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Mermaid Cove Publishing

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It all begins with a thought or idea. The perfect character, plot or scene. Maybe you want to turn that idea into something more. Or you just want to tell your own story. Wherever your creative flow has taken you, we can help you achieve your dreams.

New Releases

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Children's book cover titled "Tibby Goes to the Beach" with a drawing of a gray mouse wearing yellow and white striped shorts sitting on the sand, surrounded by a crab, a seagull, and a sandcastle.
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Cover of the book, A Practical Guide to Changing Our World Through Personal Transformation, by Gary Brown. The cover features a open Bible.
Available February 2026
An illustrated cover for a children's book titled "The Floating Squatch" showing a friendly Sasquatch riding a hoverboard along a winding country road with green fields and distant mountains in the background. The text indicates the book is coming soon, written by Shenandoah Squatch, with illustrations by Helena Crevel.
An illustration of a fox relaxing in a hammock suspended in the sky, reading a paper, with two blue and green dragonflies flying nearby and a colorful patch of flowers below.

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Dreams of Summer

By Tetiana Jova

Illustrations by Helena Crevel

Books

Like a mermaid loves water, we love books and the written word. We love taking that one idea and making it into something more, pairing words with elegant design and images, and seeing it all come to life in that new book. And we like working with authors who feel the same.

Why Mermaid Cove Publishing?

Our aim is the same as yours.  A book you will be proud of. As your partner in publishing, we will help you to achieve this goal. We will guide you through the sea of book creation while providing you with high-quality and affordable services. You deserve to have the best publishing experience possible.

Mermaid Cove Publishing is not a traditional publisher or a vanity press, but an independent hybrid publisher. Combining elements of traditional publishing and self-publishing, hybrid publishing is a fast-growing area in the publishing industry.  As an independent hybrid publisher, we apprise ourselves as the “other” way for authors, proudly offering the alternative in a fast-changing publishing scene. Learn more about Hybrid Publishers here.

Mermaid Cove Publishing partners with authors offering them a full range of professional publishing services while allowing authors to retain copyright, intellectual, and creative control over their work. We personally walk with you through the steps of publishing your book, making sure your book has the attention it deserves. The publishing process can be intimidating but, in the end, we KNOW you’ll have a great book you (and we) can be proud of.

Writing a children’s book? We created our imprint, Little Starfish Books, specifically for children’s books. Little Starfish Books is the home for board books, picture books, and first readers published by Mermaid Cove Publishing.

Read more about publishing your book here, Publishing your book. As members of the Independent Book Publishers Association, we strive to meet the criteria set forth for hybrid publishers including the commitment to truth and transparency, high-than-standard royalties, and vetting submissions.

Contact us today with your publishing questions, for more information, or just to say hello and talk about your great book ideas.

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Mission

Helping Authors achieve their dreams one book at a time.

—Affordable
—Custom
—Personal
—Achievable

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Vision

Mermaid Cove Publishers was established to give the independent author an avenue to publish their works in a way that is affordable and customizable. Our personalized publishing plans allows each author to retain complete control over their work while guiding them to achieve the dream of publication. With precise step by step planning and complete cost transparency. the journey from creative thought to published work is achieved through a mutual admiration for the printed word.

We read, therefore, we write.

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