I'm Stephen Hawley Martin, a professional editor and award-winning author who is also Publisher of The Oaklea Press, and I'm working to expand Oaklea's list of books.

I imagine you're curious and perhaps a bit suspicious about me, and that's not surprising. Unless you've read one of my books, you know nothing about me. Assuming that's the case, I suggest you put my full name, "Stephen Hawley Martin," in Google and hit, "Search." By doing so, you will learn about me from a third party perspective, which I believe will put your mind at ease.

I want to see your manuscript, and if I think it has sales potential, I'll want to publish it. If it's professionally written and ready to go to press, I'll offer to publish it as is. If it needs editing and perhaps some book doctoring, I'll offer to do what's necessary to get it ready for publication for a small fee, usually about $500 for a manuscript of up to 40,000 words. Then I'll publish your book at no cost to you.

Either way, I’ll pay you a royality on sales that’s a higher percentage than most large publishers would pay.

Here's what I'd like you to do. Use the form below to: 1) Tell me about your book. Explain what it's about by writing a brief overview or a short synopsis, and also tell me who you believe will likely want to read it and why. 2) Then use the "Upload File" feature at the bottom of the form to attach a Word document or other word processing file of the manuscript so that I can have a look at it.

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Once I have your manuscript in hand, I'll get back to you in a few days with my decision on next steps.​