A boutique publishing imprint guiding poets, pastors, and first-time authors from manuscript to finished book — with the patience a good book deserves.
No royalty splits. You keep one hundred percent of what your book earns.
Six short guides on how publishing actually works — and how Smith For Christ Publishing walks it with you, from the first idea to a finished book. Free to read, no sign-up. Start wherever your questions are.
What it truly takes to bring a book into the world — and how we carry that work, so the message you were given is not lost to the logistics.
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DownloadGoing it alone, a vanity press, or a true partner who keeps your book yours — an honest look at all three roads, side by side.
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DownloadEverything a book needs between idea and shelf — the seven crafts we carry, and what one partner for the whole journey means.
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DownloadThe four ways to work with us — Cover & Files, Design & Production, Manuscript to Market, and à la carte — with what each includes and a typical investment range.
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DownloadStraight answers to the questions authors ask most — rights, ISBNs, formats, copyright, DRM, royalties, and the practical realities of publishing.
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DownloadThe full journey from the first idea to a finished book — the eleven stages, the questions we ask, and what to expect at each step.
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DownloadEach volume below was shepherded from manuscript to finished book by Smith For Christ Publishing — cover to cover, page by page.
A memoir of Stage One, written for the man whose hiding is about to stop, or just has. Sixteen short chapters about the hours after the truth came out, the apology that mattered most, and what the first thirty days actually require.
The framework book. Twenty chapters across five stages — Exposure, Identity, Renewal, Restoration, Legacy — with an appendix that puts each stage in the reader’s hands as a process.
What Stage Five looks like when it walks beside someone else’s Stage One. Twenty-four chapters for ministry leaders, program facilitators, sponsors, and wives — including a contributed chapter from Cindy Smith in her own voice.
The workbook companion to the series — the five-stage Path, walked one page at a time. Built for personal use, small groups, recovery ministries, and program facilitators who want the framework in their hands as a process, not a read.
Other titles brought into the world through the imprint.
Identity rooted in transformation rather than self-affirmation. A clear-eyed look at biblical identity and renewal in a culture that confuses the two.
The 90 Year Edition. A keepsake gathering of family recipes, kitchen wisdom, and the table that taught a family to gather — Charlotte Ann Vaughan Brown’s cookbook, brought into print with Susie Smith Offenbacker.
A pastoral examination of universalism and how its assumptions have quietly entered modern church teaching. A clear, careful warning, written for the pew and the pulpit.
Additional titles in production. Contact us for the full catalogue.
No two authors arrive at the same place. Some come with a polished manuscript, a title they’ve lived with for years, and a clear sense of the reader they’re writing for. Others come with a stack of pages, a few strong instincts, and a prayer that the book will find its shape.
Both are welcome here. Smith For Christ Publishing is a small imprint built around a single idea: that the work of bringing a book into the world deserves patient, personal care. No assigned project managers. No royalty splits. No surprises. Just a steady pair of hands walking with you from first conversation to finished book.
The pricing below reflects three engagement levels based on where your manuscript is today and how much of the work you’d like carried alongside you. The goal is a book you are proud of, priced fairly for the actual work required.
Each level builds on the one before it. We’ll talk through which fits your manuscript during our first conversation — and if you’re between two, we’ll find the right middle ground.
For the author whose manuscript is already in good hands — yours.
Starting at $1,800
You have a polished manuscript, a title you trust, and a rough idea of what you want the cover to say. You need someone to bring it across the finish line.
For the author who needs help with the pages around the poems — and the book’s face.
Starting at $3,200
Your manuscript is solid, but the bio, the back cover blurb, the cover design, and the sequence of the book are still in motion. You want a partner who’ll help you land each of them well.
For the author carrying something meaningful who needs a partner for the whole walk.
Starting at $5,500
You have the material and the calling, but the book is still finding its shape. You want thoughtful hands on every part of it — organization, introduction, cover, bio, launch — and the time to do it right.
Any of these can be added to any engagement level, or commissioned on their own.
These are real costs charged by Bowker, KDP, and IngramSpark — not marked up. We’ll either handle them on your behalf and itemize them on your invoice, or set up your own accounts and you’ll pay them directly.
We talk. I listen for your book’s shape, your voice, and what you need. No fee for this.
I come back with a written proposal — which tier fits, any add-ons, a timeline, and a fixed price.
You see real pages quickly. Rounds of revision are built in. Nothing goes live without your yes.
A physical proof is printed and delivered to you before the book is made available to the world.
The first conversation is free. An hour, a phone call or a cup of coffee, and an honest read on where your manuscript is and what it will take to finish well.
Email Smith For Christ PublishingResponse within two business days.