Market Refined Publishing

Bring your message to life—your way!

More than a publisher, we are your partner in bringing your God-inspired message to life. Our publishing model blends professional guidance with your vision, to create an inspirational and market-worthy final product.
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A Unique Publishing Path for Faith-Based Writers

Why Choose Us

Market Refined Publishing is an independent publisher, a full-service publishing agency offering professional and personalized publishing options for faith-based fiction and nonfiction authors. Our publishing services provide an alternative for authors who:

Desire a faster release timeline than what traditional publishing would allow.

Prefer to have more control over the publishing process and outcome.

Wish to maintain all ownership and royalties for their work of heart.

Your Publishing Partners

What Makes Us Unique

01

Years of Experience

With years of experience across various facets of the Christian publishing industry, we bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to support you.

02

Unique Publishing Model

Combining the best of traditional and self-publishing, we partner with you to create a top-notch new release, maximize your sales and distribution opportunities, and set you and your book up for great success.

03

Faith-Centered Mission

We specialize in creating stories, devotionals, and teachings that uplift, inspire, and glorify God. Every project and new release is focused not only on the product but also faithfully centered around furthering the Gospel.

04

Unmatched & Personalized Care

From beginning to end, every step of the process is tailored to support you, the author, as much as it is your words and marketing strategy. We’ll dream big with you, chart the path forward, and cheer you on every step of the way until you achieve your goals.

If you have a book on paper, or just on your heart, we would love to be a part of your story!

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 We believe in YOU and your message. Let us help share both with the world.

– Market Refined Publishing

Your Journey to Becoming a Published Author

How It Works

Step 1

Start the Discovery Process with Us

Complete your intake form to share your book idea and details with us and schedule a discovery call.

Step 2

Submit Your Manuscript for Review

Share your complete or in-progress manuscript with us for our initial review and recommendations.

Step 3

Customize Your Plan & Project Scope

Choose from our publishing and marketing services, tailored to fit your needs and goals.

Step 4

Complete Necessary Phases of Edits

Collaborate with our team to refine your manuscript through multiple phases of professional edits.

Step 5

Approve Your Stunning Cover & Interior Design

Share your design preferences, review the concepts we provide, and work with us to hone the final design files ready to publish.

Step 6

Publish & Promote the New Release

Watch your book come to life as we guide it to publication and help you market to your ideal audience.

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Service
Investment Range

Manuscript Edits*

$2500-8500

Cover & Interior Design

$950-1250

Metadata Research & Publishing Steps

$1050-1200

Launch & Market Strategy

$1200-1500

Implementation Support

$650-2500

Website & Platform Building

$2500-5000

*Editing fees are calculated based on final word count. For a 65,000-word manuscript, all three phases of edits would likely total $7200-8000. Book mapping, author or book coaching, and ghostwriting service fees will be assessed separately.

Flexible Solutions for Every Faith-Based Author

Our Publishing Pricing

We do not offer standard packages or pricing tiers for our services because each project is tailored to meet the unique needs of every author. Listed here are typical cost ranges for our services.

We are more than happy to provide an estimate of your specific investment during our discovery process.

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MRP Success Stories

What Our Authors Say

There were clear expectations set on both our parts from the very beginning and the timeline creation alone was gold. The team kept me on task, communication was clear and prompt, including answering any and all questions I had through the entire process. The pulling of quotes from the book, graphics creation, and promo suggestions were terrific. Mandy kept the ship steered in the right direction and she is definitely doing what she was born to do!
Ruthie Gray
Author
I loved having Mandy and her team help me with all aspects of publishing Created for Communion. I feel like Mandy and Mara, especially, really understood the message of my book. Mandy’s overall perspective was so encouraging and helpful. I was proud of the manuscript I sent Mara, but she elevated it to another level. I’m so thankful. I also am so happy with the appearance of the book with the journaling sections and interior design – so pretty & inviting!
Kristin Hill Taylor
Author
Mandy and the team understand content creation and distribution. I love how personal, professional and practical they are. MRP includes individuals with a variety of skills and expertise to develop and strengthen my work as a communicator. And they do it in such a flexible way that’s easy to work with, helpful, and encouraging–not stressful. I know they’ll give me relevant, up-to-date, and reliable advice and coaching about making the most of my message in today’s world.
Julie Sanders
Author
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Frequently Asked Questions

Market Refined Publishing is a full-scale publishing agency providing every service necessary to get your book to market, at the highest standard and with the widest distribution opportunities possible. MRP provides the author with the security and support of an experienced and established team of a publishing house, guiding each step and decision throughout the editing, design, and publishing process from manuscript edits to sales. You are not alone in the process and we are able to ensure the highest quality end result, just as a traditional publisher would.

Self-publishing independently would require that the author hire individual service providers, or an agency, to perform the edits, book design, and interior formatting, typically for a much higher investment. The author is then expected to upload the final files to the selected publishing platform, add categories and keywords of their own selection, and hope the process is completed properly. This disjointed process can result in file formatting errors, missed key milestones or marketing opportunities, or failure to rank in pertinent categories and algorithms that effect the author’s success.

