your path to print.

Every package includes full ownership of your work on delivery.

Starter

Essentials

$499
  • Proofread & copy edit
  • eBook formatting
  • EPUB conversion
  • 1 retailer
Get started
Author

Publish

$1,299
  • Line & copy editing
  • Custom cover design
  • Full conversion
  • Kindle, Apple, Kobo
Get started
Legacy

Full Service

$5,900
  • Ghostwriting option
  • Everything in Launch
  • Audiobook prep
  • Ongoing campaigns
Get started
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Your story
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Every shelf that matters is waiting for your name on the spine.

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Ready when you are

Begin your publishing journey.

Every great book starts as a manuscript and a maybe. Tell us about yours, and we'll give it a cover, a spine, and a place on every shelf that matters.

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