Publish Your Passion
Publish Your Passion Project
Not every book is written to sell in large numbers. A memoir for your grandchildren, a collection of poems, a history of your town or a guide to the hobby you have loved for decades all deserve to be published properly. We help you do it in the way that fits why you wrote it.
- Your voice kept, every edit shown to you
- Public release or private copies, your choice
- Revisions included until the brief is met
- No lock-in on standard services
Start with why
The right way to publish depends on why you wrote the book
Passion projects are often pushed into a process designed for commercial books: categories, keywords, launch campaigns and sales targets. Sometimes that fits. Often it does not. If the goal is fifty beautiful copies for your family reunion, a global distribution plan is money spent on the wrong thing.
So the first question we ask is not "who is your market?" but "what do you want this book to do?" Leave something for your family? Share what you know with a small community of fellow enthusiasts? Reach as many readers as possible? Each answer leads to a different, and differently priced, way of publishing.
Three routes
Ways to publish a personal book
Private copies for family and friends
A professionally edited and designed book, with print-ready files for ordering just the copies you need, without a public listing. Ideal for memoirs and family histories.
Niche publication
A public listing aimed at a defined community, such as a club, a profession or a hobby, where readers are easy to reach directly.
Wide release
Print and ebook editions listed with major retailers, for books with a broader audience and an author ready to promote them.
Not sure which option fits?
Send us the brief. You will get a scope, a timeline and a fixed price within 24 hours — no obligation.
Books we help with
Passion projects we publish
Memoirs and life stories
Structured into a story rather than a list of events, with sensitive passages handled carefully.
Family and local histories
Old photographs, documents and family trees laid out alongside the narrative.
Poetry collections
Ordered into sections and typeset so line breaks and spacing are exactly as you intended.
Hobby and niche guides
Gardening, crafts, fishing, collecting: the knowledge of a lifetime organised so others can use it.
- Story guidance: shaping the material into a book with a clear structure
- Editing that keeps your voice, with every change shown for your approval
- Cover and interior design that suits the tone of the book
- Preparation of old photographs and documents for print
- Advice on the publishing platform and route that fits your goal
- Optional promotion for books aimed at a wider audience
Things to think about
Common issues with personal books
Memoirs and family histories involve real people. Writing about living relatives, former partners or colleagues can raise privacy and defamation concerns, especially in a public release. We flag passages that might cause problems, and for anything serious we recommend you take legal advice.
Old photographs, letters and song lyrics may belong to someone else. Family photos are usually fine to use in a private edition, but quoting lyrics or using professional photographs in a public book generally needs permission. We help you identify what needs clearing before it holds up publication.
Pricing
How passion projects are priced
Personal books are quoted per project, based on length, how much shaping the material needs, the number of photographs and the publishing route. A private family edition can cost much less than a wide release, because it does not need distribution or marketing. We help you spend on the parts that matter for your purpose.
Free proposal
Tell us the goal. We’ll send the plan.
Share your requirements and a strategist gets back to you within 24 hours with scope, timeline and a fixed price. No obligation, no sales pressure.
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Response within 24 hours
Usually much sooner during business hours.
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Talk to a strategist
Not a call centre — the person who scopes your work.
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Fixed pricing upfront
You approve the number before anything starts.
Prefer to talk?
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Questions about publishing a passion project
Still unsure about something? Talk to a specialist — no script, no sales pitch.
Yes. Many people do, especially with memoirs and family histories. The book is edited and designed to the same standard, and we prepare print-ready files so you can order the copies you need from a printer, without a public retail listing. It is often the most meaningful and the most affordable route.
Yes. Many passion projects start as notes, journals or recorded stories. Our editors can help shape the material into chapters, and if you need more help, our ghostwriters can work from interviews with you. The aim is always that the finished book sounds like you.
It can be, if you can reach the community it is for, through a club, society, forum or event. Niche books rarely sell through retailer browsing alone, but they can sell steadily when the author is known in that community. We give you an honest view before you decide.
Usually, yes. We can scan or prepare existing images for print and lay them out with captions. Very small or damaged photos may not reproduce well at a large size, so we check every image and suggest how to use the weaker ones.
It depends on your goal. For a private edition, we prepare print-ready files and help you order copies. For public release, platforms such as Amazon KDP and IngramSpark cover different channels. We recommend the route that fits who you want to reach.
Works well with
Pair it with the rest of the stack
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