About

Aloha Publishing is a full service publisher based in Boise, Idaho. We specialize in new and existing authors including industry professionals, entrepreneurs, students, stay at home moms, retirees, students and more. We’ve published life experiences, professional expertise, educational concepts and great ideas. We provide the resources to accelerate the time it takes to get your book published and into the global marketplace.

We primarily focus on books with a meaningful content in the areas of health, business, motivational/inspirational. Unlike many publishers, we encourage individuals to write personal biographies and children’s books.

We’re also dedicated to turning non-writing individuals into published authors; we accomplish this by:

  • Creating valuable resources, including the Blank to Book Eleven Step Publishing Process—a unique step-by-step system that helps get a book written in less than thirty days and published and selling much quicker than you might have anticipated.
  • Educational and networking opportunities, such as the Idaho Book Extravaganza (www.IdahoBookExtravaganza).

But we don’t stop there. Our specialty is helping authors understand the potential for opportunity that writing books, blogs and other electronic content affords. In turn, we show how to leverage the status of published author into consulting and speaking engagements, thus increasing business revenue.

Bottom line, Aloha Publishing is in the business of providing innovative individuals the information, tools and resources critical to successfully publishing a book.

We seek to live up to our name. In the Hawaiian culture, Aloha is the attitude of giving to others from the pureness of your heart without the expectation of anything in return. We love to run a business where we are able to live Aloha every day.

Our philosophy

At Aloha Publishing, we believe …

  • Authors should understand the publishing process so they can duplicate it time after time.
  • Writing and publishing should be a friendly process where individuals are treated with respect for their ideas.
  • Individuals should be shown how to create content once—and then utilize it in multiple formats (including magazine articles, audio, blogs, workshops, coaching and web based applications).
  • Every book in print can be converted into all popular e-book formats, including Apple, Sony and Kindle.
  • Helping our authors reach their publishing goals, assisting them to reach new markets and communities and helping them develop low cost marketing/selling strategies is the way we provide exceptional service.

Our philosophy of Aloha is what allows our company to grow in a time other publishers are cutting back. Our philosophy propels us toward outstanding vendor relationships, showing authors how to easily partner with worldwide companies like Amazon and capturing the interest of the next generation of readers.

Executive Team

Maryanna Young- Chief Executive Officer /Co-Founder

Maryanna Young founded Aloha Publishing with the goal of helping anyone who has a powerful idea have the opportunity to write and publish. She has created opportunities to work with clients and build friendships all over the world. She developed the trademarked Eleven Step Blank to Book Publishing process. As the vision keeper for authors, she loves helping them take their book ideas from vision to reality and market their ideas globally.

As a former athlete herself, she has been on the cutting edge of business including bringing in the revolution of sports for girls and women in America. She was one of the first female sports agents in Olympic and Paralympic sports holding the position of CEO for a global sports company for more than ten years. She developed the concept for and co-founded the Idaho Women’s Fitness Celebration, one of the largest sporting events for women in the US held annually in Boise, Idaho.

She has authored several books including Blank to Book: Idea to Amazon in 150 Days and Significance Breakthrough. Maryanna lives in a small community called Meridian, Idaho just outside the capitol city of Boise. She loves mentoring youth, basketball, running, travel and swimming in the ocean on her annual trip to the Hawaiian Islands.

Kelly Antonczak- Chief Operating Officer

Kelly Antonczak is a powerful visionary who understands the contrast with authors of pushing forward and waiting for their best writing to come. Kelly heads up the amazing team of production specialists at Aloha Publishing including cover designers, interior design and marketing professionals.

She expands author’s vision in the area of social media and keeping a community focused perspective with a global reach. Kelly is the co-author of Significance Breakthrough. In her personal life, she focuses on assisting young women reach their full potential in the midst of their most challenging circumstances. Kelly loves to mountain bike, road bike, rock climb, swim, ski, snowboard, play volleyball, backpack, and travel.

Allison Mewes- Head Project Manager

Allison Mewes is the owner of Blue Bamboo Project Services and is married to a deployed soldier in the US Army. She is a professional marketing project manager with more than 13 years of agency and client-side experience, including an em- phasis in social media strategies. Allison’s first book is Top Secret, however she may reveal the contents at an upcoming workshop.