What's a Book Shepherd?

CARLYLE CARTER, BOOK SHEPHERD

editor writer, teacher/trainer, manager, marketer

HIGHLIGHTS
Carlyle is an editor and publisher with over thirty years of experience in publishing. She has worked for many publishers, either on a fulltime or freelance basis, including Follett Publishing Company and Rand McNally, in the Chicago area, and Heinle & Heinle Publishers, in Boston.

When she works individually with you as an author, she is a “book shepherd.” As such, she gently leads you on the path to getting your words into print, either through publishing or self-publishing. The real benefit of a book shepherd is her network of professionals, who bring their particular expertise to your project. She manages the entire publishing process—editing, design, typesetting, proofreading, printing, and promotion. Clients pick and choose the services they need. Her authors always say, “I couldn’t have done it without you.”

SERVICES AVAILABLE
· Complete manuscript editing
· Writing / ghost writing
· Interviewing / research
· Proofreading
· Custom layout / design / production
· Custom full-color cover design
· Printing / binding
· Marketing / promotion
· Book proposal and query letter writing
· Training / workshops / coaching
· ISBN (international standard book number) assignment (required by book retailers)
· Copyright registration under your name
· Placement of your book on amazon.com, borders.com, barnesandnoble.com, and other online bookstores

FORMATS
· Books
· Audio recordings

BENEFITS TO THE YOU, THE AUTHOR
· Saves you time and money (helps you avoid potential costly mistakes and provides those services you need on a timely basis)
· Connects you to a network of resources (e.g., designers, printers, typesetters)
· Assures you have all you need (e.g., ISBN, bar code, copyright notice)
· Reduces the stress inherent in the publishing process (particularly for the first-time author)
· Provides a coordinated effort (e.g., the cover of your book will be harmonious with the interior) · Positions your book for success (provides marketing and promotional consulting to make your book appealing to the target audience)

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Publishing
· Childhood Memories and Petits Pains au Chocolat by Denise Khaitman Schorr (in process) Helping Denise find a publisher or grant
· Voluptuous God: Musings of a Christian Heretic by Reverend Robert V. Thompson (Wood Lake Publishing, fall 2007) Helped Bob write his book proposal and query letter, edited sample chapters

Self-Publishing
· Homesteader’s Daughter by Mary Carter (in process) )—memoir
· Little Stories by Jeff Roberts (2007)—collection of short stories
· Road to Discovery: Chicago to Fairbanks by Jack Spangenberger (2006)—travelogue
· I’m a Global Child (1994-2000)—Twenty-four French and Spanish curricula for students and teachers in Global Child, a company Carlyle co-founded that offers foreign-language instruction and products for children
· Mary and the Dean by Mary Rodes Leaphart (1988)—memoir

EDUCATION
· Magistère, French language and civilization, Sorbonne, Paris, France
· MAT, education and French, Brown University, Providence, RI
· BA, music, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA