Book publishing services built to pass the Shelf Test.
One team writes, edits, designs, formats, translates, records, and markets your book. Editing and covers come back in 3 business days, and a complete edition goes on sale in 21 business days. Put the finished book beside any traditionally published title: when it fails the comparison, we revise it free until it holds.
Thalí García
Barker author · EN & ES
Published authors
Your book, published everywhere readers buy
A few of the books we've brought to life.
Three editions. Every one carries $17,700 of launch value.
Pick how far we take your book. Whatever you choose, the launch stack is automatic: an author website, 90-day campaigns, a 3D book trailer, and a dedicated Editor in Chief.
First Edition
$10,320
Editing, cover, print and ebook formatting, and the marketing that finds it readers.
Build this edition →Under BookBaby's piece-by-piece build, with marketing already inside
Signature Edition
$18,420
The complete launch. Every format covered, full audiobook included.
Build this edition →Above iUniverse's top tier, and it should be: theirs evaluates, ours publishes
World Edition
$48,540
Two languages, two markets, every service twice.
Build this edition →Two complete launches in two languages. Scribe sells one.
Twelve crafts. One team. Your name on the cover.
Choose a single craft or hand us the entire book. Every price is public, every deliverable is in writing, and one team owns the whole result from first page to launch.
Ghostwriting
Book Editing
Cover Design
Translation
Formatting
Book Marketing
Audiobook
Author Website
Book Trailer
Worldwide Copyrights
ISBN Registration
Distribution
Readers judge your book before they read a single word.
A brilliant manuscript wrapped in an amateur cover, clumsy formatting, and uneven editing gets treated like an amateur book. Reviewers skim past it. Bookstores will not stock it. Readers click away in seconds. The work that took you years to write loses to books that read worse but simply look the part.
You do not have a writing problem. You have a presentation problem, and it is quietly costing you readers, royalties, and the authority a published author is supposed to command. We fix the part of publishing that decides whether your book gets taken seriously.
Real books by real authors, on sale worldwide since 2018.
What published authors rate the experience, in their own reviews.
A complete edition, from payment to on sale, weekends not counted.
Authors who stopped looking self-published.
“I've published two books with Barker, in both English and Spanish, and my experience has been wonderful. My books are now available worldwide, everything was delivered on time, and the translations are flawless.”
"I selected Barker Books because they offered the most services for the cost, and because I retained control over my ownership and publishing rights."
Excellent service. They helped me publish my book 500 Anécdotas del América as quickly as possible, and in its entirety.
Héctor HernándezAuthor, 500 Anécdotas del América
This is the second time I've trusted Barker to publish my novels, and both experiences have been very rewarding. Generous, well-prepared, and always willing to help new writers.
Luis RochaNovelist
The Shelf Test.
Put your finished book next to any traditionally published title on the same shelf.
If the editing, design, or print does not hold up, we revise until it does. Every round, at no additional cost, for as long as it takes.
Your side is one thing: return each proof on time, so your 21 business day launch window holds.
Six books a month. Yours would be one of them.
The capacity holds, even in a busy season.
When a month fills, the next manuscript waits for the next month.
Start today and your on-sale date locks with it.
Three steps to a book that looks professionally published.
Build your package
Use the pricing calculator to choose your services or a complete edition, then pay securely online with card. Select any edition and the $17,700 launch stack is included automatically.
Send your manuscript
Share your manuscript or your cover brief. Your work stays confidential under a signed agreement, and you keep 100 percent of your rights and royalties. You remain the only author.
Receive print-ready files
We deliver editing and covers in 3 business days, formatting in 7 days, and complete edition packages in 21 business days. Files arrive ready to publish, no back and forth.
Answers before you ask.
Your book deserves the shelf it was written for.
Build your package and watch the price update live, or talk to a real publisher first. Either way, you will know exactly what it costs and exactly what you get, before you pay a cent.