Your manuscript, published properly.
A small, hands-on press that takes your book from pages to a finished title: editing, cover, interior, and setup on Amazon and through Ingram, so bookstores and libraries can order it. We are best at memoir and family legacy books, business nonfiction, and poetry and gift books, and we say no to books that are not ready. Begin with a review of your first fifty pages, back in five business days. You keep your rights and every royalty.
These are the house titles we made first: twelve in print, six on the way. Client books will sit on their own shelf as they publish. See the shelf
Start small. Start right.
Every book with us begins with a careful read of the opening pages and honest written notes, before a dollar of production money is spent.
What is Cricket Hollow Press?
Cricket Hollow Press is a boutique publisher and editorial studio in Ponte Vedra Beach, founded by author Kellyann Erskine. Every book begins with a read of the first fifty pages. Authors keep their rights and royalties. Here, publisher means we prepare your files and set the book live — not an advance, a spot on bookstore shelves, or a list of other authors under contract. We are best at three things: memoir and family legacy books, business and thought-leadership nonfiction, and poetry and gift books. Fiction and picture books only when the review says the pages are ready. Books go live on Amazon and through Ingram, which means any bookstore or library can order them; we do not promise shelf placement, and we decline more manuscripts than we take. Work begins with the $295 Manuscript Review, returned in five business days.
Then, if the book is ready, we make it.
The Manuscript Review
Where every book with us begins
Five business day turnaround. One payment, secure checkout with Stripe; afterward you are shown exactly how to send your pages.
The person you work with
Kellyann Erskine founded Cricket Hollow Press to publish books meant to be kept. She reads every manuscript herself, sits with every cover, and takes a book only if she would be proud to see it beside her own. Every client book is made with the same hands and the same care as the house titles above.
Capacity. Two books in production at a time. Next open slot: November 2026. Every email answered within two business days.
About the pressSend the pages.
We will tell you honestly whether we can help, and what it would take.