Maverick Publishing Consultants
Invested in your success
Access senior-level publishing expertise across editorial, sales, marketing and operations, scaled to your specific needs
Comprehensive Publishing Solutions
From strategy to execution, we offer modular services that adapt to your publishing challenges
Global Network
Our team operates globally, with colleagues across the UK, US, Europe and Asia
Data Driven
Our recommendations are always based on evidence and industry knowledge
Flexible
Defined projects, phase by phase, or interim support – choose what works for you
Pragmatic
Support not only in making the right decisions, but in bringing them to life
Our Services
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Strategy and Planning
Maverick helps publishers set a clear strategic vision, align operations, and plan for the future. We develop strategic plans and roadmaps, create lifecycle strategies, assess market position, identify growth opportunities and turn plans into action and strategy into results.
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Publishing Support
As the market evolves, new opportunities and challenges arise. Maverick can help you across the publishing process by developing strategies and roadmaps to maximise growth in book and journal programmes, managing publisher RFPs, and reviewing options to support research integrity.
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Sales and Commercial Services
Maverick helps publishers grow revenue and expand global reach. From sales strategy and direct sales to distributor management, content optimisation, and market insights, we turn opportunities into results.
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Market Intelligence
Maverick provides up-to-date, in-depth insights on your current position or potential product performance. Our expert team combines desk research, market experience, and customer interviews to deliver actionable intelligence that informs confident, future-focused decisions.
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Technology and Content Solutions
If you’re facing a technology or content challenge, Maverick is here to help, whether you need an RFP for a new platform or system, migration support, help understanding how AI technologies might fit into your workflows, or a review of your content processes. Our team of experts will find the right solution for your organisation.
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Societies and Associations
Maverick has a long history of working with societies and non-profits, and we understand the unique challenges you face. We can support you with OA strategies, portfolio reviews, publishing partnerships, member services, and more.
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Marketing
Maverick offers a range of strategic marketing services that provide bespoke, flexible support. These include the development of your marketing plan and your success metrics, and their delivery across a diversity of market channels.
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AI
There is no doubt that AI is now fundamentally changing our industry. If you need support in developing a fresh strategy to meet the current challenges and opportunities, or to identify the right tools for your organisation, Maverick can provide the right experts to support you.
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Change Management
Delivering change management is hard. Maverick possesses extensive experience and expertise in successfully planning and realising these vital initiatives, involving both practical implementation, and achieving culture change and buy-in.
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Interim Support
Maverick’s Interim Support helps scholarly publishers to rapidly scale staff, fill critical gaps, and tackle high-priority projects. With experienced professionals across marketing, sales, editorial, production, and operations, we provide exactly the support you need, precisely when you need it.
How We Work With You
Collaborative and Tailored Engagement
Maverick works on a customised, project-by-project basis, building solutions that reflect each client’s specific goals, size, and market position.
Projects generally begin with a discovery phase — listening to the client’s challenges, assessing existing workflows, and identifying strategic gaps or opportunities.
Based on this assessment, we design a bespoke plan or service package (e.g., marketing audit, growth strategy, metadata optimisation, sales representation, or roadmap creation).
Services can be short-term (targeted projects) or long-term (ongoing strategic partnerships).
We think of ourselves as “an extension of your team” — acting as embedded consultants who complement, not replace, internal teams.
Ready to get started?
Maverick Publishing Consultants operates as a flexible, collaborative consultancy and outsourcing partner for the publishing industry. The way that we work is designed to give publishers, societies, and content providers access to high-level expertise without the cost or commitment of full-time staff — offering support that scales with each client’s specific needs.