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Cascadia Author Services is a complete book concierge service for time-pressed people who wish to publish a page-turning book quickly without compromising on the quality of the finished product.

Our experienced team ensures you have the guidance and support of a full-service publishing house behind you to develop your book.
Our goal is to empower you with everything you need to see your finished book sweep the world by storm, growing your business and career in a way only a book can.

We’ve been doing this for years—it’s what we live and breathe—so you can trust our simple 3 step process for creating a professional grade book:

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Step One

Find Your Book’s Why

Do you have a lot of wisdom to offer readers, but you’re not sure what to focus on? A book should have a core message that instantly grabs readers and makes them want to pick up your book. You can start to get at what that is for your readers by asking yourself a series of questions about your book’s purpose and intention. Specifically, your book needs a compelling answer to this question:

Why do readers simply have to read it? You can discover this with our tried-and-tested worksheets or with the help of an experienced book coach. By the end of this step you’ll have a full outline or “Table of Contents” for your book.

Step Two

Book Production

Every entrepreneurial author’s journey is different, so here you’ll spend some time figuring out what is the best process for you with a dedicated project manager. How do you want to write your book? This may be setting out a clear writing schedule, connecting you with an accountability partner or using one of our New York Times bestselling ghostwriters. Once you have a manuscript finished, it’s onto our team of editors, typesetters and designers. By the end of this step, you’ll have a polished manuscript fully packaged with a beautiful cover and compelling blurb, ready to hit the shelves.

Step Three

Marketing

Every year hundreds of thousands of books are published, so how will your book stand out? How can you ensure it gets into the hands of the right readers? You need a marketing plan tailored to you and your book to ensure a successful launch and long-term sales.

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Whatever is holding you back, Cascadia is here to empower you with knowledge and support, with a sense of belonging in a warm team that boasts over 100 years’ combined experience in supporting people on one of life’s greatest adventures – writing a book!

Books are still one of the most powerful mediums to communicate ideas and establish indisputable authority in a field, boosting your reach and stature. But publishing isn’t a quick and easy process—nor should it be, or everyone would do it! A professional grade book takes 250+ individual tasks to complete. Cascadia is an expert in every single one of them. Do you want to harness our expertise to launch your book into the stratosphere?

No other medium is as effective as books at getting a message across, at scale. 

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Our experienced team walks with you as you journey through the book-making process. We help you develop your book with the support of a fully-fledged publishing team.

Our goal is to empower you with everything you need to see your finished book sweep the world by storm!

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Writing a book encapsulates your mind into a single, well-structured piece of work. For more than one hundred years, books have been the number one way to make meaningful connections with a receptive audience. Best of all: they don’t require you to give up your precious time to be present for every interaction.

We like to break things down into manageable parts. You’ll always be involved in the process, but you won’t need to do all – or indeed, any – of the work yourself.

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Are You Ready To Are You Ready To Take Your Business To The Next Level?

Perhaps you know you should write that book someday, but you really just don’t have the time to sit down and do it?

Maybe you’ve even tried writing a book already, but you’ve become distracted or lost interest before finishing it?

You might be afraid of failure?

What if you mess it up and damage your reputation?

What if people just don’t like it, or worse, what if they judge you for your DIY approach on a crowded shelf?

We’re Experts In Everything Publishing And We’re Ready To Partner With You

I’m Ready To Write My Book

Wherever you are on your quest to become a published author, Cascadia Author Services is here to take the stress away, so you can publish a professional-grade book without getting waylaid by the complexities of the process.

Get Seen & Heard – Become an Industry Expert – Grow Your Business – Free Your Time!

Our purpose-driven team of established book industry professionals fast-track you through the process of writing an exceptional book, without taking away from the excitement of the process, and without revealing our own role in the creation of your book.

We’ve done this many times before. We know how to make the process smooth and fun, so you can enjoy the journey.

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Praise from our Authors

  • “Having built a successful business, I wanted to share all the hard lessons I’d learned along the way – but I felt overwhelmed at the sheer amount of material I could draw from. And then I started working with Cascadia. First my author coach helped me figure out exactly what I wanted to say in my book, then helped me sift through all my notes to show how best to create a solid book outline with practical points that built logically – and then to illustrate each point with a funny, poignant or pithy example from my career. The book was great fun to write, and then my Cascadia editor showed me all the ways to make it even better – ensuring good flow, clarity of ideas and overall readability. Finally, the production folks were amazing at taking a Word document and transforming it into a book. At every stage, my Cascadia teammates were friendly, helpful and extremely knowledgeable. These folks are experts at what they do and I couldn’t have asked for better support.”

