How Hybrid Publishing Works
The Boyle & Dalton Way

Traditional publishing is outdated and slow to adapt. It’s producing poor books for the wrong reasons and letting great books slip away unpublished. On the other hand, self-publishing is too risky for some authors. There are too many variables, and in so many cases, the production quality suffers.

Hybrid publishing is a win-win. Authors receive all of the benefits of self-publishing,while maintaining the quality and production standards of traditional publishing. 

You retain the full creative control you would have if you self-published, but gain the support structure and quality assurance of traditional publishing.

Boyle & Dalton’s unique approach also combines the economic advantages of self-publishing with the quality standards of traditional publishing.

This means that while our authors do pay for half the cost of their books up front, we pay a royalty rate that is up to ten times the industry standard royalty rate.

Because the author shares in the cost, it reduces our risk, which means that we can look solely at quality when evaluating manuscripts, and take risks on projects that might be passed over by traditional publishing houses (for reasons other than the quality of the writing).

We don’t accept every submission we receive. Less than 10% of books submitted to Boyle & Dalton are accepted for publication. We vet books for quality, and insist that every book undergo a rigorous, professional production process, identical to the process a book would undergo if published through a traditional publisher.

Because our authors invest in the production cost of their books, they retain all rights to their work at all times. Authors also retain control over the creative process, ensuring that the final product is consistent with their artistic vision, but produced to the quality standards of our expert production staff.

This system has worked well for our authors. Writers like Natalie Symons, Christopher Stollar, and Diane Chiddister have proven that it not only works, but it’s netted their books big awards and real press.

If you have a quality manuscript that isn’t getting the attention it deserves from agents and traditional publishers, let’s start a conversation.

This is the future of publishing.