Independent publishing & creative studio United Kingdom
Stories deserve more than a template.
Starbridge Media is an independent UK publishing and creative studio helping imaginative stories travel from first draft to finished book — and beyond the page.
StarBridge Book Studio
The gold-standard Mac app for authors, from the studio that makes illustrated books. Write, plan, design pages, check the whole book and publish for print and ebook, with a natural voice that reads it back to you.
- Illustrated page design with print-ready export
- Story planning, characters and continuity
- Natural Read Aloud, built in and offline
- No account, no tracking: your book stays on your Mac
01 The studio
We build the world around the words.
A manuscript may be where a story begins, but an illustrated book can demand much more: structure, character continuity, visual planning, page design, production and a clear way to present the finished work. Starbridge brings those pieces together around the story rather than forcing the story into a package.
- Books
- Story
- Creativity
- Development
- Publishing
- Media
02 What we do
From idea to something readers can hold.
Your story. Built properly. Support is shaped around the project. Some books need a careful edit and a clean layout. Others need characters, storyboards and a whole visual language.
- 01
Story & manuscript development
Developmental reading, structure, continuity, pacing and practical feedback.
- 02
Storyboarding & visual planning
Planning sequence, scenes, page turns and visual storytelling for illustrated, comic-style, animation-led and visually complex projects.
- 03
Character & world development
Building recognisable characters, continuity references and a visual language that stays coherent across the book.
- 04
Illustration & art direction
Developing or coordinating illustration so artwork supports the writing and remains consistent.
- 05
Book design & production
Interior design, typography, page composition, digital editions and print preparation.
- 06
Publishing preparation
Metadata, store listings, Kindle and print preparation, categories and launch readiness.
- 07
Creative media
Trailers, promotional artwork, interactive book pages and suitable audio and video material.
- 08
Dedicated book experiences
Book-specific web pages with characters, previews, story information, trailers, purchase links and storyworld material.
03 Every project is different
No two books require the same journey.
Every project is different. A primarily text-led children’s book may need relatively straightforward editorial, design and publishing preparation, while an illustrated adventure, comic-style story or project requiring character development, storyboarding, animation or promotional media involves considerably more creative production.
That is why Starbridge does not work from fixed packages. The first job is always to understand what a particular story genuinely needs.
- Text-ledEditing, layout and publishing preparation
- IllustratedCharacters, artwork and page design
- Storyboard-ledComic-style, animation-inspired, complex visual worlds
More creative production →
04 Made at Starbridge
Current & forthcoming.
Nebula and the Glimmernauts is a three-book children’s storyworld created by Starbridge’s founder, Justin Marshall-Cutts. Book One is published; Books Two and Three are in development. It is Starbridge’s own proof of what the studio can build: story, characters, artwork, design, digital editions, a trailer and an interactive book page.
05 For authors
A process built around the story.
Starbridge is developing a flexible publishing and creative approach for writers whose projects may need more than a standard template: manuscript development, character and world planning, storyboarding, illustration direction, book design and publishing preparation. We read submissions across genres and audiences, in text-only or illustrated form.
We are now accepting new author and story submissions. If you have a manuscript, illustrated project or story concept you would like Starbridge Media to review, tell us about your project and send us a sample using our author submission form.