Saphira Luna is a boutique studio for indie and self-published authors. We read the manuscript before we write a single line of strategy — then we build the launch around what's actually on the page.
Saphira Luna
Founding Strategist
Client results
Real figures from recent campaigns, as they appear on Amazon and Goodreads today.
Willa R. Finnegan
Campaign complete
Started with no Amazon reviews at all. A structured ARC and early-reader campaign, paired with retail-page and keyword work, took the book to a 4.8-star average.
T S James
Campaign complete
Also launched with zero reviews. Targeted fantasy reader outreach and Goodreads work produced a clean 5.0-star record across every review received.
Jon T. Harris
Campaign complete
A memoir that built steady social proof after launch. Review outreach and Amazon page refinement helped it reach a strong 4.9-star average with a growing review base.
Marianne Huey
Campaign complete
Goodreads-focused positioning and reader engagement drove a healthy rating base for this fantasy-romance series opener.
Jon T. Harris
Live campaign
Published by Saphira Luna last month and currently in active promotion — review outreach, Amazon listing optimisation and trailer promotion are all running now.
Jon T. Harris
Campaign complete
A true-crime memoir that gained early traction through targeted reviewer outreach and retail-page fine-tuning.
Dawn A. Steinman
Just launched — early days
Book one of the Ghost Ship Trilogy. Promotion has only just started — early review outreach and Amazon page work are underway to build the rating base.
David R. Leng
Campaign complete
Cross-platform positioning helped this historical adventure build a broad review base on Amazon and a strong rating on Goodreads.
M. L. Knight
Campaign complete
A Galatea fantasy-romance that already had strong reader momentum. We helped sharpen its retail positioning and cross-platform reach to keep the review base growing.
9
titles per season, no more
Experience
Years of hands-on indie & trade publishing experience
Network
An established network of reviewers, bookstagrammers & newsletters
Return
Authors who come back for book two
What we do
Most authors don't need more tactics. They need a sequence, run by someone who has done it before.
Full service listA season-long plan built around your book's actual readers — pre-order runway, launch week, and the long tail after.
Pitching to reviewers, bookstagram, podcasts, newsletters and literary press that already read in your genre.
A website, newsletter and voice that reads like you — so readers can find you between books, not just at launch.
Blurb, comp titles, category and cover direction, workshopped until the shelf does the selling for you.
The full list
Engagements are assembled from these, in the order your book needs them — never all nine at once.
A season-long plan built around your book's actual readers. Pre-order runway, launch week choreography, and the long tail after.
Pitching to reviewers, bookstagram, podcasts and literary newsletters that already read in your genre. Every pitch written by hand, never blasted.
A small, fast website and a newsletter that sounds like you. Built so readers can find you between books, not only at launch.
Blurb, comp titles, category and cover art direction, workshopped together. The shelf should do the selling before a reader reads a word.
Claimed and polished author and book profiles, then strategic list placements. Your title sits beside the books your readers already finished.
Keywords, categories, series pages and A+ content tuned for discovery. Quiet technical work that keeps paying after launch week.
ARC and early-reader campaigns that land honest reviews where readers actually shop. Steady accumulation, no shortcuts, no bought stars.
Waterstones, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and international storefronts. We open the doors your distributor listing alone will not.
Short, cinematic trailers cut for the feed and the retailer page. Made to stop the scroll and be shared by readers, not just by you.
Why choose us
Plenty of services will sell an indie author reach. We would rather be judged on the six things below — the ones that show up on your retail page months after the launch week is over.
No campaign starts before the manuscript does. Every hook, blurb and trailer line comes out of what is actually on the page — which is why the promise on the ad matches the book a reader finally opens.
ARC teams, early-reader outreach and genre reviewers who really read. Titles that came to us with no reviews at all now sit at 4.8 and 5.0 stars on Amazon.
Amazon keyword and category strategy, A+ content, blurb rewrites and Goodreads claiming — so the traffic we send actually turns into sales instead of bouncing.
Scripted, edited, scored and graded by our own team, delivered in landscape, square and vertical masters. No outsourcing, no template packs, no watermarks.
We deliberately cap the list. Your book is never one of forty on a spreadsheet, and you always speak to the person doing the work.
You get the real numbers — reviews, ranking movement, what worked and what did not — in language you can read without a marketing dictionary.
Sample feedback — full client testimonials coming soon.
“Amazing experience from start to finish. Very professional, creative, responsive, and genuinely committed to helping the book succeed.”
“Impressed with the quality of work. Everything was handled professionally, communication was excellent, and the results exceeded expectations.”
“Excellent service. The book received the attention and professional presentation it deserved. Detailed, creative, and delivered exactly as promised.”
“One of the best decisions made for the book. Reliable, knowledgeable, and easy to work with from start to finish.”
“Fantastic work and outstanding professionalism. The effort and creativity put into the project was clear immediately.”
Fig. 2 — the work, in numbers
The method
Four phases, one quiet season. We read the manuscript before we touch a single tactic, then build a plan that puts your book in front of readers who actually buy — and keeps it there long after launch week.
See the full methodThe method, in full
Each phase has a fixed set of deliverables, so you always know what is being made and when it arrives.
Weeks 1–2
We read the manuscript end to end before we write a line of strategy.
Weeks 3–5
The shelf-level decisions, made once and made properly.
Weeks 6–18
Twelve weeks of pitching, placements and paced announcements.
Month 5 onward
The quiet months, where most indie books lose their momentum.
Selected work
Shared with permission. Click any cover to view it on Amazon.
View the full portfolioThriller
Jon T. Harris
Memoir
Jon T. Harris
Fantasy Romance
Marianne Huey
Fantasy
T S James
Memoir
John Acree
Fantasy/Gothic
Willa R. Finnegan
True Crime / Memoir
Jon T. Harris
Science Fiction
Dawn A. Steinman
Historical Adventure
David R. Leng
Fantasy Romance
M. L. Knight
Watch
Every trailer is scripted from the manuscript, storyboarded with the author, then edited, scored and graded by our own team. You receive landscape, square and vertical masters — sized for Amazon, Goodreads, Reels, TikTok and paid ads — plus the raw file to keep.
Memoir · Jon T. Harris
A warm, character-led trailer built from the memoir's own voice — paced for a reader scrolling past, not for a cinema.
Vertical & landscape cuts
Thriller · promo cut
High-tempo cutting for action and thriller titles, where the first two seconds have to carry the whole promise of the book.
Feed-first edit
Crime / Suspense · showcase
A moodier, film-grade treatment for crime and suspense: colour-graded, scored, and cut to leave the question unanswered.
Cinematic edit
Questions
The things authors ask in the first email, answered plainly.
Now booking Spring
We take on nine titles a season. Send the manuscript, the blurb, or just the idea — we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
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