1517 Media creates resources that communicate the gospel, enhance faith, and enrich the life of the Christian church and the communities it serves. 1517 Media designs and develops innovative resources for churches, higher education, and the home — all delivered in a wide range of media including print and digital formats, videos, apps, and online subscription offerings.

Provides freelance editorial services, including but not limited to developmental editing, line editing, writing, copy editing, and proofreading. Primary expertise in K-12 nonfiction (both trade and educational), as well as adult nonfiction (how-to and memoir).

Bearport Publishing specializes in creating high-interest, visually appealing books that focus on fun and unusual topics that young readers love. Trade-like design, using a combination of both photographs and illustrations, and playful titling are what distinguish us in the K-8 educational market. For over 15 years Bearport has been creating books that feel less like supplemental texts and more like the books children really want to read.

Our mission is to create lifelong readers through an innovative nonfiction library. All of our books are carefully designed to spark curiosity and promote valuable literacy skills in beginning and reluctant readers. Through our high-interest subjects, industry-leading design, and compelling narratives, all of our nonfiction imprints stand out from the rest of the flock.

Benson-Collister assists individuals and organizations realize their publishing goals
by helping them access the trade publishing world.
We work with our clients to develop book ideas, write proposals, attach agents or place with a publisher, and write manuscripts.
Nonfiction is our speciality, in the subjects areas of business, self-help, psychology, and education.

Book Buddy is a content development house working with educational, trade, independent, and religious publishing companies. We are a team of publishing professionals, project managers, editors, designers, animators, sound engineers, illustrators, and writers. We offer reliable and affordable services for any publishing project or content development collaboration, with a special expertise in K-12 school publishing. We enter each project as an extension of our client’s team, helping them solve the problem of having to staff up and then down as they pursue opportunities. We also have a small middle-grade imprint, called Full Tilt Press.

Bookmobile provides services to publishers: printing, design, ebooks, and distribution

Freelance Editor for Bookpress Publishing, Graduate of DPI 2022

Helping children develop a love of reading and learning is at the heart of what we do at Capstone. We believe that #ReadingIsForEveryone! Our goal is to provide boundless opportunities for children to access books and online resources and we are dedicated to the belief that all kids are readers when matched with the right book. By piquing their curiosity through positive early literacy experiences, we can help create a lifetime love of reading and learning.

Capstone believes in kids: their dreams and their success. We believe curiosity should be encouraged, imaginations should be unencumbered and all kids should find themselves represented in books. Our passion for creating inspired learning has made us the most trusted publisher of K-5 children’s books and digital media solutions, including the award-winning PebbleGo K-2 research database, for libraries, classrooms, and consumers for 30 years.

Home to a community of over 150 award-winning independent publishers, Consortium is a highly regarded, full-service distribution company. We strive to share new ideas—some that may not otherwise be discovered—with the world.

Graphic designer

Legal counsel for publishers, writers, illustrators, and agents. Practice areas include publishing agreements, copyrights, trademarks, film and TV options, distribution agreements, merchandise license agreements, and general business law.

A literary agency for professional novelists. This agency represents more than 150 novelists and sells more than 100 novels every year.

Elva Resa is a traditional publisher specializing in books by, for, and about military families.

English–Spanish translations, editing, adaptation, and transcreation. Multilingual project management. Books for children and young adults, K–12, bilingual education, school materials, child development, self-help, how-to books, and magazines.

Flexible Press is dedicated to supporting authors, communities, and mission-driven non-profits through story.

Offering freelance developmental editing, substantive editing, and copyediting.

The mission of Hazelden Publishing is to provide products and services to help people recognize, understand, and overcome addiction and closely related problems.

I Libri provides custom design and production services for print and digital media. Specializing in book design & production and author websites, I Libri works closely with clients, whether individual authors or entire publishing and marketing teams.

Design studio specializing in book design and other information design projects, including cover design and marketing, layout, composition and typesetting, and production assistance in both print and electronic/eBook formats.

Page layout, production and design of books and long documents. Extensive experience in educational publishing. Experience with creating accessible documents and captioning media.

Founded in 2012, Jump! is dedicated to improving early literacy and to instilling a lifelong love of learning in young readers.
Our PreK-5 curriculum-aligned children's books combine vibrant colors, captivating design, high-interest topics, and carefully leveled text to draw readers into the subject and encourage reading success.
Whether a child is learning to read or reading to learn, Jump! has the perfect books for your emerging and newly fluent readers!

At Kind World Publishing, we connect the world through stories—stories that express kids’ big feelings, big questions, and big dreams, stories that celebrate curiosity and build bridges. Our goal is to start conversations that create a kinder world.

KMH Editing provides developmental, substantive, and copy editing and editorial and production project management for book publishers and writers, drawing on two decades of in-house and freelance experience.

Services include developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading, writing, and media relations.

