What We Do

Only Girl Friday offers a full spectrum of robust publishing opportunities, from selective hybrid imprints to custom production that delivers our authors’ dreams.

Publishing Pathways

There is no one best path to publication—there is only the right path for your book. At GFP, we work to help you understand your options and make the best choice for you.

  • Custom

    HOW IT WORKS:

    100% royalty

    Your own imprint

    Assisted self-publishing but you call the shots

    Primarily sold online

    Books are print on demand (offset print run optional)

    Ideal for direct sales

    IDEAL FOR AUTHORS WHO:

    Desire total control over their project but need guidance through the publishing process and want expert, curated editorial, design, and marketing support. Authors using their book as a business card or to enhance thought leadership are ideal custom clients.

    FOR EXAMPLE:

    Author of award-winning historical fiction John Rhodes knows his community and how to target likely readers. Rhodes enjoys no up-front printing costs and receives 100 percent of his proceeds from largely online sales. Through five novels, Rhodes has depended on GFP to help him produce beautiful, well-crafted books.

  • GFB

    HOW IT WORKS:

    80/20 royalty split

    GFB imprint

    Collaboration and consulting

    Sold primarily through online retailers

    Books are print on demand

    IDEAL FOR AUTHORS WHO:

    Want a publisher to partner with and the community of an established imprint. This includes first-time authors who don’t want the expense and logistics of a large print run.

    FOR EXAMPLE:

    Hospice nurse Penny Hawkins Smith (@hospicenursepenny) is selling her memoir mainly online, even her hardcover. Smith appreciates the support of a publisher without the up-front cost and responsibility of physical books that must be warehoused. Win-win!

  • Flashpoint

    HOW IT WORKS:

    70/30 royalty split

    Flashpoint imprint

    Collaboration and expertise from Flashpoint

    Ingram Two Rivers reps sell in to physical bookstores, plus libraries, specialty and gift, and national chains

    Lead title + offset print run + distribution + warehousing

    IDEAL FOR AUTHORS WHO:

    Have an established community or established platform and a book that benefits from bookstore and specialty sales.

    FOR EXAMPLE:

    A natural fit for Flashpoint, author Megan Hansen is also an Instagram star, dietician, and CEO of The Metabolism Makeover. Not only can Megan sell her books direct from her website (earning a larger royalty), but she can also offer personalized discount codes to her hundreds of thousands of followers and coaching clients alike. She followed up her bestselling Metabolism Makeover, translated into multiple languages, with a prescriptive companion workbook.

“I’m happy all my querying was for naught because I am positive that traditional publishing houses would not have given me a book that looks like this, and the experience would also not have been as fast or as pleasurable.”

Alexandra Chan, author of In the Garden Behind the Moon

Full-Spectrum Services

GFP consults and advises on the best way forward for each author and assembles fully custom proposals. Our extensive pool of vetted resource and service partners gives us the ability to provide a wider array of capabilities than any other firm.

    • Concept development

    • Content creation/ghostwriting

    • Book coaching

    • Developmental editing

    • Copyediting

    • Factchecking

    • Indexing

    • Cultural competency (sensitivity) reads

    • Recipe testing and editing

    • Custom cover design

    • Interior design and pour

    • Custom illustration

    • Map creation

    • Publishing logos

    • Author websites

    • Package design

  • AUTHOR PLATFORM AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

    • Market research

    • Custom strategy and launch planning

    • Reader and editorial reviews

    • LinkedIn content creation

    • Author website

    GENRE MARKETING

    • Amazon advertising

    • Social media advertising

    • Book club marketing

    DIGITAL MARKETING

    • Podcast pitching

    • Goodreads giveaways

    • Pricing promotions for ebook and audiobook

    • Print-on-demand management and upload

    • Offset printing, overseas and domestic

    • Print bidding and management

    • Quality checks and warehousing

    • Retail, library, specialty, and gift

    • Digital first

    • Print-on-demand

    • E-book conversion

    • Audiobook production

    • Specialty formats including pop-ups, card decks, and companion workbooks

    • Cookbook creation

    • Children’s

    • Foreign editions

    • Translations

    • Film and media

    • International bookfair tradeshow exposure