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Collaborative Publishing with Healing Shelf Press

The Vision

Our collaborative publishing model is more affordable than traditional publishing yet far more intentional than DIY.

Publishing shouldn’t feel like surrendering your story.
It should feel like partnership—creative, transparent, and rooted in integrity.

Healing Shelf Press offers a collaborative publishing model for authors who want professional production, distribution, and the credibility of a literary imprint—without giving up ownership or creative control.

You bring the story.

We bring the structure, emotional intelligence, and industry know-how.

Together, we build something that lasts.

What We Do

Our model bridges the best of both worlds:
independent spirit + editorial excellence.

We handle:

Editorial support — trauma-informed, emotionally intelligent editing that protects your voice.
Design and production — cover, interior, layout, and print specifications crafted to industry standards.
Distribution — full setup across Amazon, IngramSpark, and major retailers under the Healing Shelf Press imprint.
Royalty management — we track sales and send author payouts monthly. Simple, transparent, and fair.

You retain all rights.
Your name stays on the spine.
Your book carries the Healing Shelf Press mark—our shared standard of craft and consciousness.

Why Authors Choose This Path

You want to self-publish but don’t want to do it alone.
You value design, detail, and trauma-informed guidance.
You want your work aligned with a press known for emotional depth and integrity.
You want publishing to feel like collaboration, not confusion.

Investment & Partnership

Publishing should be creative, not confusing.

Our model combines a one-time upfront publishing fee with a small ongoing royalty share.

The upfront investment covers:

Editorial guidance and manuscript preparation
Professional interior and cover design
ISBN registration and platform setup
Upload, proofing, and quality control across KDP and IngramSpark
Coordination of metadata, pricing, and distribution
Transparent project management start to finish

Most indie books don’t sell tens of thousands of copies—and that’s okay.
The upfront fee ensures your book receives professional attention from day one,
and our small royalty share keeps us invested in your long-term success.

You keep ownership of your rights.

We keep the process ethical, intentional, and human.

Typical structure:
Upfront publishing fee — $2,500–$4,000
Royalties — Author 85–90% / Healing Shelf Press 10–15%

Every month, you’ll receive a transparent statement showing:

units sold,
total royalties received, and
your payout amount.

In our collaborative publishing model, you keep 85–90% of net royalties, and Healing Shelf Press retains a small 10–15% share for ongoing management, distribution, and imprint operations.

Here’s what that means in real life:

When a $15 paperback sells on Amazon, the platform pays roughly $4.25 in royalties.
You receive about $3.60, and Healing Shelf Press keeps $0.65.

That small percentage covers:

monthly reporting and royalty tracking,
ongoing distribution management,
metadata updates and platform optimization,
maintaining the integrity and visibility of the Healing Shelf Press imprint.

We don’t take rights.
We don’t hide fees.
We don’t inflate numbers.

Just a clear, fair split that honors your work and keeps the partnership sustainable.

How It Differs from the Indie Author Clarity Kit

Collaborative Publishing is for authors ready to release their book under a professional imprint.
Your work is published through Healing Shelf Press, and we handle everything—editing, design, production, and distribution.
You invest at a mid-tier level and receive monthly payouts from book sales, with a small revenue share retained by the press.

The Indie Author Clarity Kit, on the other hand, is for writers who want guidance but prefer to self-publish on their own.
You publish under your own imprint, handle production yourself using our roadmap, and keep 100% of your royalties.
It’s a one-time investment that gives you clarity and direction without the full production partnership.

Two paths. One philosophy: publish consciously.