Ghostwriting services
Discreet, contract-bound ghostwriting where you own everything and the writer is permanently silenced on attribution.
from $11,400
Start here · the full path
You have the idea. We do the 400 hours.
The end-to-end ghostwriting path: idea to draft, draft to edit, edit to cover, cover to live on Amazon, live to launched. Fixed price, written timeline, named writer on day one.
The honest truth
Most people who 'have a book in them' will never write it. The constraint is not talent.
The constraint is the calendar. A book is 150 to 400 hours of writing time, on top of the day job, the kids, and the things that already fill the week. Authors who pay us to ghostwrite are not buying creativity. They are buying the time.
- Ghostwriting is a legal, contracted, work-for-hire arrangement
- You own 100% of the copyright and 100% of the royalties
- Your writer signs a permanent non-attribution clause
- The book reads in your voice because we capture it on tape
The full stack for this path
Five services that get you from idea to launched.
You don't have to buy them all today. Most authors on this path bundle the first four at kickoff and add marketing closer to launch.
Book editing services
Four levels of editing, real editors with real bibliographies. We start with a $250 sample edit so you can see the work before paying for the full pass.
from $0.018 per word
Book cover design
Custom book covers designed for the Amazon thumbnail first, the bookstore shelf second. Three concepts, two revisions, all rights to you.
from $640
Amazon KDP publishing
End-to-end KDP setup and listing optimization. Your book live on Amazon US, UK, EU, IN, AU, JP, and CA. You own the KDP account.
from $890
Book marketing
A launch and ongoing-marketing programme run by named operators with real Amazon Ads spend behind them. Honest reporting, no guaranteed-bestseller theatre.
from $1,200 per month, 3-month minimum
22 weeks, in five chunks
The realistic timeline for an idea-to-launched book.
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Weeks 0–1
Discovery + brief
NDA, kickoff, writer match. Outline scope agreed in writing.
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Weeks 2–4
Outline + voice sample
Full outline, 1,500-word voice sample. Sign-off before drafting.
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Weeks 5–18
Drafting
Fortnightly chunks of 8–12k words. Interviews running in parallel for memoirs.
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Weeks 19–21
Edit + design
Developmental edit, line edit, copy edit, cover design, formatting.
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Weeks 22–24
Publish + launch
KDP + IngramSpark live. 30-day Amazon Ads sprint. First 50 reviews.
Case study
Letters from the Last Year
- The brief
- Sharon had the rawest possible material — handwritten letters to Joel during his illness — and zero structure for a book. She had started typing a memoir three times and abandoned it. The voice was already there, in the letters. The problem was that letters do not make a book on their own.
- The outcome
- Hit #3 in Amazon's Memoir > Personal sub-category in launch week. Sustained top-25 for 11 weeks. Earned 247 verified reviews at 4.8 stars in the first 90 days. Sharon was invited onto two podcasts she'd never have approached cold (one a former ICU patient who recognized her hospital's name in the manuscript). Now in soft conversation with a traditional publisher about a hardcover edition for 2026.
- #3 Amazon Memoir > Personal, launch month
- 247 verified reviews in 90 days
- 4.8★ average rating, 90 days post-launch
- 11 weeks in top-25 of subcategory
Just-an-idea FAQ
Questions we hear before kickoff.
I have an idea but I don't think it's good enough to be a book.
Most authors who say this turn out to be right about half the time. The other half are wrong, often badly. We will tell you on the first call which camp we think you're in. We turn down weak ideas, even when we'd rather take the work.
How is this different from a writing coach?
A coach helps you write the book. We write the book for you. Different work, different price, different commitment. If you want to write it yourself with help, you want a coach (we can refer). If you want a finished manuscript without writing it yourself, you want this.
How much of my time do I actually need?
Roughly 8–10 hours per month for 14–22 weeks. Six to twelve recorded interview sessions of 90 minutes, plus chapter review windows. Most of the work is on us. Most of the timeline is on you.
What if I change my mind about the book mid-project?
The voice sample at week two is the natural exit point. After that, structural revisions in the contracted scope can change the book substantially. After chapter four, scope changes get more expensive. We will tell you on the kickoff what's reasonable.
Can I keep the writing private until publication?
Yes. NDA before the first call, encrypted file handling, no work shown to anyone outside the named project team. About 40% of our projects are confidential until launch.
Ready when you are
Ready to stop telling people you'll write the book?
A 30-minute discovery call with a senior editor. No sales script. Written quote within 48 hours of the call.