Indigo: editing, design, and more

08/14/2026

Some great book buying advice going into this late summer weekend. The sandwich board in front of Invitation Bookshop in Gig Harbor, WA speaks the truth! More books! Always more books!📚

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[PD: A photo post from Invitation Bookshop. A sandwich board sits on a sidewalk in front of a storefront on a sunny day. It's handwritten text reads, "Should you buy a book today? | down arrow | Have you bought one already? | down arrow pointing to yes, right, and no, left. | Yes | down arrow | One more couldn't hurt! No | down arrow| You should buy a book today!]

08/13/2026

We always have so much fun at our local literary fests! Our Wordstock Mad Libs game was a big hit at the Indigo table during Wordstock 2015.

[PD: A graphic reads "Throwback Thursday" at top with a torn paper design beneath it. A circular stamped Indigo design is in the upper righthand corner. In center, a photo of the Indigo table at Wordstock 2015 appears with a dry erase board, "Wordstock Mab Libs" sitting on top. At the bottom a graphic appearing like paper taped on a page, bears a caption: Fun and games at the Indigo booth during Wordstock 2015!]

08/12/2026

Indigo Recommends: "Choosing the Right Voice for Your Audiobook" by Hannibal Hills for JaneFriedman.com

"By the time you reach the audiobook, you’ve already made a hundred careful decisions. Choosing the narrator is one more, and it deserves the same care, because it has a bigger impact than you might think. A narrator doesn’t just read your book aloud. They play every character, set the pace, and become the only version of the story a listener ever meets. Hand the same book to two narrators and you get two different books back.

"I’ve spent years auditioning for authors and teaching other narrators how to audition and perform, so let me save you the missteps I see most often. It comes down to knowing what to ask for, and what to..."

Read the full piece here: https://janefriedman.com/choosing-the-right-voice-for-your-audiobook/

[PD: A promo graphic for the above article with the site logo, headline, and byline at top. Below is an image of a person with headphones speaking into a microphone while viewed from a recording booth, the screens showing the audio editing software visible below.]

08/11/2026

✒️ As an author, you have options for putting your book out into the world.

📚️ Maybe you’re most interested in traditional publishing—sending your work out to publishing companies or agents and trying to secure a contract so they will buy your work and pay for it to be produced and distributed.

📖 Or maybe you’re most interested in publishing independently—becoming your own publisher, retaining all your rights and royalties, and hiring professionals to do the production for you.

🛣️ Whichever path you’re on, Indigo has services to support you. Our package options provide all the services you’ll need to pursue your dream of publication, and when you sign on for all services within a particular package, you’ll qualify for a 10% discount.

Interested in pricing? Send us your project details here: https://indigoediting.com/contact/

[PD: A promo graphic for the author packages service listed above. Below is a photo of a leather-bound journal atop a desk the side of a laptop with pencils and pens below.]

08/10/2026

🗓️ Save the date for the Virtual Jewish Book Council Writers' Conference on Nov. 8, 2026!

The JBC is also accepting proposals for author-led panels through August 18.

Learn more here: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/2026-jewish-book-council-virtual-writers-conference-panel-proposals

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08/07/2026

🌊 Whether your favorite seaside tale is mysterious, romantic, whimsical, or otherworldly, Bookshop has a great suggestion for the last dog days of the season.

See the full list and check out "Best Beach Reads for the End of Summer" on the Bookshop site here: https://bookshop.org/lists/best-beach-reads-for-the-end-of-summer

[PD: A graphic with an indigo border, "Indigo Recommends" in the top left corner and "Fun, Games, & Activities" in the top right corner. In center is the linked article title below a tiled illustration of books on the above linked list.]

08/06/2026

"So, picture this: you’re a person of color reading a book. All is well. You have your favorite cup of coffee and some snacks nearby, you’re snuggled on your bed, and nothing can stop you from reading. Until you come across a scene in said book that paints your community in a bad light. Your mood is immediately dampened, and you begin to question how such a scene was given the greenlight by the author and the publishing company. A few decades back, thousands of books like that were being published by authors writing outside of their lived experiences. These authors, most of whom were white, never considered the harmful stereotypes being perpetuated by their words, stories, and characters. As a result, various marginalized communities were directly and indirectly harmed. This has since changed for the better because of the hard work being done by sensitivity readers.

What is a sensitivity reader? A sensitivity reader (or authenticity reader, as it’s also called) is a person from a marginalized community responsible for...

Freelance sensitivity reader and co-publisher for Not a Pipe Publishing Viveca Shearin covers processes for proper representation in 'Sensitivity Reading: What Is It?"

Read the full piece here: https://indigoediting.com/sensitivity-reading-what-is-it/

[PD: A gradient graphic showcases the aforementioned blog post. An image of a person writing on a notebook next to a laptop viewed from overhead is center. The author's headshot appears in the bottom lefthand corner next to her byline.]

08/05/2026

A gorgeously perched stack for the first of August from Browsers Bookshop in Olympia, WA . Repost /

[PD: A gradient graphic with a photo post by Browsers Bookshop in center. A tall stack of books is set atop a stool in a bookstore.]

08/04/2026

Indigo Client Spotlight: Rhiannon Beaubien

Rhiannon Beaubien is an espionage expert, editor, and the author of novels Alone Among Spies, The Wrong Kind of Spy, and A Rumor of Spies.

--"Alone Among Spies"
"Jillian likes her job as a signals intelligence officer intercepting German communications. Even though she works undercover in West Berlin during the height of the Cold War, it is safe, predictable -- boring even. All that changes when..."

--"The Wrong Kind of Spy"
"The sequel to the thrilling espionage novel, 'Alone Among Spies.' Jillian knows that her top secret job saves lives. Nothing is more important than maintaining her..."

--"A Rumor of Spies"
"Spying in Cold War Berlin is risky. But for Jillian, it's about to become treacherous. West Berlin, 1976: Jillian, a deep-cover signals intelligence officer, wakes to find her covert spy mission on..."

Learn more about Rhiannon's work here: https://rhiannonbeaubien.com/

[PD: "Indigo Client Spotlight: Rhiannon Beaubien," top left. Below are book covers for the three titles listed above and the author headshot in top right. At bottom is the author bio listed above.]

08/03/2026

Creative nonfiction online magazine Hippocampus hosts HippoCamp Weekend 2026 on August 15–16.

HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers includes "four main separate events, plus evening “chill and chats,” which are informal Zoom meetings that allow registered attendees to connect and reflect."

Learn more here: https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp26/

[PD: A promo graphic for the above listed event with date info at top. A corner reads "Tickets on sale NOW" at the top right. Beneath the date, more text "HippoCamp Weekend 2026 / two days of online CNF goodness / 4 main webinairs / 16 unique sessions / 25+ speakers & readers. / Learn more or register for one or all of them [link above.]"