Black & White Publishing
A popular and economical choice for self-help books centered on guidance, exercises, stories, strategies, and other primarily text-based content.
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Self-Help Book Publishing
Publish Your Self-Help Book. Help Readers Move Forward.
Turn your insight, experience, and practical guidance into a professionally published self-help book with expert book design, editing, multiple formats, worldwide distribution, and personalized publishing support while keeping 100% of your rights and royalties.
Professional Self-Help Publishing
Turn Helpful Ideas Into a Book Readers Can Trust
Whether you are helping readers build confidence, strengthen relationships, develop new habits, navigate change, or improve an area of life, professional publishing helps your message feel clear, credible, and approachable.
Professional Book Production
Present your guidance with professional cover design, interior formatting, editing options, and production support.
Multiple Book Formats
Publish in paperback and hardback, with eBook and audiobook options available to reach readers in the formats they prefer.
Worldwide Distribution
Make your book available through an extensive network of online retailers, wholesalers, and distribution channels.
Your Book, Your Rights
Keep 100% of your rights and royalties while receiving personalized support throughout the publishing process.
Self-Help of Every Kind
What Kind of Change Will Your Book Help Readers Make?
Self-help books can inspire new perspectives, teach practical strategies, and guide readers through meaningful personal change. Your book can be professionally published for the audience and purpose you have in mind.
Personal Growth
Help readers build confidence, develop better habits, set goals, and create meaningful change.
Relationships & Communication
Share guidance for stronger relationships, healthier communication, connection, and personal boundaries.
Motivation & Success
Give readers practical strategies for motivation, achievement, productivity, purpose, and success.
Happiness & Mindset
Explore perspective, resilience, gratitude, emotional growth, and ways to create a more fulfilling life.
Life Transitions
Support readers through career changes, loss, retirement, reinvention, and other important turning points.
Parenting & Family
Offer experience and practical advice for parenting, family relationships, caregiving, and everyday challenges.
Career & Professional Growth
Help readers strengthen leadership, career direction, workplace skills, and professional confidence.
Specialized Guidance
Turn your own expertise, method, or life experience into focused guidance for a specific audience or challenge.
Choose Your Publishing Path
Self-Help Book Publishing Options
Choose black & white or full-color publishing based on your manuscript, workbook elements, illustrations, charts, photography, and other visual content.
Full-Color Publishing
Ideal when photographs, illustrations, worksheets, charts, diagrams, or other visual elements are an important part of the reader experience.
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Want Publishing and Marketing Bundled Together?
The Non-Fiction One-Click Suite combines professional book publishing with marketing services selected for nonfiction authors, including self-help authors, in one comprehensive package.
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Formats for Your Book
Publish Your Self-Help Book in the Formats Readers Want
Choose from popular trim sizes and paperback and hardback options, then expand your reach with professionally published eBook and audiobook editions.
Free Self-Help Publishing Resource
Get Your Free Publishing Kit
Start planning your book with helpful information about professional self-publishing, book production, distribution, and marketing.
Customize Your Publishing Plan
Professional Services for Your Self-Help Book
Add the professional publishing and marketing services that best support your message, audience, and publishing goals.
From Self-Help Authors
Authors Share Their Publishing Experience
Hear from authors who have trusted Outskirts Press to professionally publish books that inform, encourage, and help readers.
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Author of 2 Award-Winning Self-Help Books
“I chose Outskirts for my 1st book, My Dog is More Enlightened Than I Am because I loved how they package everything at a set price and makes it easy for their first time authors. When publishing my 2nd book, My Dog is My Relationship Coach, there wasn't a question that I would use them again. The communication and expertise from editors, designers, and marketing is priceless!”
Maureen Scanlon
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Author of 2 Books
“One-Click publishing was just right for me! The ‘process’ pushed me to finish my book and get it published! The editors showed me that I was rusty. They were great and really improved my final product. All involved, from the cover design to editing to marketing were amazing!”
John Timmerman
Ready to Publish Your Self-Help Book?
Turn your experience, expertise, and guidance into a professionally published self-help book with personalized support from an experienced publishing team.
Author Experiences
Why Authors Trust Our Full-Service Publishing
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“Simply the Best”
The People in the Sky was my 10th book with Outskirts Press. As expected, everything went smoothly and quickly, resulting in another beautiful book. Outskirts Press is everything you want in a self-publisher and more.
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Outskirts' people simply do not make promises they don't keep.
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Always professional and friendly. Quick response to email and complete explanation of any and all of my questions.
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“Outskirts Delivers Excellence!”
I am extremely grateful to everyone at Outskirts Press. My team was great, I could not have asked for anyone more knowledgeable, efficient or patient.
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“A Great Publishing Experience”
My contact person kept me well informed during the publication progress. The online platform was easy to use and the finished book was superb! Kudos to Outskirts Press!
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“An Honest Publisher in an Industry Filled with Scams”
Outskirts Press creates beautiful physical books and makes them available everywhere. They also offer a variety of other services, including many around book marketing.
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“Above and Beyond”
The service exceeded all of my expectations. Everyone was knowledgeable, offered valuable advice and guidance, and was always willing to assist and answer questions. Throughout the process, I felt fully supported and never alone.
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“Outskirts is Top of the Line”
The entire staff is friendly, responsive, and provides timely feedback. They make the cost of producing a professionally published book more than reasonable. I will definitely return to Outskirts Press for my next book.
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Prompt replies to all my emails was much appreciated. This was my 3rd book with Outskirts and I was very satisfied with the finished product.
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“Exemplary Service Provided to 1st Time-Author”
Outskirts Press supported me at every stage of the publishing process, clearly explaining each step along the way. As a first-time author, I now feel fully prepared to market my book.