About
I help artists, students, journalists, writers, and families turn their work and personal archives into books that will last for generations. This includes handwritten journals, articles, letters, photographs, artwork, academic papers, and family histories.
My interest in preserving this material is personal. After my mother died in 2025, I discovered decades of her writing, letters, photographs, and memoir excerpts. I scanned, edited, and designed them as An Ordinary Life: Its Bits and Pieces, then gave copies to family and friends at the celebration of her life. The book gives my children a lasting connection to their grandmother.
I also created Botanical Apartheid to preserve decades of my own journalism in one accessible print and digital collection.
I provide personal guidance through editing, design, production, and distribution. I use services such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, the Book Patch, and BookBaby when they suit a project, and I work with trusted printers, translators, illustrators, and designers when additional expertise is needed. Clients retain their copyrights, and there are no hidden fees.
Significant discounts are available to students, non-profits, and currently or formerly incarcerated people.
Services
- Personal guidance at any stage of the self-publishing process
- Memoirs, art books, children’s books, anthologies, academic works, family histories, memorial books, print books, ebooks, and digital flip books
- Conversion of diaries, letters, articles, academic papers, photographs, artwork, text messages, voicemails, recordings, videos, and family archives into polished manuscripts and books
- Scanning, transcription, editing, proofreading, book formatting, cover design, narration, and production assistance
- Publishing and distribution plans using Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, BookBaby, and other appropriate services
- Technical help with InDesign, Premiere Pro, Microsoft Word, and related publishing workflows
- Referrals to trusted printers, translators, transcription services, editors, illustrators, narrators, and graphic designers
- Competitive, transparent pricing with no hidden fees or claims on your copyright
- Significant discounts for students, currently and formerly incarcerated people, and organizations devoted to critical environmental justice
Consultation
- One free initial consultation to discuss your project and determine the best approach
- One additional consultation hour included when you hire me for a project
- No charge for questions I cannot answer; I will help direct you to someone who can
Transcription
- Professional transcription for interviews, documentaries, journalism, voice memos, voicemails, and other recordings
- Human review and correction of AI-generated transcripts
- Speaker identification and transcript correction in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Formatting for closed captions, subtitles, articles, books, academic work, and business use
Feel free to text or call 917 2 one 3 779 O or write jonathan@veitpublishing.com with any questions and to schedule a free consultation. The questionnaire on the Contact page will help me anticipate your needs.