Laurie Ingram is the principal, art director and designer of Laurie Ingram Art + Design, an independent art design studio in St. Paul, Minnesota specializing in book cover design, book design, print, and branding. Laurie currently serves on Board of Directors for Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable and Irish Network Minnesota.

Lerner Publishing Group is one of the nation’s largest independently owned children’s publishers with more than 10,000 books in print. For more than 50 years, we’ve created nonfiction and fiction books for preschool to young adult readers and for libraries, classrooms, and homes across the country.

Living Justice Press is a nonprofit publisher devoted to publishing books on restorative justice, the peacemaking Circle process, and applying restorative justice to addressing harms between Peoples.

Llewellyn is the oldest and largest independent mind/body/spirit publisher in the United States, celebrating over a century of leadership in the industry on such subjects as self-help, metaphysical studies, mysticism, alternative health, divination, astrology, tarot, the paranormal, witchcraft, paganism, Wicca, magick, goddess lore, and garden witchery.

Expert proofreader, copy editor and copywriter, with over 20 years of varied communications and training experience – both business and creative writing. Engaged and dynamic word artist and published writer who supports clients in their quest for written work that is correct and without errors.

Copyeditor, proofreader, and developmental editor with experience in books, comics/graphic novels, online news, and more. I am also the co-head and senior editor of Twin Cities Geek (twincitiesgeek.com) and the marketing manager for the Professional Editors Network (pensite.org).

Publisher of one book in two versions, manuscript review, evaluations, editing, author coaching

We are a book design and publishing services agency, committed to taking your finished text and creating a beautiful and engaging book ready for publishing.
We work with publishers looking for trusted design partners,
as well as serious self-published authors looking for professional layouts to publish on KDP, IngramSpark, and other online retailers and printers.
Our process is collaborative and based on clear and continual communication.
Our designers have a keen eye for elegant design and current trends with a focus on consistency and accuracy.
Wherever you are in your publishing journey, we will work with you to create a captivating and professional book you can showcase with pride.

Mayfly Design was created in 2007 with a mission to celebrate and advance the universal connection and goodwill of storytelling. We are located in the iconic Open Book building in Minneapolis—the epicenter for those inspired by the literary and book arts.

Mayo Clinic Press publishes a diverse range of authors and experts weighing in on subjects covering the whole scope of human health and medicine. Our mission is to reach people of all walks of life, at all stages of life—shining a light on the most fascinating stories in medicine and empowering individuals with the knowledge to build healthier, happier lives, for themselves, their families and their communities.

Mighty Media Press creates and delivers captivating books that ignite a child’s curiosity, imagination, social awareness, and sense of adventure.
Mighty Media offers full service book packaging services including editorial, design, photo studio (crafting and cooking project development), production and project management.
Through our partnership with PGW/Ingram, we are part of the largest independent distribution group in the U.S. Discover why our books are mighty.

The Minnesota Historical Society Press is a leading publisher of the history and culture of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. The Press advances research, supports education, serves the local community, and expands the reputation of the MBHS through the publication of books and e-products, the Minnesota History journal, and the free, digital encyclopedia, MNopedia.

Molly Gage offers developmental editing and late-draft intervention to publishers and authors of academic, “half-ademic,” and other nonfiction work.

The Quarto Group publishes illustrated non-fiction meant to educate and entertain its readers.

Queen of Swords Press is a small woman-owned genre fiction publisher. We publish novels, short story collections and anthologies, many with LGBTQ protagonists. Our books are available at all major outlets in ebook and print formats.

Red Line Editorial is a book development company that produces primarily K-12 nonfiction in partnership with publishing houses across the US and Canada.

We are a boutique literary agency with agents in the Twin-Cities, England, and Virginia.

Nonprofit book publisher of high-quality resources for educators of children ages birth through eight.

Independent author and editor. I write and edit books for children and young adults on a freelance basis in addition to editing professional books about healthcare and corporate compliance.

Complete book design and production.

Tandem Books is an experienced editorial + design team specializing in illustrated book production.
From an inkling of an idea to print-ready files, we'll take on any step of the process and deliver a quality product on time.

Teacher Created Materials, Free Spirit Publishing, and Shell Education are the leading publisher of learning tools that support young people’s social-emotional health and educational needs. We help children and teens think for themselves, overcome challenges, and make a difference in the world.

The University of Minnesota Press is recognized internationally for its innovative, boundary-breaking editorial program in the humanities and social sciences and as publisher of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the most widely used objective tests of personality in the world. Minnesota also maintains as part of its mission a strong commitment to publishing books on the people, history, and natural environment of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.

Vaerden & Co. collaborates with individuals and organizations to thoughtfully develop, design, and publish memorable books. We also partner with traditional publishers on special projects, from complex series to new imprints.

Wise Ink is a publishing agency that collaborates with purpose-driven independent authors to create custom books that have real-world impact.