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Publication Consultants' logo is your assurance of quality books. Publication Consultants specializes in publishing the works of book authors worldwide.

We've been in the publishing business since 1978 and welcome this opportunity to acquaint you with our company. We've been in the publishing business since 1978. We're not only publishers, we're writers, and know many problems confronting writers. How to solve those problems and bring your work to market is our business. We welcome this opportunity to become acquainted with you and your work.

08/01/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 (𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥)

Most writers I know don’t enjoy selling. They’re not in it to pitch—they’re in it to share stories that matter.

If you’re using email to reach readers, here’s what I’ve learned after working with hundreds of authors:
*Lead with value.
*Speak plainly.
*Respect the reader’s time.

Don’t try to sell in every message. Instead, offer a quick insight, a memory, or something you’ve learned through writing and publishing.
If your book ties in, mention it naturally—no pressure, no hype.

The best emails feel like a note from a friend. Honest. Steady. Worth reading even without a link.

Books don’t sell because you push harder. They sell because readers trust you.

Write emails worth opening. The rest takes care of itself.

07/30/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭

Ever wonder why we call it the 𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡?

It comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet—Alpha and Beta. Put them together and you get “alphabet.” Not a nickname. Not an acronym. Just the beginning of something brilliant.

Those two syllables launched a writing system shaping nearly every word you’ve ever read. From grocery lists to great novels, it all started with Alpha and Beta.

Makes the ABCs feel a little more historic.

07/28/2025

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲

Octavia Butler said, “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.”

That wasn’t a confession. It was permission.

She wrote before she was ready. Woke early. Worked late. Collected rejection slips like confetti—and kept going.

Kindred didn’t appear because she nailed it the first time. It appeared because she refused to stop.

If you're writing something clumsy today, good. That’s how every great writer starts.

Read Octavia. Then write.

07/25/2025

𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥—𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥

The best author emails aren’t clever—they’re honest.

A single true sentence can connect with a reader more than a dozen updates or announcements. Over decades in publishing, we’ve watched it happen: facts inform, but stories linger.

As we say often around here:

Facts tell; stories sell.

We’ve included that lesson—and the stories to prove it—in The Power of Authors, coming this September. One of those stories belongs to Molly Ho**ch, whose words helped change education in Alaska—not through volume, but through truth.

Your next email doesn’t need to sell a book. It needs to say something real.

Start there.

07/23/2025

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐈𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

Last week, we had fun with bookkeeper—the only unhyphenated word in English with three consecutive double letters. (Remember those six little legs?)

This week, we’re going smaller. Much smaller.

The shortest complete sentence in the English language?

Go.

That’s it. Two letters. One verb. One implied subject. And everything it needs.

It’s a sentence that starts races. Ends arguments. Opens doors. Closes chapters. One syllable with the power to move.

We gave it a proper look in this week’s story—because sometimes, the smallest things say the most.

What’s your favorite tiny-but-mighty word?

07/21/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟

Toni Morrison said, “If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
She didn’t mean someday. She meant now.

She wrote The Bluest Eye late at night after work, raising two sons on her own. No one was telling Pecola’s story—so she did. And she never stopped filling the silence others ignored.

Morrison didn’t just write. She disrupted, revealed, and gave voice to those long left out.

Writers: If something essential is still missing from the world of books, maybe it’s waiting for you to write it.
Read Beloved. Read Song of Solomon. Then write what’s never been written.

07/18/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤: 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬

AUTHORS: Wondering what kind of emails to send your readers—and how often?
Here’s the short answer: Write letters, not ads.
Your email list isn’t a target. It’s a trust.
Instead of shouting about your book, invite readers into your world. Share the moment you nearly gave up. The sentence that changed everything. The dog at your feet. The coffee stain on your notes. Keep it honest. Keep it human.

Once a month is a good rhythm. Enough to stay in touch. Not enough to wear out your welcome.
Readers don’t want more noise in their inbox. They want a voice worth opening.

Write the kind of email you’d like to receive.

It builds trust.

And trust builds everything else.

07/16/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐬

Fun trivia for your day: Bookkeeper is the only unhyphenated word in the English language with three consecutive double letters—oo, kk, ee.
It’s a quiet little marvel hiding in plain sight—and perfectly fitting for a word tied to reading, books, and the people who keep stories moving behind the scenes.

