Helping Writers Find an Audience

Shared Pen is a startup dedicated to helping writers find an audience. We do this by providing e-book and softcover publishing for writers’ completed works. Shared Pen bears the cost of converting your manuscript into a softcover book and an e-book. Shared Pen then sets up your book for sale at Amazon.com (softcover and e-book), Barnes and Noble and iBook (e-book only).  You take 75% of the net revenue, we take 25%. We are not successful unless you are. There are no gimmicks or hidden fees. The sales price of the book will be determined by its size.

We are a small company and work closely with the authors. We will create an internet presence for your book, create a Facebook page, add your book to reading groups like Goodreads.com and others, and promote your book through these social media. After 25 sales we will build a website to the author.
The author will be able to buy the book as whole sale (1-100).

Send us your query (Go to Publish with Us) and we will let you know the steps to get started with us.

New Book!

Buy the softcover now in Amazon!
This story begins in 2003, when two sisters find a thirty-three-year-old unopened letter. Their father had written the letter to their older brother, Johnny, who was killed before it arrived in Vietnam. And so this letter was returned home. They discover their father had kept it, sealed, for all those years.

The Letter - A Family’s Tale Unplugged, goes back to 1969, when ten-year-old Terri enjoys a care-free life. Then the Vietnam War brings turmoil into her family’s life when her oldest brother, Johnny, decides to join the Marines and fight for his country. A short year later, two Marines bring news of Johnny’s death. 

The letters her brother writes home and countless interviews with family members long after his death bring to life a young warrior who left behind a void that can be felt decades later. Showing one family’s struggle through loss and back to normalcy, The Letter is a loving and caring monument to the people who fought in the war zones of Vietnam and at home. 
The Boy From The Sword is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom’s Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of PBS’s Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of
Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times
best-selling Author and; LeAnn Thieman, motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books. Parents and educators look for the Mom’s
Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and
families
PRESS:  Celebrating literature

Design
by Joseoh Hugener - Long Grove

Q/A

Q. What happens if I have published my book through Shared Pen, but a traditional publishers decides they want the book?
A. In that case you have our congratulations! At any point in time we can take the book off our site, Amazon and B&N. And we have no rights to anything in your book other than a share of the revenue for sales through our site and other channels we have established, so we will not get in the way of your contract.
Q. What does it really cost me to do this?
A. It doesn’t cost you anything except a sharing of your up-side. There are no fees to you for publishing through us. We bear the cost of converting your manuscript to standard e-book and softcover formats and of creating the pages on our site, Amazon and B&N to sell the book.