    Joel Primus, author of Getting Naked: The Bare Necessities of Entrepreneurship and Start-Ups

  • “Using Cascadia Author Services proved invaluable for me as an author and as an instructor with a busy training schedule. Truth is, I could not have done it without their help and ongoing guidance. I was particularly impressed with their start-to-finish process; their step-by-step procedures made the entire process easy for me to handle with my daily tight schedule. Although everyone involved was helpful, my project manager Michelle was not only helpful but also very responsive to my questions, saving me lots of invaluable time. Being in the seminar business, I often sell books in person, and Cascadia made this process easy. I also use Cascadia for their expertise in launching my books through social media, along with their knowledge regarding marketing campaigns. Thank you, Cascadia, for the part you played in making my books a reality!”

    Rob Vivian, author of Expecting Awesome Daily

  • “Ben and his team were a complete pleasure to work with on my book. They helped me at every stage of the book and I benefited immensely from their experience and expertise. I used the book to market my services as a financial advisor, and the feedback from readers was so positive, and my results so successful, that I received more client requests than I could handle and had to start turning potential clients away! I would highly recommend Cascadia for any of your writing needs.”

    Jamal Khan, author of Total Financial Independence

  • “I have been working with the folks at Cascadia Author Services for the past six years. They have helped me with editing, proof reading, formatting, illustrating, and marketing, to name a few. These services helped me successfully launch my saga “The Prophecy”, including “The Crest”, “The Emerald” and “The Destiny”. I am truly grateful for their enduring support and remarkable and varied talents. I constantly recommend Cascadia Author Services to anyone who asks.”

    Jerena Tobiasen, winner of the 2020 Canada Book Award, 2020 Independent Press Award, 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award, and the 2021 Hemingway Award for 20th Century Wartime Fiction

  • “Cascadia’s team helped me navigate the traditional publishing world and guided me through the process of in-depth marketing of my books. When I first looked at additional book marketing, I was overwhelmed – there’s just so much out there to consider! But the Cascadia team brought real expertise to the table. They became my initial front-line marketing team, even as they prepared me to take over the majority of the book marketing as the final goal. They overhauled my website and all my social media, taught me how to blog efficiently, and helped me really identify who my target audience is for my various genres. Cascadia is friendly, flexible, supportive, and always looking out for my best interests. Now I feel more confident doing a lot of the online marketing work myself, but I’ll still rely on my Cascadia friends to give continuing professional guidance and to help steer my marketing efforts in a dynamic world.”

    Sara Dahmen, author of the “Flats Junction” series

  • “Cascadia Author Services made my first book more than possible–it has made it shine. You will know what I mean by looking at the book reviews on Amazon (Intro and a few chapters are free, too). You will find Bennett Coles wrote the most beautiful blurb for this book if you scan through the first few pages.

    But you still won’t know who did the heavy lifting behind the scenes. Michelle Balfour was the developmental and line editor. I can’t say enough about her working with a new author like me because one has to be there to know it. So, if you are serious about writing a book that people will take seriously, Cascadia Author Services will help you do that.”

    Cheng Wang, author of From Tea to Coffee: The Journey of an “Educated Youth.

How Does Cascadia
Help Aspiring Authors Just Like Me?

Your book is as much your story as it is the story you’ve written. It takes courage to write a book, but you don’t need to do it alone to make a success of it. Cascadia helps aspiring authors by stepping into the process at all the right places to help you learn, have fun, and create the book you’ve always wanted to create!

Every journey is unique, so at the start of the process, you’ll meet with your personal project manager to discuss where you’re at and what you would like to achieve. Your project coordinator will always be there to work with you throughout the process, and they will be your main point of contact.

Off the back of your regular meetings with your project manager, we’ll also bring in a team of relevant people with the right skills to work on specific areas of your book to give you the best result.

Realistically, each piece of the puzzle needs time to breathe. The first idea is seldom the best, so we’ll do the work and then go back into it to polish it up and pull all the top ideas to the foreground.

A quality book can take months or years to produce, but the wait is worth it. There’s nothing so disappointing as taking easy shortcuts and seeing your book flop just because it wasn’t given the right care and attention to make something beautiful from the outset.

