I help authors increase visibility, attract loyal readers, grow their authority, and create successful book promotion campaigns.
About
I'm Darian Pro, an author brand strategist and book promotion expert with over a decade inside the publishing industry — working with authors who want campaigns that actually convert.
My work blends the classic craft of publicity — story angles, reviewer relationships, long-game audience building — with modern performance: Amazon ads, BookBub stacking, conversion-tuned launch funnels, and email outreach that gets opened.
I understand the author's world because I live in it every day. I know the quiet dread of launch week when the rank won't move. The frustration of pouring two years into a manuscript and watching it disappear in a marketplace that publishes thousands of titles a day. The overwhelm of being told you need a newsletter, a TikTok, an ARC team, a media kit, and a Amazon ads dashboard — all while trying to finish the next book.
I've sat with debut novelists terrified of their first review, with hybrid authors deciding whether to re-cover a backlist, and with nonfiction experts who needed their book to open doors to speaking and clients. Different genres, same truth: writers want to be read, respected, and paid fairly for years of work.
So I protect the part that matters most — your writing time. I take the strategy, the calendar, the outreach, and the numbers off your desk, translate publishing jargon into plain decisions, and tell you honestly what's worth doing and what isn't. No vanity metrics, no hype, no pressure to become someone you're not online.
Authors come to me when "going viral" isn't enough. They want a career — a steady rise in reach, rank, royalties, and reader loyalty. That's what I build.
Services
40+ specialist services across editorial, launch, publicity, audience building, and long-term author career growth. Click any service to learn more.
Packages
Four signature packages. Every author starts with a free strategy call — we'll tailor the final scope to your book, audience, and goals.
A clean, professional book debut for self-publishing authors.
Everything in Basic, plus paid traffic and an ARC team.
Full author brand build with paid + organic growth.
The full agency experience — built for authors who want it all.
Not sure which package fits? See the full breakdown →
Success Stories
A few recent launches — each one a different genre, a different goal, the same obsession with outcomes.
From zero email list to Amazon #1 in three categories.
Eleven straight weeks in Amazon's top 50 — for a debut from a small press.
USA Today bestseller for a frontline physician's debut memoir.
Portfolio
Thrillers, romance, memoir, fantasy, business, faith — every cover here is a real campaign with real numbers behind it.
Western Fiction
Psychological Thriller
Historical Fiction
Psychological Thriller
Suburban Horror
Sapphic Regency Romance
Literary Fiction
Satirical Fiction
Cover Design Study
Cover Design Study
Literary Fiction
Crime / Noir
Military Thriller
Business
Fantasy Romance
Faith / Devotional
Contemporary Romance
Tech / Non-fiction
Memoir
Thriller
Historical FictionShort-form video teasers crafted for Reels, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and modern book discovery platforms.
Testimonials
Twenty-six testimonials from fiction, non-fiction, business, faith, and memoir authors across fourteen countries.
"Darian gave my western the kind of cinematic launch I never thought a self-published author could afford. The trailer alone outperformed every ad creative I'd ever run."
"I've launched a lot of books. This one felt different from the inside — every piece, from the ARC team to the BookTok seeding, was sequenced to compound. The numbers showed it."
"She got my novel into the hands of literary press AND 200+ reading groups. The combination is exactly what serious historical fiction needs to break out."
"Twelve weeks of mediocre sales — then Darian rebuilt my cover, blurb, and ad strategy in one campaign. Lifted my weekly revenue by 412% and it has held."
"She matched my book's mood perfectly — every banner, every clip, every creator she pitched understood the genre. Horror readers can smell a tourist; she's not one."
"I got introduced to half a dozen romance authors I now launch alongside. The compounding from those relationships has been bigger than any single campaign result."
"She put my multigenerational novel in front of international scouts I'd never have reached on my own. Translation deals followed within months."
"Most strategists would have given up on a satire this strange. Darian leaned into the weirdness, built a real cult readership around it, and the sales followed."
"Darian ran my entire launch like a Broadway opening night. Zero email list to Amazon #1 in three categories — and the playbook keeps working months later."
"Two other publicists told me literary fiction couldn't scale online. Darian proved them wrong — eleven weeks in the top 50 and a sequel deal with a major imprint."
"Calm, strategic, relentless. She landed me on USA Today and on the podcasts I'd been chasing for a decade — all inside one launch window. Worth every cent."
"I came in with a stalled mid-list title and walked out with foreign rights deals in eight territories. Darian found revenue I didn't even know existed in my book."
"She built the entire engine — book, course, speaking pipeline, and analytics dashboard. My book became a seven-figure business in eighteen months."
"Darian gave my western the kind of cinematic launch I never thought a self-published author could afford. The trailer alone outperformed every ad creative I'd ever run."
