What is Fablesmithy? We are a boutique book production studio for indie authors. We provide a editing, design, and narration services under one roof so you don’t have to wrangle a herd of freelancers. Our goal is to give you a team akin to that of a traditional publishing house with one distinctive difference: your vision dictates the edits, design, and audiobook.
Who are we for? We serve indie authors who want a professional studio to prepare their book for market. We’ll polish your manuscript, format the interior, design the cover, and produce the audiobook for you. And we do all of this without ever using generative AI!
Why trust us? Fablesmithy is author-led. Our founder is a writer herself who saw indie authors struggling to find and vet editors, designers, and narrators. To make your life easy, we’ve built a one-stop shop with an experienced and trusted team. On our website, you’ll find testimonials, examples of our work, and how to request free sample edits and narrations of your book.
What do we provide? Fablesmithy is a total book production studio, meaning we have all your bases covered:
We provide developmental, line, and copy editing, as well as proofreading.
Not only can we design your book cover for both digital and print, but we also offer interior formatting, A+ content, ads, social media graphics, maps, and more.
Our audiobook forge is run by two voice actors, giving you not only the choice between masculine and feminine voices, but duet, dual, and cinematic audiobooks, too.
How do I save money with Fablesmithy? We save you money and time by providing everything you need to publish on KDP, IngramSpark, or D2D for one price. When you purchase one of our bundles, you’ll receive a discount off the total cost. We also offer all of our services individually at affordable rates, so you can pick and choose what you want.
How do I learn more? We invite you to explore fablesmithy.com to see everything we offer. When you’re ready, reach out to us at forge@fablesmithy.com or visit Get Started to receive your free quote and samples.
Explore the Forges
The Editing Forge
Nobody wants an editor, but everybody needs one. A second pair of expert eyes can help you streamline your story, highlight its strongest qualities, and trim whatever might be holding it back. On more granular level, we can check sentence structure, diction, grammar, and spelling for errors, repetition, and room for improvement.
Combine any of the above — developmental editing, copy-editing, line-editing, and/or proofreading — into the editing package that best suits your needs, and you can rest assured that they’ll be met.
To know that we’re the right for you, reach out for a free sample edit today.
Meet Derek, Forgemaster of Editing
For more than a decade, Derek has worked in forensics, where he’s edited gigantic medical research papers destined for courtrooms. Thousands of pages later, he’s champing at the bit for works of fiction, and he’d love to read yours.
The Design Forge
At the Design Forge, we work with you to capture your vision for the book cover. Whether you have a specific design in mind or want us to whip up something from scratch, we have you covered.
Fablesmithy’s bold covers are designed to give your book an edge in today’s visually driven marketplace. Our professional designs allow you to compete against traditionally published titles on the shelves.
In addition to book covers, we also offer book commercials, animated covers, mock-ups, maps, social media banners, advertisements, and whatever else you need to promote your book.
Meet Autumn, Forgemaster of Design
Autumn is an award-winning graphic designer and an author of science-fiction and fantasy novels. She studied visual effects at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television and has worked on a number of indie films, music videos, and advertisements.
The Narration Forge
The popularity of audiobooks is rising, and Fablesmithy is making audiobook production affordable for indie authors. We have two audiobook narrators available, giving you a choice between masculine and feminine voices (or both!).
We offer a variety of audiobooks, including:
Single narrator (masculine or feminine voice options)
Dual narration (two narrators alternating chapters/scenes)
Duet narration (two narrators within the same scenes)
Cinematic audiobooks (film-like experience with music and sound effects)
You can hear samples of our narrators’ work on our audiobooks page. Best of all, you can also request a free sample read to hear how your book will sound.
Meet Joe & Alyssa, Forgemasters of Narration
Joe is a professionally trained actor and is represented for film, television, and commercial roles. Over the past 25 years, he has performed in over 100 productions across theater and film.
Alyssa studied vocal music education at Cal Poly Pomona. For nearly 10 years, she was the Sound Designer and Musical Director for a non-profit theatre organization in the Inland Empire that she helped found.
Bundle & Save
You’ll save the most time and money when you bundle our services. We offer three tiers of packages to suit every budget, giving you everything you need for one price. Check out our packages to see our current discounts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Do I have to purchase a package, or can I pick and choose?
You can do either! But you’ll save the most money by bundling our services.
Q. Do you use artificial intelligence in your editing, design, or narration work?
Absolutely not. We do not use generative AI in our work. We believe in safeguarding human creativity from the encroachment of AI. As such, we will not work on AI-written books.
Q. Are you a press or a vanity press?
We are neither. You retain full rights to your work. We do not publish or distribute your book. Instead, we give you the production files you need to publish via KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, etc.
Visit our F.A.Q. page for our complete list of questions and answers.
Ready to get your free quote? Visit fablesmithy.com to get started.