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Author Help is a queer-owned author services company and a partner member of the Alliance of Independent Authors.

Our main social media is Mastodon (https://gts.authorhelp.uk/@office). Most posts there are copied to here.

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The https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/smashwords end of year sale has started. Lots of https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/drm -free ebooks, discounted by 25-100%.
https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/

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Promo graphic for the Smashwords 2025 end of year sale, running from 8th December to 1st January. It has an image of a cozy woman reading, plus text announcing the sale and that ebooks are discounted 25-100% off.
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Everybody needs a https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/proofreader .
A crop of a poster for "Funetics". It has people running above the text "Run", people jumping above the text "Jump", and people throwing javelins above the text "Trow". "Trow" has been highlighted.
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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We recently completed this book for a client that we've worked with several times before.

S. Parnam-Harris usually writes long novels, but this book is a collection of four novella-length https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/sciencefiction stories and a short film script.
A picture of an astronaut with the Earth in the background. The astronaut is holding out one arm, which is holding the book "The Here of This Now" by S. Parnam-Harris.
September 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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One of our client books is a https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/drivethrufiction Deal of the Day. For the next 24 hours, the https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/ebook is just $1.40 - 80%
Photo of a man sat reclining, reading a book (The Voice in the Mirror by S. Parnam-Harris). There is a bed in the background. Text reads "What's better than a good book? Absolutely nothing."
June 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Font Pageant, by one of our recent clients.

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A tablet, showing the cover of the book Fond Pageant by Susan Kear. The top of the cover has white flowers, the bottom has an aerial photo of a mansion house.
June 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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We did the formatting for Enzo Ansa's new sci-fi thriller, Occam's Gamble.

https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/bookstodon https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/scifi

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Meme of an astronaut in space, holding a book. The book is Occam's Gamble by Enzo Ansa. Text is "There's always space for a new book!"
June 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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We have some great clients. One in particular is odd in the most wonderful way.

She once told Robin that she'd heard that a famous writer sent hand-written manuscripts to their editor in a carrier bag covered in marmalade and coffee stains. Since then she's threatened to do the same, but she
A card with a hand-drawn picture of a winter scene, featuring trees, a person with a dog, squirrel, rabbit, and deer. A jar of onda~onda milk toffee caramel sauce.
May 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Everybody needs a https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/proofreader .
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May 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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One of our recent projects is a memoir by a woman whose family were caught up in the holocaust.

https://books2read.com/u/3LkaN7
A woman sat on a beach, reading a book on her phone. The book is "Stumbling Stones: The Holocaust, My Family and Me" by Miriam Landor.
March 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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One of our recent clients is Monique Couillard-Nelson, a registered pediatric nurse, family advocate and https://gts.authorhelp.uk/tags/parenting expert.

Her book is a comprehensive guide to parenting in the early years.

https://books2read.com/u/mVqOdp
A woman cuddling a girl while she reads the book "Parenting Like a Pro"
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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One of our recent client books: Professional Intelligence by Paula Jago.

Professional Intelligence is divided into three user-friendly sections – How to Succeed at Work, How to Manage People and How to Lead, which are then broken down further into 21 important
A person reading an ebook on a tablet. The ebook is Professional Intelligence by Paula Jago, and it is displaying the cover.
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We've just published Albie by Sparrow Spaulding. Sparrow was one of our first clients, and it was a pleasure to help her publish this latest novel.

https://authorhelp.uk?amz=B0DQVK94CF
A woman lying on her side, cuddling a light-coloured dog, and reading the book "Albie" by Sparrow Spaulding.
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
authorhelp.bsky.social
We've just published Albie by Sparrow Spaulding. Sparrow was one of our first clients, and it was a pleasure to help her publish this latest novel.

https://authorhelp.uk?amz=B0DQVK94CF
A woman lying on her side, cuddling a light-coloured dog, and reading the book "Albie" by Sparrow Spaulding.
January 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM