Author Management Services

Marketing, PR & Business Development

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Most authors know what needs to happen after publication.

 

Research the right media contacts. Post consistently on social. Follow up on leads. Track opportunities. Build relationships with booksellers and event coordinators. Develop the business side of your author career.

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What’s missing isn’t knowledge. It’s time, bandwidth, and an extra set of capable hands—or the right partner working alongside you.

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That’s where our Author Management Services comes in.

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What It Is

Author Management is a done-for-you service that puts a skilled marketing and business development professional to work on your author career—researching, executing, following up, and moving things forward on your behalf.

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This is more than virtual assistance. It's strategic execution, personally directed by Sharon and customized to your goals.

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What We Can Handle for You

 

📘Research — media contacts, event opportunities, podcast targets, award submissions, potential partners and collaborators

📘Social media — scheduling, posting, basic content management, engagement

📘PR support — outreach coordination, pitch tracking, follow-up, press materials management

📘Marketing tasks — newsletter support, promotional coordination, campaign logistics

📘Sales and business development — identifying and pursuing revenue opportunities aligned with your author business

📘Accountability and project management — keeping your author business moving forward between strategy sessions

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If it’s post-publication marketing, sales, or business development work, we can likely help.

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How It Works

You get a dedicated professional working on your author business, guided by Sharon’s strategic direction. She assesses your goals, sets the priorities, and oversees all execution—so you're benefiting from a supervised team with deep publishing expertise behind every decision.

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We start with a brief intake to understand your goals, current situation, and immediate needs. From there, we build a customized scope of work and get moving.

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Investment

Author Management Services are billed at two straightforward rates:

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✅Execution support (research, marketing tasks, social media, PR, business development): $45–$85/hour

✅Strategic direction and oversight (Sharon's time): $120–$180/hour

 

Most clients invest in a mix of both each month. Contact us to discuss your scope and get a custom estimate.

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Ready to hand off the to-do list?

Contact Sharon to discuss your author management needs.

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