We get your book in focus & into the world.
At Clear Sight Books, we work with seasoned professionals—executives, consultants, speakers, entrepreneurs—on nonfiction books that support their business, career, or legacy.
When it’s time to finish your book…
Clear Sight Books is a boutique publishing-services company that works with authors who have a nonfiction manuscript and need help turning it into a professional-quality book. From clarity in writing to visually compelling design, excellence drives us.
We are a perfect fit for authors who want to maintain creative control and like a high-touch approach. Whether your book is intended to support your business or leave a personal legacy, we’ve got your back. We’ll help you get your book in focus and into the world.
We help you take the next step.
You bring us your draft manuscript; we identify the next needed step (and explain the ones that come after that).
Manuscript Critique
When you’re in the midst of writing a book, it can be difficult to remain objective: is your manuscript working, or not? This manuscript intensive goes beyond critiquing craft and into business, strategy, and alignment.
Writing & Editing
To bring your manuscript to publication quality, we do what we affectionately call “collaborative revision.” Whether you need content editing, structural editing, or wholesale rewriting, we’ll do it together.
Professional Publishing
With a publication-quality manuscript, we move to production: copyediting, design, formatting, final proofreading, ebook formatting, and managing all the myriad details it takes to get your book into the world.
We demystify writing & publishing.
Our blog is full of in-depth articles designed to elucidate the often-puzzling world of book publishing. We cover craft, strategy, marketing, and mindset—and we have a special emphasis on self-publishing logistics for the DIYers out there.
We create beautiful books.
During the editorial process, we make the content of your book the best it can be. But we also want you to have a beautiful, visually enticing book. Every cover and interior is custom designed—no templates here.
We empower you.
Writing and publishing a professional-quality book takes time, energy, and money. But that investment brings significant benefits.
In the professional world, having a published book provides immediate credibility and authority, which allows for brand enhancement, easier business development, increased professional fees, career advancement, and greater influence on broader platforms. After doing the deep work of creating a book, authors simply show up differently. As one client says, “The conversation changes.”
For some authors, the personal benefits are even more consequential. Our clients often say they’ve accomplished something meaningful. They find a sense of completion. They feel they’ve fulfilled a critical purpose. One client described it like this: “I had so many stories to tell that could help so many people… If I hadn’t written my book, it would have been like dying with the music still inside me.”
When clients gain that sense of wholeness, an amazing light starts to shine in them. Not only have they given their message a chance to take flight, but they’ve discovered new power in themselves. And that empowerment benefits all areas of their lives.
Ready to talk?
If it’s time to finish your book and you think Clear Sight Books might be a good fit to help, contact us at info@clearsightbooks.com for a complimentary conversation about your goals and challenges.
And if you’re not quite ready to proceed, you’re invited you to sign up for our monthly newsletter for information and inspiration that can help keep you going. You’ll get to know us better, and you can get in touch when the time is right.
Kind words from our authors
Karin was warm and supportive from the very beginning, providing the sympathetic guidance and frequent reassuring comments that helped me feel confident about my writing and the worth of my project.
Barbara McKinnon
M. Div.Karin did a great job molding my raw clay into a finished piece, and the Clear Sight Books team was just great! It is a gratifying feeling to have people read my book and have such positive feedback.
Jim Whitehurst
President & CEOWe worked damned hard on it—the writing, the editing, the design. The whole team did a fabulous job. The book is beautifully constructed. Overall, for our goal, our audience, and our content, we nailed it.
Matthew Holten
Social justice advocateKarin is a trusted partner and an end-to-end expert, and her attention to detail to every aspect of the book was incredible to watch. One of my most enjoyable professional collaborations.
Samrat Shenbaga
Principal consultantKarin listened closely to how I work and gave me context and validation about what made me different: my attention to mindset and business results. And now readers are telling me that’s exactly what resonates most about the book.
Stephanie Scotti
High-stakes speaking coachSpecial thanks to Karin for her dedication, enormous editorial talent, and commitment to the vision of creating a beautiful book. This book would not be what it is without her and her team.
