What 1000 Storybooks Does

1000 Storybooks removes all the common barriers to publishing children’s picture books by doing EVERYTHING except write the first draft of the story!

All you have to do is write a decent, 14-page story that is 300 – 1,000 words in length, and we will get you from DRAFT to DONE. Once you’ve got a manuscript ready, we will provide…

  • Professional editing
  • Book cover design
  • 14, custom illustrations (one for each page to accompany the text)
  • Book formatting for publishing as a KDP paperback and case laminate hardcover
  • 3D images great for use on your website and for posting on social media
  • Advertising graphics as needed

The finished files will be ready to publish via KDP and Ingramspark for sale on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and everywhere else Ingram distributes your book, including brick and mortar bookstores!

 

check out a Few of the Projects
We've Done So Far!

The best Part !

The best part is that the finished product will be of truly professional quality… And only cost $1,000!

The typical cost for this level of work is $2,000-10,000! Yikes!

And even at the high prices that you’ll find elsewhere, you’ll likely still have to split the royalties from sales of your book with the illustrator.

At 1000 Storybooks, you will be the sole owner and copyright holder of the finished product, and you won’t have to share royalties with anyone! EVER! There is no monster at the end of the book! 🙂

Search all you want. There is nothing on the planet even CLOSE to the value of 1000 Storybooks!

What Customers are Saying!

Matt Stone – who runs 1000 Storybooks with his daughter – is truly one of the good guys of the self-publishing industry. Everything he does is high quality at a fair price. As usual, I had a fantastic experience doing my self-published children’s book, Collette Hates Pets, with 1000 Storybooks – if you want to see the results, check it out on Amazon. They listened to me, were always a pleasure to work with, and most importantly, did a great job.

I also am a successful royalty published author (12 books for major publishers), and have used Matt’s companies for nearly all of my self-published projects: 100Covers for cover design, Buck Books for launch promotion, and BookAds to manage my advertising campaigns. Our work has yielded two category #1 bestsellers on Amazon as well as other successful books, and it’s always a smooth and professional experience. And trust me, that isn’t the case with many firms in the author services business. If you want to bring your children’s book to life AND have a great experience, you can’t go wrong with 1000 Storybooks.

Rich Gallagher

Rich Gallagher

Just a note of applause for 1000 storybooks and their super expert team! They helped me take a silly little story written for my young niece and nephew while I was babysitting to a polished, beautifully illustrated and commercial kid’s book! Over the course of a few months they helped me pare down, tighten up and smoothly edit my creative endeavors to a reasonable length for kids to read aloud and enjoy with their parents. I’m excited to see the results of my collaboration with 1000 storybooks in book form and watch what happens next with the adventure of my kids book in the marketplace! 5 Stars!

