the book couple
we make books happen.tm
EdITORIAL, DESIGN, and book PRODUCTION
Book Packaging
Book Design—Covers and Interiors
Editing Plus
Book Coaching
If your dream is to make the book in your head
a book in your hands,
we can help you make
it happen.
Who are we?
We are Carol & Gary Rosenberg, book-publishing professionals with more than 20 years of experience in the traditional publishing arena. We have had the pleasure of working together on hundreds of books for various publishers and individually on many more.
As The Book Couple, we team up to bring our traditional publishing expertise to the self-publishing arena, offering our authors friendly and individualized attention. Click below for the whole story.
“I love books. Thin and substantial hardbacks, slender and compact paperbacks. I love the texture of a book, its feel in my hand. I love the typeface, the slipcase, the artwork on the cover. I love the soft smell of crisp, new paper, or the warm, wooden odor of a used classic.”
~Read You Like a Book
Helpful information
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Legacy Memoirs and Autobiographies: An Editor’s Perspective
At its core, a legacy memoir or autobiography is written with the primary intention of being “bequeathed” to future generations. While a standard memoir might be written to reach the general public or for commercial success, a legacy project is driven by the desire to...
The Em Dash: A Human Writer’s Best Friend
In the buzzing digital world of content creation, a peculiar rumor has taken hold in some writing circles: the prolific use of the em dash (—) is a tell-tale sign that text has been generated or heavily edited by Artificial Intelligence. As an editor with almost three...
Let’s Start a Conversation
That’s our parrot, Chiku. He’s standing by waiting to hear from you. And so are we.
Need help start to finish? With the editorial work? Or maybe you have a manuscript that’s been thoroughly edited by another editorial specialist and you need book design and production? If it’s a good fit, we are willing to meet you wherever you are as an independent author.
When you reach out, please give us a brief rundown of your project’s topic and status, including whether you have a complete manuscript and if it’s been through any editorial stages yet. Also, please share your expected timeline for the project’s completion, keeping in mind that producing a quality book is a thoughtful and detailed process that takes at least a few months after the manuscript has been written.
We look forward to hearing from you.
You can either email Carol at carolkillmanrosenberg@gmail.com or call us at 561-218-4237.