Publishing consultation
Make the publishing decision before buying the publishing machinery.
A focused consultation helps authors clarify the manuscript, route, scope, risks, budget, timeline, ownership, and next actions before committing to a larger engagement.
Request a publishing consultationWhen consultation is useful
A consultation may be appropriate when an author is comparing self-publishing and hybrid options, deciding which editing stage is needed, planning production, evaluating vendors, recovering a stalled project, or trying to understand KDP, IngramSpark, ISBNs, metadata, websites, and launch responsibilities.
What happens before the conversation
Sentinel House Press reviews the submitted project information and any agreed materials. The consultation is most useful when the author provides specific questions, current files, known deadlines, goals, constraints, and previous decisions.
What the author receives
Depending on scope, the author may receive a live consultation, written recommendations, a decision matrix, prioritized next steps, risk notes, budget categories, timeline assumptions, and a recommendation for further support.
What consultation is not
It is not legal, tax, accounting, medical, or mental-health advice. It does not guarantee commercial outcomes. It should reduce confusion and improve decisions, not manufacture certainty where evidence does not exist.
The smallest sensible next step
Some projects need a full manuscript assessment. Others need one focused conversation. The goal is to recommend the smallest credible next step rather than selling the largest available package.
Begin with the actual manuscript.
Tell us what the book is trying to become, where it stands now, and which decisions remain unresolved.
Tell us about your manuscript