Share it with a fellow word lover. Let’s celebrate the quirky beauty of language.

07/14/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬

“Words can cut deeper than a knife.” – Aldous Huxley

He wasn’t exaggerating.

Blinded as a teen, Huxley learned to rely on language not just to communicate, but to see. His words became tools—sometimes scalpels. In Brave New World, he didn’t warn us with sirens. He warned us with silence, comfort, and distraction.

Writers, take note: He wrote with intention. Every sentence served a purpose. He wasn’t chasing applause—he was trying to wake us up.
Want to understand the power of a single sentence? Read Huxley. Then pick up your pen and write something that matters.

07/11/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬

𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘.

They walk a line between truth and imagination—between what happened and what must be felt.

Valerie Winans, in The Extraordinary Life of Edwin B. Winans, didn’t invent emotion. She uncovered it. Working from letters, speeches, and family records, she shaped a story that honored the facts without losing the soul behind them.

That’s the balance every historical writer must find.

If your character in 1890 talks like they’re from 2025, readers notice. If you stick too tightly to period detail, the story stops breathing.
The answer? Respect the facts. Let your voice bridge the distance. And if you step beyond the record, tell your reader. A simple author’s note goes a long way.

Historical fiction doesn’t need embellishment. It needs reverence—for the people who lived, for the stories they left, and for the readers trusting you to carry both forward.

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐔𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝
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07/09/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬

Your brain reads almost twice as fast as people talk.

The average adult reads 200–250 words per minute. But most folks only speak at 125–150. That’s why audiobooks can feel slow—and why so many of us speed them up without thinking twice.

But this isn’t just about speed. It’s about depth. Reading gives space to imagine, reflect, and remember. A spoken word disappears. A written one lingers.

Books don’t shout. They stay.

07/08/2025

Cedar Valley News – July 8
From the Editor’s Desk
By: Dr. Aisha Khalid, Pediatrician and Community Advocate
From the fictional town of Cedar Valley, where characters from Quiet Echo continue to respond to real-world events.

This week brought a new study in JAMA, showing American children are less healthy than they were 17 years ago—more obesity, more chronic illnesses, more mental health challenges—with nearly half now facing at least one diagnosed condition. As a pediatrician, that statistic isn’t just a headline—it shows up in exam rooms.

Last week, I saw an eight-year-old originally diagnosed with mild asthma. Now, she’s gained significant weight, her screen time has doubled, and her anxiety has crept up. She’s not alone. Across ages 2 to 19, more kids are showing signs of emotional struggle—sleep disorders, sadness, stress.

Here in Cedar Valley, we might see the same patterns: playgrounds less busy, impulse buys at convenience stores, family meals interrupted by devices. The headlines tell us what, but not why. As a community, we must ask better questions:

What happens between appointments? Are families too tired or short on time to cook fresh meals or go walking? Are we too hurried to sit down together?

Where do children learn emotional resilience? Schools offer lessons, but what about all of us modeling calm when children are upset or disappointed?

Who supports those parents and caregivers? Pediatric health is often discussed only in terms of vaccinations or check-ups. But emotional and lifestyle support are just as important—and often missing.

This isn’t blame—it’s a deeper look. It’s about seeing signs—not just on paper, but in one another’s lives. It’s about noticing who’s tired at drop‑off, who’s putting fries in a lunch box because it’s quiet and easy, who’s silent at bedtime when they might need a story or a hug more than any toy.

As a doctor, I can prescribe medication or refer to specialists. But the real work starts where headlines don’t reach: on front porches, in kitchens, at dinner tables after everyone has gone to bed.

Here’s my ask this week: see a child, not just a patient. Ask the parent, not just the appointment. Offer a hand—parking lot conversations, volunteer shifts, lending a kid a jump rope, or a baking pan.

Because health is more than avoiding illness. It’s presence. It’s balance. It’s a community that cares beyond the clinic.

Let’s keep asking—not just what’s wrong, but what we can do, together, each small day.
—Dr. Aisha Khalid
This editorial is part of the fictional Cedar Valley News series. While the people and town are fictional, the national events they reflect on are real.

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