Mary Lu Cannon

Mary Lu Cannon

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Amy Foltz
Amy Foltz
2023-10-02
I'm very happy with my whole experience with 1000 Books and with the outcome of the book. They were very professional and accommodating with my requests throughout the process. Phyllis, my project manager, was always very cheerful and answered my many questions in a timely manner. I highly recommend their services.
Francine F
Francine F
2023-09-29
Phyllis at 1000storybooks came unto my project after I had been having many delays and communication issues with previous project manger (who no longer works for the company). My project had been delayed by months and Phyllis quickly reviewed all the emails, acknowledged my frustration and resolved the issues. She was polite, prompt, and professional. I think my project would have progressed smoothly if she had been my project manager from the beginning. My children's book illustration process then moved ahead smoothly and with good timing. I was very happy with the final product and my book has been published. Regarding 1000storybooks itself, I will definitely commend the editing team which was fantastic and the illustrations were great. The only downside is not being able to communicate with illustrator directly and going through the project manager - which is great when you have a good one like Phyllis otherwise, it can be a rate limiting step.
Be Extraordinary Publishing
Be Extraordinary Publishing
2023-09-27
I absolutely love working with 1000 Storybooks I am ecstatic with Phyliss, who has helped me every step of the way. Right now, I am about to publish the children's book that has sat in my computer for years thanks to Phyliss and 1000 Storybooks. They edited my work, illustrated it beautifully and made an amazing cover. I couldn't even believe how amazing it all came out. I am so excited to finally bring my book to the world. I had written this children's book many years ago and always wanted to publish it but I didn't know how to get it illustrated and the costs were too high so it stayed in my computer for years. I had worked with Phyliss for years on book cover projects and when I heard they had extended to creating children's books, I took the leap of faith and I am so glad I did! The process was so smooth and easy. Best of all, they have attention to detail, lots of patience and they guide you ever step of the way. I wholeheartedly endorse 1000 Storybooks. If you have a children's book you want to publish, do not hesitate, contact them today! Who knows, in a month from now you too, could have your book illustrated and ready to publish!
Alastair Mckenna
Alastair Mckenna
2023-09-26
Working with 1000 Storybooks was a joy. The whole team were very helpful with every step of the process in creating a Kids Picture Book. I will be using 1000 Story books again because they really know KidLit.
Anthony Metivier
Anthony Metivier
2023-09-22
1000 Storybooks is amazing. As soon as I saw the finalized print copy of my first title in this genre, I ordered two more and want to continue. I have a massive project and the 1000 Storybooks team are fun to work with, play close attention to each and every details and are surprisingly quick to respond. I highly recommend you work with them for your project.
Jason Cannon
Jason Cannon
2023-09-21
This is the same team as 100Covers, who I have raved about and use for many of my covers. My experience working with them on a children's book has been exactly the same--professional, communicative, collaborative, patient. Highly recommend!!
Tammie Sandoval
Tammie Sandoval
2023-09-18
Working with 1000 Storybooks was an amazing experience. Not only do they provide a wonderful service but their client servicing approach is unmatched. They were responsive, thoughtful and committed throughout the entire publishing process, even helping with platforms and websites that weren’t their own. I would recommend them for all of your children’s book publishing needs.
Julee Peterson
Julee Peterson
2023-09-17
I came to 1000storybooks after working with an illustrator that wasn’t able to get the job done. Phyllis was so easy to work, quick to reply to emails and always made sure not to drop the ball by sending reminders and checking in with me. I would highly recommend 1000storybooks to anyone looking for quality illustrations and professional service. I plan to continue to use them in the future.
Liz Downey
Liz Downey
2023-09-15
I have worked with 1000 storybooks for the last three years and their project managers, editors and illustrators are outstanding. I am currently working with Phyllis Ngo my overall project manager and Murat Mert Titiz, my editor on my latest children’s book. Phyllis is so pleasant with whom to work and she has gone out of her way to make the editing process easy . Murat has made superb editing suggestions. Without 1000 storybooks advice and counsel, my books would still be manuscripts and would never have been published. Thank you to 1000 storybooks! I look forward to working with Phyllis and Murat on my next book.
Kristin McQuistan
Kristin McQuistan
2023-09-14
I highly recommend this company. I found myself in a situation rushing to get a book dedicated to my grandmother done before she passed away. Due to the hard work of Phyllis and her team we were able to get the book completed and in the hands of my grandmother just weeks before her passing. She was thrilled! I will forever be grateful for their hard work and dedication.

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Make a fully refundable $500 deposit today to make your dream real! If you have any questions, simply Contact Us or read through the FAQ below.

F A Q

Our standard books are done at 8.5X8.5 inch size, and all are produced at the industry standard 32 pages. Sticking to the same size every time really streamlines our process, allowing us to keep our rates extremely affordable. If you’d like a different size, no problem! But there will be an additional $500 fee added to your final payment upon completion of the project.

We can absolutely do whatever you want, but there will be an additional $500 charge for custom layouts that differ from our standard text-on-the-left, illustration-on-the-right (as shown in the example book in the video at the top).