"I've launched a lot of books. This one felt different from the inside — every piece, from the ARC team to the BookTok seeding, was sequenced to compound. The numbers showed it."
"She got my novel into the hands of literary press AND 200+ reading groups. The combination is exactly what serious historical fiction needs to break out."
"Twelve weeks of mediocre sales — then Darian rebuilt my cover, blurb, and ad strategy in one campaign. Lifted my weekly revenue by 412% and it has held."
"She matched my book's mood perfectly — every banner, every clip, every creator she pitched understood the genre. Horror readers can smell a tourist; she's not one."
"I got introduced to half a dozen romance authors I now launch alongside. The compounding from those relationships has been bigger than any single campaign result."
"She put my multigenerational novel in front of international scouts I'd never have reached on my own. Translation deals followed within months."
"Most strategists would have given up on a satire this strange. Darian leaned into the weirdness, built a real cult readership around it, and the sales followed."
"Darian ran my entire launch like a Broadway opening night. Zero email list to Amazon #1 in three categories — and the playbook keeps working months later."
"Two other publicists told me literary fiction couldn't scale online. Darian proved them wrong — eleven weeks in the top 50 and a sequel deal with a major imprint."
"Calm, strategic, relentless. She landed me on USA Today and on the podcasts I'd been chasing for a decade — all inside one launch window. Worth every cent."
"I came in with a stalled mid-list title and walked out with foreign rights deals in eight territories. Darian found revenue I didn't even know existed in my book."
"She built the entire engine — book, course, speaking pipeline, and analytics dashboard. My book became a seven-figure business in eighteen months."
"She rescued a series I was about to abandon. Six straight weeks at #1 in Crime, and my read-through more than doubled. Strategic AND tactical — that's rare."
"BookTok was a black box until Darian. Her creator outreach put my saga in front of half a million fantasy readers — and the ARC team delivered 312 reviews by launch."
"She honored the ministry and treated the launch like a calling, not a product drop. We reached 40,000 readers in 60 days — most through churches."
"I'd never spent a dollar on ads before. Darian got my ROAS to 4.8x by week three. Now I run my whole catalog through her playbooks."
"From a cold start in a language that isn't English-first, Darian built a 12k email list pre-launch. The book hit #1 in its category on day one."
"She landed me on 19 podcasts in 8 weeks, including two I'd dreamed about for years. The sales followed. The audience followed even more."
"Translating a literary debut to English markets is hard. Darian made it feel inevitable — Anglo press, BookTok, the works."
"She built a LinkedIn launch that put my book in front of 1.8M decision-makers and generated 14 corporate bulk orders inside the first month."
"Amazon Ads finally made sense. My cost-per-click dropped 60% in the first month, and I cleared 8,000 paid sales without paid PR."
"She got 38 creators to feature my book in three weeks. My TikTok went from 200 followers to 71,000 and the algorithm did the rest."
"She rescued a four-year-old novel and gave it the audiobook it deserved. Audible now drives more revenue than the print edition."
"She launched me into the US market from Prague. Twelve weeks in the top 100 thriller chart and a film option followed."
"She built me a speaking career on the back of the book. I'm now booked 6 months out at corporate engagements."
"She rescued a series I was about to abandon. Six straight weeks at #1 in Crime, and my read-through more than doubled. Strategic AND tactical — that's rare."
"BookTok was a black box until Darian. Her creator outreach put my saga in front of half a million fantasy readers — and the ARC team delivered 312 reviews by launch."
"She honored the ministry and treated the launch like a calling, not a product drop. We reached 40,000 readers in 60 days — most through churches."
"I'd never spent a dollar on ads before. Darian got my ROAS to 4.8x by week three. Now I run my whole catalog through her playbooks."
"From a cold start in a language that isn't English-first, Darian built a 12k email list pre-launch. The book hit #1 in its category on day one."
"She landed me on 19 podcasts in 8 weeks, including two I'd dreamed about for years. The sales followed. The audience followed even more."
"Translating a literary debut to English markets is hard. Darian made it feel inevitable — Anglo press, BookTok, the works."
"She built a LinkedIn launch that put my book in front of 1.8M decision-makers and generated 14 corporate bulk orders inside the first month."
"Amazon Ads finally made sense. My cost-per-click dropped 60% in the first month, and I cleared 8,000 paid sales without paid PR."
"She got 38 creators to feature my book in three weeks. My TikTok went from 200 followers to 71,000 and the algorithm did the rest."
"She rescued a four-year-old novel and gave it the audiobook it deserved. Audible now drives more revenue than the print edition."
"She launched me into the US market from Prague. Twelve weeks in the top 100 thriller chart and a film option followed."
"She built me a speaking career on the back of the book. I'm now booked 6 months out at corporate engagements."
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