Developmental Editing
Plot structure, character arc, pacing, point of view, scene development, and overall narrative coherence.
Fiction publishing
Your Novel. Professionally Edited, Designed, and Published.
Fiction readers judge quickly. Your cover, your opening pages, and your prose all have seconds to make an impression. Qalm Media brings genre-experienced editors, cover designers who understand the fiction market, and publishing specialists who know what it takes to position a novel for readers and retailers.
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Built around this book and its readers
Who this is for
A publishing process shaped around fiction.
Fiction publishing is one of the most competitive categories in independent publishing, and the bar for what readers expect has never been higher. A cover that looks self-published, a first chapter that has not been professionally edited, or an interior layout that reads differently from a traditionally published book will cost you a reader before they get past page one.
Qalm Media works with fiction authors to close that quality gap. Our editors are matched by genre, our cover designers work to market standards, and our formatting meets the specifications of every major platform.
A coordinated production team
What the engagement can include.
Scope is tailored after evaluation. You can commission a single service or coordinate the full journey through one project lead.
Line Editing
Prose quality, voice, dialogue, clarity, and sentence-level refinement throughout the manuscript.
Copyediting
Grammar, punctuation, consistency, and style guide adherence across the full manuscript.
Proofreading
Final-pass error correction before layout and platform submission.
Editorial Report
Written overview of key findings, recommendations, and editorial decisions made during the process.
Professional Genre-Informed Cover Design
A cover designed to the visual conventions of your genre, in both print and ebook formats.
Interior Formatting for Print & Ebook
Print-ready PDF and EPUB formatted to KDP and IngramSpark specifications for your trim size.
Amazon KDP Setup & Optimization
Category selection, keyword research, book description, and listing configuration.
IngramSpark Setup & Distribution
Distribution availability through supported retail, wholesale, and library channels.
Book Description Copywriting
Sales copy written for your back cover and Amazon listing, calibrated to your genre's reader expectations.
Relevant team work
Selected books from the combined portfolio.
These titles and interior samples are part of the combined founder-and-team portfolio. Samples are for portfolio review only; per-title editorial and design scope will be published after documentation review.
Ready to begin
Your Novel. Edited.
Designed. Published.
Submit your manuscript for a free evaluation. We will assess your manuscript's readiness and outline the editorial and publishing path to a finished, market-ready novel.
- No obligation
- Confidential review
- You retain your rights