Chapter One
Your Book Published Professionally, Without an Agent and Without Self-Publishing
You have written the book. DreamEngine hybrid authors retain their rights, receive higher royalties than a traditional deal offers, and work directly with their publisher from editorial development and cover design through to global distribution on a legitimate imprint. We review submissions from serious authors who are ready to publish professionally.
Submit Your Manuscript
Chapter Two
Build the Author Identity That Makes Agents and Publishers Take You Seriously
Literary agents and readers have this in common: they both search your name before they take a chance on you. Author Mythology is DreamEngine's proprietary process for building a complete author identity: biography, public narrative, social presence, and visual brand, whether you are seeking your first deal or building visibility around a book already published. Be the author they find.
Build Your Author Identity
Chapter Three
Let DreamEngine Run Your Social Media and Build Your Author Audience
An author with an engaged audience is an author publishers and readers take seriously. DreamEngine manages author social media across platforms: we create and deliver content for you to post, or we manage your accounts entirely on your behalf. Your story, our expertise, consistent growth.
Social Media Management
Chapter Four
A Professional Author Website, Built Around You
Your author website is where literary agents, publishers, and readers form their first impression of you. DreamEngine builds bespoke author websites from a complete author identity brief, so every page reflects who you are as a writer rather than a template chosen from a library. Professional,
Get Your Author Website
DreamEngine Publishing
A UK Publishing House Led by Your Publisher, Not a Committee
DreamEngine Publishing is a UK-based traditional and hybrid publishing house for serious fiction authors. Every author we work with has direct access to Edward J Marsh from the first conversation to the published book, with no committees, no account managers, and no handoffs to junior staff. When you bring your manuscript to DreamEngine, you work with your publisher.
Both publishing routes at DreamEngine are built on the same professional standards: editorial development, professional cover design, typesetting, and global distribution. The difference between them is in how the investment is structured and who retains the rights. Both are led by the same team, to the same standard, with the same direct publisher relationship.
DreamEngine authors also have direct access to Dr. David Baboulene, PhD, whose applied story science has made him a consultant to Bob Gale, Lee Child, and Willy Russell. David's involvement in the DreamEngine process means your manuscript is developed to the standard expected by the most serious readers and publishers in the world.
We do not look for books to publish. We look for authors to build careers with. Browse Our Authors and Their Books
DreamEngine Productions
Led by Dr. David Baboulene and Craig Hinde, DreamEngine Productions brings together world-class expertise in narrative structure, screenplay development, and industry production.
Dr. David Baboulene holds a PhD in story theory and has consulted with Bob Gale (Back to the Future), Lee Child (Jack Reacher), John Sullivan (Only Fools and Horses), Willy Russell (Educating Rita), and Mark Williams (Shakespeare in Love - 7 Academy Awards).
Dr. Baboulene's research into story science; the mechanics of why certain stories compel audiences and others do not, sits at the heart of everything they produce. Craig Hinde brings a sharp eye for what the modern screen audience demands and the industry relationships to get the right projects in front of the right people.
Check out some of our movies on our
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Chapter Five
How the DreamEngine process works
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Submit Your Manuscript
Send us your manuscript for initial review. We review everything submitted to us and respond within seven working days.
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Receive Our Assessment
If your manuscript is a fit for DreamEngine, we will tell you why and what we see in it. If it is not, we will tell you that honestly too.
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Strategy Call with Edward
A free 30-minute video call with Edward J Marsh to discuss your manuscript, your goals, and whether DreamEngine is the right publisher for your work. No automated systems. No sales pipeline. A direct conversation.
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Your Personalised Plan
If we proceed together, you receive a detailed publishing and platform plan built around your specific book, your Author Mythology, and your goals. From there, you work directly with Edward and the DreamEngine team throughout.
Chapter Six
What makes DreamEngine different from every other publisher
Direct access to your publisher
Every DreamEngine author speaks directly with Edward J Marsh by video throughout the process. Not through an assistant. Not through email-only contact. If you have a question, you ask Edward. This is the publisher/author relationship as it should be.
Story science with Dr. David Baboulene
Dr. David Baboulene is a world-renowned story scientist whose research into narrative structure and knowledge gaps informs everything DreamEngine publishes. He works directly with authors on manuscript development and platform positioning. There is no other publisher bringing this level of academic rigour to the craft of commercial storytelling. His online course on story structure is available now on Udemy.
David Baboulene's Storytelling Masterclass for Writers
The Author Mythology Framework
Before we publish, we build your Author Mythology; the strategic identity, positioning, and digital infrastructure that makes you findable, credible, and compelling to readers, agents, and the media. No other publisher offers this as part of the publishing process.
A publisher, not a service provider
DreamEngine does not have packages, pipelines, or client management systems. We have authors. We are selective about who we work with because the relationship is real, the editorial investment is genuine, and the imprint carries weight we protect carefully.
Chapter Seven
Three ways we publish
DreamEngine Publishing
Our main fiction and narrative fiction imprint. Literary thriller, historical fiction, psychological thriller, political fiction, literary crime, and more. Selective. Professional. Built on story science.
Meet our fiction authors here: DreamEngine Authors
HelpLoveSupport
Our health, wellbeing, and how-to imprint. Publishing authors with genuine expertise in personal development, wellbeing, and practical life guidance. The same editorial standards and direct publisher access that define everything we do.
Meet our non-fiction authors here: HelpLoveSupport Authors
DreamEngine Productions
We are also a film production company. Authors published by DreamEngine have a direct route to screen adaptation through our film arm, led by Dr. David Baboulene.
Chapter Eight
Our position on AI
Every book published by DreamEngine is written by its author. Every book is edited by a real person. We use AI for market and audience analysis and for social media content creation. We vet all fiction authors to ensure they do not use AI to write or rewrite manuscripts.
Author Mythology
Your book is ready. Your author identity may not be.
Before a literary agent reads your manuscript, they search your name. Before a reader buys your book, they look you up. Author Mythology is DreamEngine's process for building the complete author identity that makes both take you seriously.
Build Your Author Identity
Submit Your Manuscript
Ready to find out if DreamEngine is the right publisher for your book?
We review every manuscript submitted to us and respond within seven working days. No automated systems. If your manuscript is a fit, you speak directly with Edward J Marsh.
Submit Your Manuscript
Publishing with DreamEngine
DreamEngine Publishing offers two routes to professional publication: hybrid publishing for authors who want to retain their rights and receive higher royalties than a traditional deal allows, and traditional publishing for authors whose manuscript and platform meet our selection criteria. For a complete overview of all routes, read our guide to book publishing. Both routes begin with the Author Mythology process, which builds your complete author identity before your book reaches the market.
For authors building that platform, DreamEngine offers social media management for authors and author website design, both developed from a complete author identity brief. Manuscript development is available through our story consultancy with Dr. David Baboulene PhD. For authors already published, our book marketing service supports promotional campaigns and reader engagement.
Navigating the Publishing Landscape
Before you submit or publish, it helps to understand the options clearly. Our guides to what is hybrid publishing, what is traditional publishing, and what is self-publishing explain the real differences in investment, rights, and royalties. If you are approaching agents or publishers, read why literary agents search your name before they read your manuscript.
For authors at the production and marketing stage, our posts on professional book editing, book cover design, professional book design, and how to optimise your Amazon KDP book listing provide practical guidance. To build your author platform, read our posts on social media for authors, websites for authors, and book publicity.