About me

B&W Hello. I’m Caroline and I know books. I am dedicated to providing a personal, professional and friendly service to writers and publishers. I work for several independent publishers copy-editing and proofreading fiction and advising on publishing strategy. I also work with dozens of writers directly and have helped clients shape their manuscripts; submit to agents and publish paperbacks and eBooks independently. I have designed book covers; sourced printers; run social media accounts; created content for author websites; designed logos; created marketing material and merchandise; and I’ve even written some books for publishers myself.

I have twenty-one years of experience in trade publishing working for independent publishers, The Tate Gallery and Penguin Books. In 2012, I co-founded and ran, independent publisher, Red Button Publishing with an old colleague to publish fiction overlooked by the mainstream. For four years we published original fiction in both paperback and digital formats entirely by ourselves, using our own funding. Having worked for one of the biggest trade publishers, this was a real learning experience for me and I came to really understand the challenges faced by authors who decide to publish themselves. When we reluctantly closed our doors in 2016, I helped our authors to publish their works independently so the titles are all still available in both paperback and ebook formats.

I now spend my days providing services for writers and publishers from my home in the Suffolk countryside. When I’m not doing that I can usually be found with my head in a book or trying to write that novel I’ve been sitting on for two decades.