No, we do not retain any royalties from any of our authors’ book sales. We believe that enabling faith-based authors to share their messages with the world is more of a calling than a job. As such, we do not feel it’s appropriate for us to retain the royalties from your work of heart. Instead, we do our very best to ensure you maximize book sales and recoup as much of your investment in our services as possible.

Because we publish through our authors’ accounts, all royalties are paid to you directly via your selected method of payout from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and IngramSpark.

We believe that every author and every new release is unique, so each of our proposals are customized with that in mind. We will get to know you, your message, your platform, and your budget and craft a proposal that prioritizes your needs with your financials in mind.

If you haven’t already, please use the contact form to tell us more about your book and your goals. We’ll direct you to our discovery process from there and give you a chance to submit a copy of your manuscript. Once we receive all the details, our team will discuss your book and then schedule a call with you to go over our publishing procedures and recommendations. Then we’ll create a custom proposal just for you.

Most projects require a 30% deposit to begin, with the balance divided into equal monthly payments throughout the project term. We use Freshbooks to manage all invoices, and payments can be sent via credit or debit card or bank transfer.

*Final cost is dependent on the scope of the project.

If you haven’t already, please use the contact form to tell us more about your book and your goals. We’ll direct you to our discovery process from there and give you a chance to submit a copy of your manuscript. Once we receive all the details, our team will discuss your book and then schedule a call with you to go over our publishing procedures and recommendations. Then we’ll create a custom proposal just for you and your project needs.

Beyond the discovery and proposal process, editing the manuscript is the next step. We typically recommend a full developmental edit, followed by a copy and line edit. Then to polish it off, we will always complete a thorough proofread and format the manuscript for our designer.

Most projects require a 30% deposit to begin, with the balance divided into equal monthly payments throughout the project term. We use Freshbooks to manage all invoices, and payments can be sent via credit or debit card or bank transfer.

We offer the full gamut of manuscript edits, from book coaching and content development to the final proofread and formatting step for both fiction and non-fiction authors. At MRP, we specialize in making your book marketable to a faith-based audience and ensure every manuscript is polished and well-refined, which is why we recommend all three phases of our thorough editing process:

  1. Developmental Review and Edits
  2. Copy and Line Edits
  3. Proofread and Formatting

Each project a success when we are able to assist in shaping the manuscript into a quality product that honors the author’s voice, style, vision, goals, and target audience and is a valuable addition to the marketplace.

Most publishing projects begin with a full Developmental Review or editorial letter. This provides a solid overview of the manuscript and a thorough assessment of the current state of the content. We use the developmental letter as a roadmap that guides all further editorial steps.

Phase One: Developmental Edit is an in-depth analysis of all of the significant components of your manuscript, ensuring that they flow seamlessly and leave no gaps. The developmental editor’s job is to be a focused, objective reader who offers feedback to improve the structure, content, and organization of the entire manuscript. It is not uncommon for new chapters or sections to be added, or existing chapters or sections to be removed or merged, during this phase of edits, as we work to improve the reader’s experience from beginning to end.

Non-fiction and fiction authors alike can expect feedback, insight, and advice on content, structure, organization, personalization, clarity, focus, mechanics, writing style, fiction storytelling and character development where needed, message delivery, fact-checking, and marketability and suitability for the intended readers.

Phase Two: Copy or Line Edit is what we often refer to as the “technical edit” and is essential to the success of any book. This is the phase when your book is read aloud and checked for ease of readability and flow. The overall verbiage is assessed for oddities; sentences will be rewritten, paragraphs will be rearranged, and many suggestions for improvement or consistency will be offered. Minor content edits may also be made at this time. 

Phase Three: Proofread is the final step in the editing process before your words are passed to our designer. Manuscripts will be thoroughly checked for spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax, typographical errors, linguistics, and word usage. This is when your prose becomes polished and ready for its integration into a beautiful design and then its debut into the world!

We create market and print-ready cover and interior designs, formatted for Kindle Direct Publishing and IngramSpark.

All of our publishing projects include professional cover design in print, eBook, and audiobook (if applicable) formats, as well as the full interior layout, formatting, design, and typesetting.

Yes! All of our publishing projects include our Metadata & Market Research Package, which is critical to each new release. This package allows us to research appropriate categories and keywords related to your title, to ensure it will be optimally placed for your ideal readers to see it in their search results.

We will prepare a list of comp titles for your title, which not only helps us properly target competitors for any ad campaigns we might run on your behalf, but also informs the cover design created for you.

Also included with this package, we will also optimize your author bio, the product listing description(s) for Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and all major retailers, and the back cover copy for the book itself.

All of it! Our team can provide your overall marketing strategy and roadmap, with as much implementation support as needed. Just as your project proposal is fully customized to you, so is your book launch strategy and support.

We help our clients create productive sales funnels, build email lists, target their ideal audience on all social platforms, and benefit from successful ad campaigns. We create unique, visually compelling websites and sales pages to market a new release, capture the interest and interactions of the target audience, boost SEO and sales, and ensure the best user experience. We also create branded print and promotional materials, such as lead magnets or subscriber incentives, partner resources and guides, and promotional videos, keeping all marketing efforts on-brand and consistent.

Other optional services include: publicity campaigns, digital assets packages, launch or street team management, speaker bio sheets or author media kits, event presentations, launch parties or events, and influencer packages.

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