Sestina Press

Taking your book from idea to ISBN

We work with established and emerging authors to get their books polished, published and promoted.

PROVIDING A SUITE OF SERVICES ACROSS THE PUBLISHING LIFECYCLE

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Consulting

Manuscript assessment and consulting, and advisory services for book cover design and formats

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Editing

Developmental and structural editing, copy and line-editing to make your work achieve its full potential

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Marketing

Go-to-market strategies including launch event planning, marketing and publicity

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Publishing

Consulting on distribution from self-publishing to getting ‘pitch ready’ for established publishers

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Sophia Blackwell is undoubtedly one of the most skilled editors I have worked with over the past decade

Roman Krznaric

Having worked with Sophia for several years in-house at Bloomsbury, I am always thrilled with her wonderful expertise, excellent ideas and unfailing reliability

Lisa Carden, former Routledge, HarperCollins and Bloomsbury in-house editor

Writing can be lonely: a solitary endeavour in which you don’t know if you’re on a good track, and just a little steer can make all the difference. Working with Sophia gave me the confidence to crack on.

Alex Smith, Founder/CEO, The Cares Family

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Founder

Sophia Blackwell

I am an editorial consultant, copy-editor and proof-reader and have worked on books from the UK’s top publishers. I specialise in non-fiction and academic publishing (secondary to higher education) but have also worked on fiction and, as an author and creative writing tutor, can understand my clients and help them refine their work to give them the best chance of successful publication.

I also have twenty years of experience in marketing and promotion and can advise authors on which magazines to pitch to, or pitch on their behalf; organise events; write copy for press releases, ads and Amazon pages, and draft marketing strategies and timelines.