Helping Authors Bring Stories to Life — And to the World

Full-service author support: ghostwriting, publishing, design, and marketing under one roof.

About Us

From Manuscript to Marketplace
We Do It All

At Chicago Crossroads Publishing, we’re more than just a publishing service. We’re a dedicated team of storytellers, strategists, designers, and marketers committed to helping authors take their ideas from concept to global reach. Whether you’re starting with a single idea or have a finished manuscript, we provide comprehensive solutions that cover every step of the author journey, including ghostwriting, editing, cover design, publishing, audiobook production, author websites, social media campaigns, and even Times Square promotions.

About Us

Empowering Every Story to Be Heard

To empower authors and publishers with professional, affordable, and creative services that bring their stories to life and connect them with the audiences who need to hear them.

What Makes Us Different?

End-to-End Support

The ideation process is a crucial phase in the design process where creative thinking and brainstorming

Creative Excellence

Research is a critical component of the design process, helping designers understand the problem

Marketing Power

Designing a process involves several key steps to ensure clarity, efficiency, good implementation

One Point of Contact

Testing is a crucial phase in the design process to ensure that the product or system meets the specified requirements

Our Trusted Customers

We have served 600+ client all around the world

What Our Customer Says About Us

Elizabeth Montary

"Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach."

Elizabeth Montary

"Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach."

Frequently Asked Questions

Explore our most frequently asked questions — each answered to bring clarity and confidence to your publishing ambitions.

We provide end-to-end book publishing services — from ghostwriting and editing to audiobook production, cover design, and global distribution.

Why this helps: We handle ghostwriting, developmental & copy editing, eBook conversion (Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, Nook), print-on-demand setup, audiobook production and marketing so your book is ready for readers on every major format.

Yes — we support self-publishing projects end-to-end, including eBook formatting and platform-ready files for Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, and others.

Why this helps: We prepare properly formatted EPUB/MOBI files, set metadata, guide ISBN assignment, and enable distribution across marketplaces and POD retailers so your title appears where readers buy books. 

Our ghostwriting + editorial workflow pairs you with a pro writer and follows structured stages: outline, draft, developmental edit, copyedit, and proofreading.

Why this helps: Milestones, sample chapters, and revision rounds ensure the manuscript — print and eBook versions — is publication-ready. We also handle interior formatting for print and digital.

We create multi-channel book marketing plans using SEO, social media, email, press outreach, and optional out-of-home promotions like Times Square placements.

Why this helps: We combine on-page SEO (author & book pages), content marketing, paid social campaigns, and PR to drive discoverability across search, retail platforms (Amazon Kindle, Apple Books), and offline promotion channels.

Pricing varies by package; timelines typically range from a few weeks (editing, eBook conversion) to several months (full ghostwritten book + production + marketing).

Why this helps: Example ranges: editing/formatting & eBook conversion — 2–6 weeks; audiobook production — 3–8 weeks; full ghostwriting + production + launch — 3–9 months. We provide a customized quote after manuscript review.

We design professional book covers, interior layouts, illustrations, and conversion-ready eBook art, children books illustrations, plus conversion-optimized author websites.

Why this helps: A high-impact cover and clean eBook/print layout boost click-throughs and reviews; we also build author sites that funnel readers to retailer pages (Buy on Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo).

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Let’s Bring Your Vision to Life