For home cooks, chefs & families
Family recipes, a restaurant's signatures, a fundraiser collection or your own food brand — we design, format and publish a cookbook that looks as good as the food tastes.
One team, four simple steps — we handle the hard parts. See all five stages of the process.
A quick call (or our questionnaire) — we learn your book, goals and audience.
Ghostwriting or editing, a professional cover, and print-ready formatting.
Live on Amazon & major retailers — you keep 100% of rights and royalties.
Launch strategy, reviews and promotion so the right readers actually find it.
A cookbook lives or dies in the kitchen. The recipe someone can follow with flour on their hands and a toddler yelling in the background — that's a good cookbook. So the design isn't decoration; it's usability. Ingredients where the eye expects them, steps easy to find your place in, and a photo that shows what "done" looks like. Get that right and your book earns splattered pages and dog-eared corners — the highest compliment a cookbook can get.
Food photography is what makes a cookbook irresistible — and it's the piece most people worry about. You don't need a studio. We'll guide you to shoot clean, appetizing photos with a phone and window light, and we handle the retouching and layout so they look professional on the page. No photos at all? Plenty of cookbooks look stunning with a few hero shots and elegant typography for the rest.
We format a full-color print edition (cookbooks are one of the few genres where print still outsells ebook) plus a phone-friendly Kindle version, and publish to Amazon and retailers under your name. You end up with a book people give as gifts and cook from for years.
Cookbook design and publishing are quoted after a free 15-minute call; full-photo layouts are quoted by page and photo count.
Most cookbooks take about 8–14 weeks, depending on recipe count and photography.
Each package is quoted to your manuscript after a free call. Every one includes 100% ownership rights, unlimited revisions, an ISBN and barcode, and a dedicated project manager.
Everything a finished manuscript needs to become a published book.
Senior-level craft, plus the website and Amazon groundwork for a real launch.
The full launch: trailer, press kit, social media and a custom campaign.
Done for you, end to end. Writing, editing, cover, formatting, publishing and marketing handled by one coordinated team — not a dozen freelancers you manage.
You keep everything. 100% of your rights and 100% of your royalties stay with you. We publish under your name to Amazon KDP and Barnes & Noble.
Built to be found. A professional cover, clean formatting and a real launch plan — so your book competes in its category instead of disappearing.
What working with us felt like, in their own words.
Working with this team felt like a true partnership. They understood my vision and brought it to life with elegance and precision. I’m already planning my second book with them.
Working with Zeal Publishers made the publishing process far less intimidating than I expected. Mike Wolford took the time to understand my goals, answer my questions, and guide me through each step. I always felt that my book and my vision mattered.
From concept to published book in just 4 months. The entire process was seamless, and the quality exceeded my expectations. My book has opened doors I never imagined.
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Or reach us however suits you
Send us your recipes in any form — typed, handwritten, or scattered on cards. We organize and format them, design a full-color layout around your photos, and publish print + Kindle editions to Amazon and retailers. You keep 100% of the rights.
Design and publishing are quoted after a free 15-minute call; full-photo layouts are quoted by page and photo count. You'll have a clear quote before we begin.
No. We'll guide you to shoot great photos with just a phone and window light, and we handle the editing and layout. A cookbook can also look beautiful with a few hero shots and elegant typography.
Absolutely — family keepsakes and fundraiser cookbooks are among the most popular books we make. We can include photos and stories, and get it print-ready to gift or sell.
Yes — we publish your full-color paperback and Kindle edition to Amazon and major retailers, fully set up and live.
