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What each service actually includes

Seven services. Each says what you get, how long it takes and what it costs. Take a whole package, or the one piece you are missing.

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Every service, in full

  • Stage 2, Manuscript

    Ghostwriting

    A named writer interviews you every week and writes the book in your voice, with you approving every chapter.

    Takes
    4 to 7 months
    Price
    Quoted per book. Not included in the packages.

    What is included

    • A named writer you meet before you sign

    • Ten to sixteen recorded interviews, transcripts yours to keep

    • A chapter by chapter outline you approve before writing starts

    • Chapters delivered in batches from week six, not held to the end

    • Two full revision rounds on the finished draft

    • Copyright assigned to you at each milestone, and a signed confidentiality agreement

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  • Stage 3, Production

    Editing and proofreading

    Three separate passes, structure first, then sentences, then errors, each by a different named editor.

    Takes
    8 to 12 weeks
    Price
    Included in every package, from $199

    What is included

    • A free sample edit of 1,500 words of your own book, before you commit

    • A manuscript assessment saying which passes your book actually needs

    • Developmental edit: an editorial letter of eight to fifteen pages, and a call

    • Line edit and copy edit in tracked changes, by two different editors

    • A style sheet recording every consistency decision made

    • Proofreading done on the typeset pages, not on the Word file

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  • Stage 3, Production

    Cover design

    Two concepts and three revisions, designed to work as a thumbnail on a phone as well as in print.

    Takes
    3 to 4 weeks
    Price
    Included in every package, from $199

    What is included

    • Category research against the top forty titles on your shelf

    • Two genuinely different concepts, shown at thumbnail size and on a mockup

    • Three revision rounds on the direction you choose

    • Back cover copy, spine, and a wrap built to your final page count

    • Print ready files, ebook cover, and the layered source artwork

    • A physical proof checked before the book goes on sale

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  • Stage 4, Publishing

    Publishing and distribution

    Accounts in your name on every major store, files uploaded and proofed, and a physical copy checked before launch.

    Takes
    6 to 7 weeks
    Price
    Included in every package, from $199

    What is included

    • KDP and IngramSpark accounts opened in your name, on a call with us

    • An ISBN for each format, registered to you as publisher of record

    • Interior layout for print, plus an ebook file that reflows on a phone

    • Description, categories and up to seven keyword phrases written for you

    • A printed proof posted to you and read on paper before launch

    • Listings on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play

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  • Stage 4, Publishing

    Audiobook production

    A professional narrator, a studio recording, and distribution to Audible, Spotify and Apple.

    Takes
    8 to 12 weeks
    Price
    Quoted per book. Not included in the packages.

    What is included

    • Three to five narrators auditioning on two pages of your own book

    • A full sample chapter you sign off before the book is booked

    • Studio recording, and a pronunciation list recorded by you

    • Line by line proofing against the manuscript, by someone other than the narrator

    • Mastering to the retail specification, and the master files handed to you

    • Distribution to Audible, Spotify, Apple Books and the library platforms

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  • Stage 5, Launch

    Book marketing

    A launch plan with real dates, Amazon ads managed for you, and outreach to media your readers already follow.

    Takes
    12 weeks, 8 of them before publication
    Price
    Ad and keyword setup is in the $999 package. Campaigns quoted separately.

    What is included

    • Category and keyword strategy built on real competition data

    • Your listing page rewritten as sales copy, not as a summary

    • A launch team built and advance review copies sent

    • Individual pitches to forty podcasts and outlets your readers follow

    • Amazon advertising managed on your own account, which you keep

    • A weekly report of spend and return, including the weeks it did not work

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  • Stage 5, Launch

    Author website

    A fast, simple site that sells the book and collects reader emails you own.

    Takes
    2 to 4 weeks
    Price
    Included in the $999 Enterprise package

    What is included

    • Domain, hosting and mailing list registered in your name on day one

    • Copy written with you: home, about, book pages and press kit

    • Buy links for every format on every store you are listed with

    • Email capture with a real incentive, tested end to end on a phone

    • A press kit a producer can use without emailing you first

    • A recorded walkthrough so you can edit the site yourself afterwards

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You do not have to take all of it

Most authors need three or four of these, not seven. A finished manuscript needs editing, a cover and publishing. A book on sale and not moving usually needs a new cover and some marketing.

Those combinations repeat, which is why the packages exist and why they cost less than the same pieces bought one at a time.

  • You keep 100 percent of your royalties

  • Every account is registered in your name

  • The price is fixed before we start

Compare the three packagesSee the six stages of a book

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Tell us what you need and where the book is. An editor replies with a real price and a real timeframe. No charge, and no call unless you want one.

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