We aspire to work as quickly as we can within your preferred timeframe, but we advocate for you the author, and to do that, we must always ensure that things are done properly at every level of your book’s creation process. This does take time to achieve.

You can pick and choose the services you really need. We’ll work closely alongside you, and we’ll incorporate the work you’ve done yourself into our process with care and support.

It’s always worth having a chat with us to show us where you’re at. We’ll give you sage advice, and you may not need to use any of our services if you’ve already got your book to the right level.

Most authors discover that a good homemade book becomes an exceptionally-professional book with our expertise. The best choice is to book a time to chat with our team. We’ll let you know what’s working well, and which areas of your book may benefit from professional author services.

Stories are supple, so they can be bent and shaped into various arcs that can change the reader’s experience.

  • Developmental editing focuses on the structure and style of a manuscript, and is intended to highlight the overall strengths and weaknesses of the presentation of the ideas in the work (not the ideas themselves). 
  • Line editing focuses flow and style of the book to ensure your meaning is presented in the most effective way.
  • Copy editing focuses specifically for any spelling or grammatical errors, consistency of formatting, and correct referencing of third-party material.

Line editing brings art and style into language. Copyediting checks for typos and grammatical errors.

Traditional publishing houses produce and market your book for you. In return, they pay you royalties on your book sales. The advantage of this is that it’s sometimes easier to get into largescale high-street retailers, but the challenge is finding a publisher willing to take a risk with your book, which can take years to achieve.

Self-publishing means that you take care of the production, marketing, and distribution of your book yourself, and in return, you keep all of your profits. The advantage of this is that it’s often easier to just get it done when you’re ready to make your book, but the challenge is navigating the complexities of the book industry alone.

You can submit your book to a publisher or a literary agent if you would prefer to go down the traditional publishing route. We’ll help you prepare your manuscript for submission, and we’ll share our industry knowledge with you to help you win the right publishing contract for your book.

Usually, we’ll take full payment at the start of the project. This gives you access to the best rates and is ideal for those who wish to focus on the project itself without worrying about pending invoices.

If you prefer, you can pay a deposit at the start of your project, and the rest may be paid in milestones at the start of each new stage. This is ideal for people who aren’t quite sure what they’ll need yet, and for those who want to build their project over time.

We can also tailor a monthly installment plan for you. This is ideal for those who know what they need and would like to spread the costs out in equal parts.

Please get in touch to discuss your requirements, and we’ll help you find the best approach for your circumstances.

There’s no perfect time to write a book, and most people who dream of publishing their book but never do are the ones who wait for the perfect time. While it may seem daunting to start, writing a book is just a series of mini-projects that happen in sequence. If you write a few words every day, then you’ll find your first draft complete without too much effort.

We do offer a ghostwriting service, so if you have some ideas but always feel like you’re pushing the start date to the backburners, then we’ll be happy to write it for you if you would like us to.

Yes! We can do everything from helping you come up with ideas to ghostwriting your first draft, editing the perfect manuscript, getting the design work done, and sending your book to market.

Many books are outsourced entirely to Cascadia. We’re always here to help.

You’ll meet regularly with your project manager to discuss the direction and to review your book’s progress. This keeps you in control, and lets you approve the work or request changes throughout the process.

If you feel we can’t resolve change requests for you after your first progress meeting with your project manager, we will be happy to refund your project for you.


Client Reviews

“Cascadia Author Services provided me with exceptional service, advice, and guidance. As a professional, I have always supported the idea of obtaining professional advice in areas outside my own expertise. Such was the case when I wandered blindly into a tall cornfield of incomplete and unpublished manuscripts. I soon realized that I was lost in a corn maze. That’s when I asked Ben Coles to come to my rescue. He did just that, not only offering encouragement, but providing a roadmap to escape the maze and get back on the yellow brick road. With Michelle as my guide, Claire as my coach to ensure that I avoided the potholes and Kailey as my cheerleader, I was able to complete Billy’s Place. I could not have done it without this fantastic team.”

— James Dykes, author of Billy's Place

“I used the book to market my services as a financial advisor, and the feedback from readers was so positive, and my results so successful, that I received more client requests than I could handle and had to start turning potential clients away!”

— Jamal Khan, author of Total Financial Independence

“I used the book to market my services as a financial advisor, and the feedback from readers was so positive, and my results so successful, that I received more client requests than I could handle and had to start turning potential clients away!”

— Rob Vivian, author of Expecting Awesome Daily
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