We do not. With all the print-on-demand services available, it’s very impractical to self-publish your book in any other way. The files we give you are best uploaded to Amazon (via KDP) and Ingramspark, which will allow you to order inexpensive or free “proof” copies to see the book before listing it for sale. You’ll also be able to order as many copies of your book for physical delivery as you like at a heavily-discounted rate.   

Yes! We’re happy to do work for publishers of all sizes, and give full legal release of our work without any demand for a share of the royalties.

If you publish your book with Ingramspark (recommended for hardcover), they will make your book available to be ordered by brick and mortar bookstores. That doesn’t mean you can expect to see it in the front window at every Barnes and Noble, but if it’s having some success it will trickle into some physical bookstores for sure. And we can advise you on how to submit your book to librarians as well.

That is not included in the basic package, but we do operate a book advertising agency (www.bookads.co) and a book promotion site (www.buckbooks.net) that can both be helpful tools to sell your book. Let us know if you are interested in these services upon completion of your project.

Yes! We will do this after completion of the entire book, inside and out. It’s the very last step. We’ll need some text on the back from you (the book description usually suffices, but quotes are nice if you have any), and an author photo and bio are nice additions if you have them.

We start with the book cover, and our illustrators will try to ace the right look and feel for your book on the very first attempt. We hope to get it right the first time for efficiency’s sake, but are willing to do unlimited revisions and even switch to new illustrators if the first few attempts can’t get the style quite right.

Yes! You’re welcome to give detailed ideas for each and every illustration, or let the illustrator make those judgments based on the story and that illustrator’s strengths and weaknesses. There are pros and cons to both approaches, so it’s really up to you to decide what route you’d like to take. 

Yes, but then we’d have to KILL you! 🙂 You will be able to type or record any messages that you would like to relay to the illustration team, and they will be forwarded to them, but unfortunately we must keep the identities of our illustrators a secret to keep them from getting stolen from us!

We will refund up to 100% of your deposit if you request a refund before we begin the editing and illustration. Once we begin work on the project and begin investing time and money into the book ourselves, we will only be able to refund up to half of your initial deposit if you are unsatisfied with our work or need to cancel the order for any reason before completion. Of course, if we are truly negligent for any reason or need to terminate the project due to circumstances that we’re at fault for, we will offer a full refund no matter how much we’ve invested into the project. 

Yes! The first book in your series will always be full price, but each book after your first one will be a minimum of 25% off our standard rates. For really large series (more than three), we can often do even better than that. Contact Us for quotes on large orders. 

If everything goes smoothly and no revisions are needed, the project can be completed as quickly as 60 days from the time the order is placed, but our average turnaround time with a few rounds of editing and revision is more like 90 days.

No, we do not. For the time being, we are sticking to what we do best, but in the future we plan to expand to take on a wider variety of illustration projects. 

Yes! We do it all, and with minimal upcharges for these items. 

Yes and no. If you have your own illustrator, you do not need our service. If you have your own editor or feel like you don’t need one, we do not offer discounts to discourage our authors from cutting corners just to save what would likely be $100 at most. Even if your manuscript has already been edited, we still prefer to give it another round of edits ourselves to make sure it’s up to professional standards. 

Our Story

1000 Storybooks was born from the highly-reputable book cover design service, 100 Covers. 100 Covers is known for providing stunning, publishing-house quality book cover design work for just 10-30% of the going rates. The quality to price ratio is unparalleled in the industry.

As 100 Covers grew and expanded into book cover illustration for children’s books, the vision for 1000 Storybooks became crystal clear.

Just as we made 100 Covers the best value in the industry by far, we knew we could do the exact same thing for authors looking to publish competitive children’s picture books.

1000 Storybooks was born and is run by Emily, daughter of 100 Covers CEO, Matt Stone! Emily watched the success of 100 Covers unfold from day 1 and brings the same vision for exceeding customer expectations on every project.

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