Barrington Bond Publishing
The book is not the business. The ecosystem is.
We build author ecosystems. Direct to reader. No middlemen. No platform taking 70% of every sale. No ceiling on what your knowledge is worth.
Northern Ireland · Established 2024 · publishing@barringtonbond.com
The Problem
You are building their audience. Not yours.
Amazon takes 70% of every book sale. Traditional publishers take years, then take most of what remains. Distributors clip the ticket at every stage. By the time the money reaches you, the work that created it is a distant memory.
Worse than the margins is what you do not own. Every reader who finds you through a bookstore belongs to the bookstore. Their email address, their buying behaviour, their attention - none of it is yours. The moment you stop publishing through their platform, the audience disappears with it.
The book has a ceiling price in the bookstore. It is good for credibility. It is a poor vehicle for building a business. Most authors discover this too late.
A Different Model
Cut out the middleman. Own the reader.
Barrington Bond builds author ecosystems. Not just a book. Not just a website. A complete direct-to-reader infrastructure - the book, the email list, the content engine, the shop, the newsletter, the courses - everything working together, everything owned by you.
When a reader finds you through Barrington Bond, they find you. They land on your site. They join your list. They buy directly from your shop. The transaction is between you and them. Nobody clips the ticket.
The book becomes the entry point to the ecosystem, not the ceiling of it.
What We Build
Everything an author needs. Nothing they do not.
Every ecosystem we build contains the same core components, configured for the author, the subject, and the audience.
"Every reader who finds you through someone else's platform belongs to them, not you. We build the infrastructure to change that."
Our Authors
The proof of concept.
Our own authors run on the same engine we build for clients. This is not theory.
Author Services
We build it. You own it. It runs.
Every engagement begins with a diagnostic. We need to understand the manuscript, the subject matter, the intended reader, and what already exists before we scope the build. The diagnostic is the only way we take on new clients.
Start Here
Publishing Diagnostic
£600 - redeemable against setup
A frank assessment of your manuscript, your market, and your current position. What you have. What you need. What the realistic path looks like. One session. No padding. The fee is credited in full if you proceed.
Full Build
The Ecosystem
£4,997 setup + £1,497/month
Complete author ecosystem. Branded site, direct shop, email infrastructure, content engine, newsletter, course architecture. Built once. Maintained and expanded continuously. This is what we run for our own authors.
Content Distribution
Social Pipeline
£497/month add-on
Voice notes in. Platform-specific content out. Approval workflow, schedule or revise. Built on the same automation stack that runs the publishing operation.
Ghost Writing
Your idea. Your name. Our words.
You have the knowledge, the experience, or the story. What you need is someone who can turn it into a book that reads like it was written by someone who has done this before - because it was.
We work from what you already have. Existing notes, recordings, drafts, research. We interview you to extract what is not yet on the page. We build a voice bible specific to you so that every word sounds like yours. Then we write it.
Basic
Manuscript Supplied
£150 per 1,000 words
You provide the material - notes, recordings, a rough draft. We write to your voice and your brief. Clean, publication-ready prose. No research, no interviews, no structural overhaul.
Full Service
Research, Interview & Write
£3,000 + £150 per 1,000 words
We interview you, research the subject, build a voice bible from your existing work, design the structure, and write it from the ground up. You are involved at every stage. The result reads entirely like you.
All ghost writing engagements begin with a diagnostic session. Technical or highly specialised subject matter is quoted individually.
Get In Touch
One email. That is all it takes.
Tell us about your manuscript, where you are, and what you are trying to build. We will tell you honestly whether we can help - and what it would look like if we can.
publishing@barringtonbond.comNo forms. No funnels. One conversation.