Recognition in the press!

An article that has appeared on-line today and will be in the print run of the newspaper on Thursday this week: Ripon author Ian Gouge has seen his publishing popularity grow over the last few years.

Submission Call: Fiction Opportunity

Have you written - or are you writing - a brilliant novel or short story collection? Would you like some help in getting your book published - and not just on Amazon but on multiple internet retailers worldwide and available to order through bricks-and-mortar bookshops? If so, Coverstory books may be able to help you. [...]

Coverstory books: Cover Design Service

Coverstory books: Cover Design Service

Your cover is the shop window for your book - and most often where self-published books let themselves down. Having designed virtually all the covers for our books, Coverstory books can help you with your cover. Contact us.

Coverstory books: Proofreading and Editing Service

Coverstory books: Proofreading and Editing Service

A good book starts with a good quality draft. Having published numerous books, Coverstory books has sufficient experience to offer services relating to proofreading, editing and help with draft document production, again shaped to fit your unique needs. Contact us.

Coverstory books: Mentoring service

Coverstory books: Mentoring service

Take advantage not only of Coverstory books' publishing know-how, but also the experience of Ian Gouge, Coverstory books' driving force and author of over twenty books. We can offer reviewing and mentoring packages tailored to your needs. Contact us.

“New Contexts: 3” – Submission reminder

“New Contexts: 3” – Submission reminder

Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Spring 2022. The volume - “New Contexts: 3” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first two volumes in the series were published during 2021. Poetry: please [...]

Coverstory books seeks reviewers…

We would like to identify a small pool of readers who would be willing to act as reviewers for us. We would provide our reviewers with a free ebook version of a title in advance of its official publication date, and in return ask for a short review of 75-150 words. The most suitable reviews [...]

Line Breaks: 2 – deadline 28th Feb

Line Breaks: 2 – deadline 28th Feb

We are aiming for the second issue of our on-line poetry anthology, Line Breaks, to be published at the end of March 2022. As with Line Breaks: 1, the second collection will have its own dedicated page on this site and will be available free to read - though obviously subject to all the usual [...]

As a Writer…

As a Writer there's nothing quite like seeing your words coalesce, watching characters develop and take on a life of their own, or weaving meaning and narrative into a poem. As an Editor and publisher there's nothing like that frisson of excitement you get when someone submits a piece for a collection or asks you [...]

Redesigned website!

Redesigned website!

We have redesigned the Coverstory books website - why not take a look? There is a new homepage.A page of Testimonials.And we've revamped the pages for our Fiction, Poetry, and Plays/Non-fiction. We hope you'll like the improvements we have made!