As we wrap up 2024, and our 20th year in business, we’re looking back as we do every year and thinking about all the fabulous clients we’ve helped and all the projects we’ve completed. After all this time in the business, we still love what we do and we’re grateful for the opportunity to help indie authors bring their visions to life. 

We’re Here to Help Indie Authors in A Changing Publishing Landscape

The publishing world has changed so much in these last two decades, and we always manage to adapt to the changing needs and trends, yet some things have remained the same: A quality website and a stellar book cover are still the foundations for book marketing success, and we still love being a part of our clients’ publishing journeys. We’ve added many services to help indie authors as needs have changed and demand has grown. We’ve included book marketing packages, and copywriting and editing services but the author website and professional book cover are still the backbone of our little company.

So, we’d like to feature some of the clients and the work we’ve done this year on that front to celebrate them and us. 

Though we don’t have space to feature every client we helped this year, we want to thank every single client we’ve had the pleasure of working with, and a special thanks goes out to our returning clients, we appreciate every one of you. 

We Help Indie Authors with Book Covers A Lot! Here are Just Three of Them

Designing book covers is just one of the ways we help indie authors on their publishing journeys. But these clients are also website clients, so you check those out too with the links provided. 

Ken Green

Image of Ken Green's book, Talking with Dolphins. There is white lettering for the title, covering 3/4 of the book over a backdrop of a deep orange sunset and bright blue ocean with a dolphin diving

Ken Green is a retired teacher and the author of the YA novel, Talking to Dolphins. Here is his website where you can learn about his Dolphin Warrior Project too. 

Lucy Kirk

Lucy Kirk's memoir, We Already Have a Woman We Like, in print, e reader and mobile. The cover is a brown paper with suggestions of words in the title redacted with black lines.

Lucy Kirk is the author of a Spy Thriller as well as a memoir about her time in the CIA, We Already Have a Woman We Like. Our copywriter created a fitting and compelling book description for this one. Lucy’s a returning client, so you can check out her novel, The Poison Factory, on her website too.

Lew Maurer

Lew Maurer's children's book cover featuring 3 young children in cartoon style  huddled together while one removes something from a bag. The title is Show and Tell

We’ve been working with Lew Maurer for a long time now. We designed his website as well as worked with him on his nonfiction Adventure book and his new series of Children’s books. Find out more about Lew and his books here. 

We’re working on many more too. We can’t wait to share them with you!

We Love Helping All Kinds of Authors with Their Websites! 

Brian Rendell

Brian writes Historical fiction centered around the history of Newfoundland. He’s inspired by how our past shapes the present,  and his novel is forthcoming. We can’t wait to see what he does! You can read more about Brian and his project here. We think you’ll like him

We Also Love to Help Indie Authors Promote Their Children’s Books!

Laurie Trumble Davis

Laurie is the author of a Children’s book series about a willful French Bulldog and his human companion. We updated her website this year to promote her second book, The Very Patient Gus Davis. She’s passionate about teaching important life lessons to young children through the adventures of Gus and Bean. Check out her website here.

Ori Goltz

Author Ori Goltz is another client who’s passionate about storytelling as a way to send important messages to young children. She also has friendly animal protagonists, and they’re two kittens who go by Ooli and Tooli. Together they learn an important lesson about traffic safety.

Some Nonfiction Author Websites We Designed Recently 

Phillipe Johnson

Phillipe Johnson is a retired Air Force officer and advocate for principled and ethical leadership. His book, What Hangs in the Balance is an analysis of these leadership traits and how they can be applied by aspiring leaders to help them shape the world in better ways. 

Babs Walters

Babs Walters seeks to help others heal from traumas through support and empowerment. She is a public speaker, advocate, and author of the memoir, Facing the Jaguar. She is all about letting go of secrets. You can share your story by clicking on the link on her name there.

As you can see, we love to help indie authors of all types through every part of their publishing journey. You can support these indie authors by buying their books through the links on their websites, signing up for their blogs and newsletters, or just sending them words of appreciation and encouragement.

Will 2025 be the year you publish your book? Will you need a website, a book cover, or any other services that help indie authors along their publishing journey? Reach out and see what we can do to bring your vision to life!

Happy Holidays and here’s to a fantastic and exciting new year! 

Best Wishes,

-The Monkey C Media team