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Oil & Ink is a full-service publishing house for pastors, educators, leaders, and first-time authors. We take your book from a rough idea to a finished copy in your hand, and we teach you how to manage it once it's out.

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Books we've brought to print

Devotionals, teaching, testimony, and stewardship, in English and in Spanish.

A note to pastors and educators

You've spent years teaching, and most of what you've taught has only ever been heard by the people who were in the room.

There are sermon series in your files, lecture notes in binders, outlines on your laptop, and ideas you've tested in front of real people until you knew they worked. I've been a pastor for 36 years, and I know how hard it is to find the time to sit down and turn all of that into a book.

That's the part we do for you. You hand us your notes, your recordings, your outlines, and your research, and we talk with you until we understand what you teach and how you say it. Then our writers build the manuscript in your voice, and nothing goes to print until you've approved it.

What you carry might be a sermon series, a course you've taught for years, a study, a theory, or a concept you've never had the chance to write down. If you've taught it, it can be a book with your name on the cover, and we'll take it all the way from your notes to print.

I want to see your work outlive the room it was taught in.

Manny RiveraOwner, Oil & Ink Publishing

Tell us what you teach

What you can hand us

  • Sermon series, manuscripts, and transcripts
  • Lecture notes and course material
  • Audio and video recordings
  • Research, studies, and papers
  • Outlines and unfinished drafts
  • A concept you've only ever taught out loud

Everything a book needs, in the order it needs it.

Hire us for the whole process or for a single step. Every service below is available on its own, and you keep every file we produce for you.

Planning and writing

For authors who have the message and need a plan, or help getting it onto the page.

Publishing consultation
A one-on-one session that maps your book from first idea to release day: format, timeline, budget, and the services you'll need.
Book coaching
Scheduled sessions that take you from an idea and an outline to a finished first draft.
Ghostwriting
Your message, your stories, and your voice, written with you by a professional. Your name goes on the cover.
Teaching-to-book development
We turn a sermon series, lecture notes, course material, or recordings into a structured manuscript.
Manuscript assessment
A full read and a written report on what's working, what isn't, and what to do next.

Editing

Four passes, each with a different job.

Developmental editing
Structure, argument, chapter order, and what belongs in the book at all.
Line editing
Sentence by sentence, for clarity, rhythm, and a voice that still sounds like you.
Copyediting
Grammar, punctuation, and consistency, with every Scripture reference and citation checked.
Proofreading
A final read of the typeset pages before anything goes to print.

Design and production

How the book looks and feels in a reader's hands.

Cover design
Front cover, spine, and back cover for paperback and hardcover, plus the ebook cover.
Interior design and typesetting
Page layout, typography, and chapter openers, with no widows, orphans, or stranded headings.
Ebook formatting
Clean Kindle and EPUB files that read properly on every device.
Back cover copy and author bio
The few short paragraphs that sell the book to someone holding it for the first time.
Translation and Spanish editions
English to Spanish and Spanish to English, so your book reaches both audiences.
Audiobook production
Narration, editing, and finished files ready for audiobook retailers.
Illustrations and interior graphics
Charts, diagrams, and artwork made for your book.

Publishing and distribution

The paperwork, the printing, and the path to readers.

ISBN and barcode
An ISBN for each format and a retail-ready barcode on the back cover.
Copyright and Library of Congress
U.S. copyright registration and a Library of Congress Control Number.
Publishing account setup
Your retail and distribution accounts, opened in your name so the book and its royalties stay yours.
Print and ebook distribution
Paperback, hardcover, and ebook, printed on demand and available to online retailers, bookstores, and libraries.
Categories, keywords, and pricing
The listing details that decide whether readers can find your book.
Author copies and bulk orders
Copies at print cost for your church, your conference table, or your next event.

Launch and marketing

Getting the finished book in front of the people it was written for.

Marketing consultation
A marketing plan written for your book and your audience, covering the months before and after release.
Launch planning
A timeline for pre-orders, your launch team, and release week.
Retail listing and author page
A book description and author page that give readers a reason to buy.
Author and book websites
A website for you as an author, a dedicated page for a single book, or both, each with a place to collect emails and inquiries. See website prices
Launch graphics and social media kit
Cover mockups, quote graphics, and announcement posts ready to share.
Endorsements and foreword
Help requesting endorsements and a foreword, and placing them in the book.
Media kit
A one-page sheet for the podcasts, churches, and conferences that want to host you.

Author training

You keep the keys to your book.

Your book is published on your own accounts, under your own name. Then we show you how to run them.

Plenty of authors publish a book and never learn how to manage it, so every price change or corrected page means calling someone else. We work the other way. Once your book is live, we sit down with you inside your own publishing dashboards, including Amazon KDP and IngramSpark, until you're comfortable handling it yourself.

Already self-published? We also train authors whose books are out and who want a firmer grip on their own listings.

For people who haven't started yet, we hold new author workshops that walk through the whole road from first idea to published book.

Ask about training and workshops

What you'll know how to do

  • Read your sales and royalty reports
  • Update your description, price, and categories
  • Order author copies at print cost
  • Set up pre-orders and price promotions
  • Upload a corrected file or a new edition
  • Find your payment and tax settings when you need them
Manny and Victoria Rivera

Meet Manny and Victoria Rivera

Founders of Oil & Ink Publishing

Oil & Ink Publishing is a family-owned company led by Manny and Victoria Rivera, a husband and wife who have worked side by side in ministry for more than three decades and now do the same for authors.

Manny is an author, a publisher, and a pastor. In 36 years of ministry he has planted four churches, trained leaders, and preached in more than 50 nations, and he serves today as Lead Pastor of Impact Church Georgia. His books include Killing Barabbas, Know Your Place! And Stay There!, 21 Days to a New Beginning, and a series of discipleship devotionals. He knows the road from rough notes to a finished book because he has traveled it with his own titles, and he brings that experience to every author Oil & Ink publishes.

Victoria is a preacher, a conference speaker, and a co-author of books with Manny, and she has served in ministry alongside him for 36 years. She has traveled to multiple nations preaching at women's conferences, and she is a musician, singer, and songwriter. At Oil & Ink she works with authors on developmental editing, helping shape the structure and flow of a manuscript before it goes any further, and she handles web design for authors who need a website for themselves or for a book.

At Oil & Ink they offer authors honest editing, careful design, and a publisher who stays with you until you can manage your book yourself.

Oil for the message. Ink for the page.

Our name says what we believe a good book needs. The oil is the anointing on the message. The ink is the craft that carries it to the reader.

We work with pastors, educators, ministry leaders, and people who have never written a book before and aren't sure where to begin.

Tell us about your book.

A few lines is plenty. Let us know where the book stands today and what kind of help you're looking for, and we'll reply by email.

Want to give us the full picture? Fill out the book questionnaire and choose the services you need.

Based in Georgia. Working with authors everywhere.