Our Mission and Vision
The Mission of Calling Card Books is to produce books that Educate, Inspire and Inform. Our Vision is that our books help the general welfare of the reading public by working with authors whose message can transform lives. Our authors are experts who can teach, preach and inform or people whose life story is inspiring and will make a difference in the lives of others when shared.
Our award-winning team can help you with:
Developmental Editing
We will read your existing pages, go over an outline or story idea, and do what it takes to help understand your goals. Just like a business, your book should have a Mission and a Vision. Our C.E.O. brings a Corporate background in Analysis and Strategic Planning to play in the book writing business. Together with you, we will define a target audience which dictates the style of writing.
We have over 20 years of writing experience in many genres: business writing, marketing and web content, journalism and even some fiction. We’ve collectively earned awards and recognition for much of the content over the years. We’ll do developmental editing of existing pages or co-write with you to help develop a book that is read to the very last page and educates, inspires or motivates your readers for generations to come.
Publishing
We are a full-service indie publisher. From quality content to the looks of your book, we can help get your title all the way from an idea to a finished book available to the reading public. We only select a few exciting titles to publish each year under the Calling Card Books name.
Our brand voice matters so we are choosy, but we can still help you find your way through the maze of publishing options to make your book available to readers. We are a small indie publisher, a proud member of the Independent Book Publisher’s Association through which we have a world of exceptional talent to help us help you make the best decisions for your needs. Educating writers is a passion here, even if we aren’t your publisher at the end of the day.
Book Design
We can make your book enchanting inside and out. From the front cover to the last page, your book will make an impact.
Our team has designed everything from complex, illustrated books to line-art heavy coloring books, We’re also no stranger to more traditional fiction and non-fiction book design, where we like to use chapter headings and graphic elements to make them stand out from the crowd.
Check out our book, All About Water – As Told by The Plumber Who’s Seen It All. That book required close collaboration between our graphic artist, Audrey, and our book designer, Kate, and they produced a beautiful book, with 53 illustrations. Our team loves a good challenge! We also worked with multimedia artist and author Daphne Stammer to convert her handmade book with over 30 watercolor illustrations of Clyde: The Cat That Came In From The Cold into a popular and beloved book for avid readers and cat lovers everywhere.
Coaching and Workshops
Helping aspiring authors learn is icing on the book cake here at Calling Card Books. We have been there, done that and love to help make your journey as smooth and seamless as it can be. It’s difficult in one short “services” paragraph to go into the details of what coaching a writer/author involves.
Writing is a solitary task and two minds are often better than one. We can be your sounding board, your ‘don’t stop you can do it’ coach, your ‘how do I do this?” advisor and your ‘that will never work!” critic (who is not a friend or family member that you have to live with).
More Ways We Can Help and Support You
Ebook Conversion
We can develop and format your book into an e-book with flowable text. Ebooks are a tricky thing to make right if you have any kind of illustrations, inserts, photos, charts, etc.
Web Design
Our talents don’t stop at books! We can help you develop a personalized author website or landing page for your book.
Photography
Need help with photos for your front cover or content for your chapters? Our talented team can photograph exactly what you need. We can also digitize your photos and art for book interiors.
Illustration
Samples of Our Favorite
Coaching, Content Editing, and Design Work
Tyree: Artist of the South Pacific
By CJ Cook
South Pacific Dreams Publishing
Author Coaching and Content Edit
Congratulations to CJ Cook for winning two Benjamin Franklin Awards:
Lumi Finds Her Light
By Sandy Parker
Balboa Press
Author Support and Content Edit
Women and Heart Disease
By Dr. Jacqueline Eubany, M.D.
Createspace Independent Publishing
Author Coaching and Content Edit
Finding My Way to Freedom:
Escape from Communism
By Thomas K. Reiner, PhD
Kindle Direct Publishing
Research and Story Development
Culture to Color:
DeLand and New Smyrna Beach
By Bibi LeBlanc
Kindle Direct Publishing
Cover and Interior Design
Iphigenia Murphy
By Sara Hosey
Interior Design
Braxton's Century Website
J.R. Strayve Jr.
WordPress Website Design
Digital Capture
Sacramento Horseman's Association
Photo Album Dating 1940's to Present
Digitized photos to create digital album.
We also digitize watercolor or other forms of art.
