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Jody E. Skinner

Have you written a book, and now you need to publish it? I’m Jody Skinner, and I’m glad you’re here. Since 2017 I’ve been connecting folks with the right resources to get their book out into the world.

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I started proofreading and formatting for authors in 2017, and since 2020 I have published 17 books—my own Vellum book and reprinted classics at Smidgen Press.

If you want to put my experience to work for you in a done-for-you Vellum book format (source files included so you can make changes later) or a fully custom Adobe InDesign typeset, I’d love to chat.

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