Your Story – Your Voice
- Manuscript Development
- Custom Editing & Design
- Marketing & Promotion
Publishing Services
Manuscript Development
We work with every level of the manuscript development. Whether you have a completed manuscript or just a book idea we will collaborate with you through the process of bringing your book to realization. This service includes:
- Copy edit the final draft
- Send for peer review
- Develop production plans and timelines
- Generate a complete manuscript
- And much more
Custom Editing & Design
Our team of editors and designers will work with you to get your idea for the perfect design and then craft a unique, professional looking product. We provide you with a proof copy for your review and approval before it goes to the catalog for print. This service includes:
- Layout & design of the interior of the book
- Formatting & editing
- Cover art & jacket copy
- And much more
Marketing & Promotion
By far the most difficult part of being an author is getting the word out about your book. We have a package of marketing that is cost efficient and directed at your target audience. In Publishing, there are basically two types of marketing. Publishers market upstream to booksellers and distributors. Authors market downstream to readers. Tactical 16 includes both. This service includes:
- Advice and direction on working with marketing professionals
- Developing Tip Sheets
- Working with Social Media
- Advice on website design and development
- Assistance with promotional events such as book signings and a release party
- Each author receives at least twenty printed books
- Generate a list of influencers and create solicitations for advance praise
- Complete book sent to each influencer
Manuscript Analysis and QC Edit
Tactical 16 Publishing’s Manuscript Analysis Service. Our system goes beyond simple grammar and spell checking. It delves into the narrative structure, identifying plot holes, inconsistencies in character development and, pacing issues. Furthermore, it analyzes the manuscript’s style, comparing it to successful works in the same genre to provide insights into its market potential and target audience.
Tactical 16 QC Edit Service. Editing is one of the most essential elements to your success as an author. Our QC Edit Service encompasses a range of tasks, from correcting grammatical errors and improving clarity to enhancing the overall structure, flow, and impact of the manuscript. Editors meticulously review the text, ensuring consistency in style, tone, and terminology, while also providing valuable feedback on content, organization, and argumentation.
Manuscript Analysis and QC Edit Cover the Following Core Areas:
- Character Development – Evaluates character depth, relatability, and consistency.
- Plot Analysis – Checks for logical flow, pacing, and plot holes.
- Setting & World-Building – Examines the immersion and believability of your world.
- Dialogue – Evaluates conversations for flow and character-appropriateness.
- Conflict Resolutions – Looks for unresolved elements of interest to the reader.
- Structure & Formatting – Assesses chapter flow, transitions, and readability.
- Themes & Emotional Impact – Analyzes thematic depth and overall reader engagement.
- Spelling & Grammer – Identify Spelling and Grammatical Errors
- Formatting – Basic Formatting Errors
- Flow – General Flow of the Manuscript
Learn More About Our Manuscript Analysis Services
How to Become a Tactical 16 Author
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About Tactical 16 Publishing
Tactical 16 Publishing is dedicated to serving active, inactive and retired United States military armed forces authors, along with their family members, military-affiliated writers and first responders. We serve those who have served our country.
Tactical 16 Publishing is an unconventional publisher that understands the therapeutic value, writing. We help you to tell your stories in your words. You don’t have to be a polished author to join our ranks. If you can write with passion and be unapologetic, we want to talk.
We are a Veteran owned and operated publishing company based in the beautiful mountain city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. What started as an idea among like-minded people has grown into reality.
Our mission is to provide a low-cost to no-cost alternative to self-publishing by creating a custom plan for each author in order for them to achieve their goal.
If you dream of being published, need some help publishing and have a solid marketing plan, we would love to hear your story!
About Our CEO
Chris Schafer is a 25+ year U.S. Army, Green Beret, retired veteran. He spent much of his military career on 3rd Special Forces Operational Detachments Alpha (ODA) teams in nine different combat zones. His career includes many deployments leading ODA combat teams and advising and training people from all over the world. Chris earned a dual Master’s Degree in Business and Project management.
As CEO of Tactical 16, Chris leads a team of professionals dedicated to help our authors tell their stories in their own words and get their book(s) published.
Chris is not only our CEO but, one of our authors as well. Chris co-authored the book, Intrepid Professionals. Intrepid Professionals is a book that equips executives, managers, entrepreneurs and self-improvement seekers to understand and leverage principles of the military mindset. Intrepid Professionals is designed to create more agile, innovative, and financially competitive organizations and individuals. The book’s material outlines the common thread for success in those that dared to defy the odds. Those who are considered the tip of the spear in military terms.