Book Publishing Company in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is full of people who tell stories for a living, and sooner or later many of them want one in print. Normans Publishing helps Los Angeles authors, from screenwriters and performers to chefs, coaches and first-time memoirists, publish professionally edited and designed books while keeping every right, including film and TV.
Free consultation for Los Angeles authors
Video calls fit around shoots, auditions and day jobs. Send your manuscript or pitch and get a tailored quote within 24 hours.
Publishing in a City Built on Storytelling
Los Angeles County is home to around ten million people, and its writers are as varied as the city: screenwriters with a novel in the drawer, actors and musicians writing memoir, wellness and food professionals with an audience to serve, and families in Koreatown, Boyle Heights, the San Gabriel Valley and Long Beach recording stories that span generations.
For many of these authors a book does two jobs. It is a product readers buy, and it is also a calling card that shows an idea works in long form. A professionally edited and designed book is taken more seriously in both roles, and because our model is assisted self-publishing, any adaptation, audio or translation interest stays entirely with you.
We work with Los Angeles authors remotely from our San Francisco office. Edits and proofs are shared online, and calls are scheduled around the irregular hours the entertainment industry is known for.
Books We Often Publish for Los Angeles Authors
Writers trained in one medium often need specific help moving into another. These are the projects that come up most.
Screenwriters moving into prose
Script writers bring strong structure and dialogue, but a novel also needs interior voice, description and point of view that a screenplay leaves to the camera. Developmental editing focuses on exactly those gaps. Going the other way, our book-to-screenplay service adapts a finished book for the screen.
Entertainment and personal-brand memoir
Memoirs from people in or around the industry often name real people and recount real events. Editing checks that claims are fair and supportable, and we recommend a legal read for any passage that could be contentious before the book goes to print.
Audiobooks read by the author
Performers and podcasters frequently narrate their own audiobooks. Our audiobook production covers direction, editing and mastering to retailer standards, or narrator casting if you would rather not read it yourself.
Food, wellness and lifestyle books
Cookbooks, fitness guides and wellness titles depend on full-color photography and clean layouts. We plan these interiors around print cost from the start, so a beautiful book is still affordable to print and sell.
Reaching Readers in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is spread out, so local reach depends on a few concentrated moments and on strong visual marketing.
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Held each spring at USC, it is one of the largest book festivals in the country. If you plan to attend or exhibit, allow time to print event stock and prepare signage and handouts well before the date.
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Independent bookstores Stores such as Skylight Books in Los Feliz, The Last Bookstore downtown, Book Soup in West Hollywood and Vroman’s in Pasadena host readings and stock local authors. Wholesale distribution makes your book orderable by them; whether they shelve it is their decision.
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Video-first promotion Readers here discover books through short video as much as through reviews. A book trailer and cover assets sized for social platforms give you material for launch week and beyond.
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Your existing audience Many Los Angeles authors already have followers, clients or a professional network. We set up the book page, preorders and launch materials so that audience can buy on day one.
Publishing Services for Los Angeles Authors
Pick the stages you need, from developmental editing to a full launch.
Other California Publishing Pages
We work with authors across the state. These pages cover other California cities and the state as a whole.
California
Statewide guidance on publishing in California, including sales tax on direct sales, festivals and library distribution.
Book publishing in CaliforniaSan Diego
Two hours down the coast: military memoir, bilingual editions and graphic novels.
Book publishing in San DiegoSan Francisco
Our head office, with in-person meetings for authors in the Bay Area.
Book publishing in San FranciscoSan Jose
Technical, professional and leadership books from Silicon Valley.
Book publishing in San JoseSacramento
Policy, public service and regional history titles from the capital.
Book publishing in SacramentoFrequently Asked Questions
Do I keep the film and TV rights to my book?
Yes. Because Normans Publishing is an assisted self-publishing company, every right stays with you, including film, TV, audio and translation rights. You are free to option or adapt the book however you choose.
Can you help me turn my screenplay into a novel?
Yes. Developmental editing and ghostwriting can expand a screenplay into a novel, adding the interior voice, description and point of view that a script leaves to the screen. We also adapt finished books into screenplays through our book-to-screenplay service.
Can I narrate my own audiobook?
Yes. Many performers do. We handle direction, editing and mastering to retailer standards, or we can cast a professional narrator if you prefer not to read it yourself.
Do you work with authors across Los Angeles County?
Yes, including Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Glendale, Burbank and the San Fernando Valley. We work with Los Angeles authors remotely from our San Francisco office, with video calls scheduled around your working hours.
Can you help me prepare for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books?
Participation is arranged directly with the festival, but we can make sure your book is published in time, print event quantities, and prepare signage, handouts and launch materials.
How long does it take to publish a book?
Most projects take 8 to 16 weeks from a finished manuscript to distribution. Full-color cookbooks, photography books and audiobooks can add time, which is planned into the schedule from the start.
Publishing a book in Los Angeles?
Whether it started as a script, a show, a kitchen or a family story, tell us about it and we will map out the services your book needs.