helping authors find their bootstraps

Bootstrap Books

Bootstraps plural: A loop on a boot, used to help pull it on.

Improving one’s situation by self-determination

Often used in the phrase “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”

helping authors find their bootstraps

Bootstrap Books

Bootstraps plural: A loop on a boot, used to help pull it on.

Improving one’s situation by self-determination

Often used in the phrase “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”

who we are

A Unique Company

Bootstrap Books and its imprints offer big-city knowledge with a hometown feel. We believe every author deserves the same amount of attention to detail. Our knowledgeable staff guides the writer through each step of the in-house process, including editing and design of the book. Bootstrap Books also provides marketing for each one of its published authors.

who we are

A Revolutionary Publishing Company 

Bootstrap Books is a publishing company like none other. We helps authors self-publish professional-looking work. 

wHY WE ARE DIFFERENT

We also offer services for independent authors

Unlike the traditional concept above, Bootstrap Books Consulting does not buy your manuscript and does not take control of it. Instead, the consulting team helps you make your manuscript into the best version possible, while navigating you through the confusing world of self-publishing.

wHY WE ARE DIFFERENT

KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR WORK 

Unlike the traditional concept, Bootstrap Books does not buy your manuscript and does not take control of it. Instead, Bootstrap Books helps you make your manuscript into the best version possible, while navigating you through the confusing world of publishing. You also keep all your rights and royalties and, most importantly, full control over you final product.

Our Latest Books

Stories from Ireland and America

On par with a memoir, but without the structure, Msgr. O’Neill shares the hard-to-believe-but-true antidotes and events of his life, starting as a practical joker kid in Tipperary, Ireland, and proceeding to America where the antics continued. Light-hearted, humorous, and memorable, this book will entertain and endear you to him forever.

What Ever Happened to Heather?

In 1958, Heather McAllister's husband commits her to Milledgeville State Asylum and tells their young children Heather died there. Eighteen years later, Heather's twenty-six-year-old daughter, Mattie, takes a job at the same asylum. Mattie soon uncovers that there is no record of her mother's death; in fact, there is little record of her at all. Join Mattie as she discovers her mother's past. Don't you want to know What Ever Happened to Heather? 

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Each time I’ve worked with Bootstrap Books, I’ve found them to be kind, patient, and knowledgeable. During my tedious editing phase, Bootstraps was there to cheer me on. They’ve guided me through the maze of publishing. Finding Bootstraps was a blessing and the turning point in my writing career.

Ann O’Leary