Writing and Ghostwriting
Work with a writer who builds the book alongside you, from the first conversation to a structured manuscript that sounds like you and no one else.
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A book made with you, not for you.
Try it. On your book, every call is yours.
Chicago, Illinois
You bring the manuscript, or the idea. We bring the editors, designers and distribution, and every choice comes to you: the edit, the cover, the type. Nothing prints without your yes, and every right and royalty stays yours.
info@publishyourbook.usThree ways in. Pick the one that sounds like you.
01
I Have an Idea
You have the premise, the notes or a few chapters. We help you plan the book, coach you through it, or write it with you in your own voice.
02
I Have a Manuscript
The draft is done. We edit it, proofread it, format it and design the cover and interior, so it reads like a finished book.
03
My Book Is Ready
The book is finished. We set up publishing and distribution, build the launch materials, or relaunch a book that never found its readers.
Not sure which one? Tell us where the book is now, in a sentence, and we will point you to the right start.
Everything between a draft and a shelf.
Ghostwriting, editing, cover design, illustration, distribution and marketing — take the whole process or only the part you need. Nothing is bundled to pad an invoice.
Editing and Proofreading
From developmental editing to proofreading, matched to what your manuscript actually needs. Every change is visible and you decide what stays.
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Book Cover and Interior Design
Covers built to work on a shelf and as a thumbnail, with interiors typeset so the book is comfortable to read in every format.
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Children’s Book Illustration
A children’s book illustrator who develops your characters and paints full-colour spreads with you, page by page, from first sketch to final art.
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Publishing and Distribution
Print and eBook formats, ISBNs, metadata and retailer setup, with each step explained in writing before anything is submitted.
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Author Marketing and Branding
Launch materials and an author presence that fit the book. Practical work, with no promises about sales or rankings.
Explore marketing : Author Marketing and BrandingHow it works
Six stages, nothing hidden.
You know what happens next, what it costs and who is doing it, before any work begins.
- 01
Tell Us About Your Book
Tell us the genre, the length and where the book stands. You do not need a manuscript to start the conversation.
- 02
Receive a Project Assessment
We read what you have and write down what the book needs, and what it does not, so you never pay for extras.
- 03
Review the Scope and Agreement
Deliverables, timeline, terms and ownership go in writing before any work begins. If something is wrong, we change it.
- 04
Create and Refine the Book
Drafting, editing, design and illustration happen in review rounds. Nothing moves on until you approve it.
- 05
Approve the Final Files
You sign off on the interior, the cover and the metadata before anything is submitted anywhere.
- 06
Publish and Promote
We prepare the formats, set up the channels and hand over the launch materials. The files stay yours.
We have set type for most kinds of book.
- 01
Fiction and novels
Structural editing for plot, pacing and point of view, then a cover built to sit on its category shelf.
- 02
Memoirs and autobiographies
Memoir ghostwriting and editing drafted from interviews, so the book keeps the voice of the person telling the story.
- 03
Business and leadership
Business book ghostwriting and editing that turn frameworks into clear chapters, with diagrams and a professional interior.
- 04
Self-help and personal development
Exercises, worksheets and takeaways edited and typeset so readers can actually use the book.
- 05
Children’s books
Age-appropriate text length, character development and full-colour spreads planned around the page turn.
- 06
Poetry
Line breaks and white space respected in typesetting, with sequencing help where a collection needs shape.
- 07
Faith-based and inspirational
Careful handling of citations, scripture references and devotional structure for faith-based and inspirational books.
- 08
Educational books
Curriculum-aware structure, figures, tables and indexes, prepared for classroom use.
- 09
Comics and graphic novels
Graphic novel publishing from script to panel: thumbnails, inking, lettering and print-ready page assembly.
- 10
Historical fiction
Period research support, timeline checks and jackets that signal the era at a glance.
- 11
Cookbooks and lifestyle
Recipe formatting, photography layout and cookbook interiors that hold up next to a stove.
- 12
Science and technology
Equations, figures and citations typeset cleanly, with technical review passes built in.
Selected work
Books we were trusted with.
And So It Is...
Memoir · Cover design
The Rule of Three
Fantasy and romance · Cover design
Roy Rooster: The Brave Little Soul
Children’s · Cover design
Two books, start to press.
Case study · Memoir
Long Way from Kerrville
- Starting point
- Forty hours of recorded family interviews and no written draft.
- Challenge
- Turning oral history into a chronological narrative without flattening the narrator’s voice.
- Result
- A 68,000-word memoir in paperback and eBook, approved by the author before release.
68,000
Words
2
Formats
14 wks
To press
- Ghostwriting
- Developmental + line editing
- Typesetting
- Paperback + eBook setup
“They wrote it the way my father talked. That is the part I did not expect.”
Case study · Children’s
Mabel and the Nine Moons
- Starting point
- A finished rhyming text with no illustrations and no page plan.
- Challenge
- Fitting 900 words to a 32-page format and developing a character that carries a series.
- Result
- A full-colour hardcover with a character sheet the author owns outright.
32
Pages
12
Colour spreads
100%
Author-owned art
- Character development
- Full-colour spreads
- Cover artwork
- Hardcover setup
“Mabel looks exactly like the drawing in my head, only better.”
“The developmental edit cut two chapters and the book finally moved. I approved every change.”
“I kept my rights, my files and my royalties. They put all of it in the agreement before I paid anything.”
S. BellStill Waters, Still Here · Faith “Six weeks from manuscript to a hardcover I was proud to hand to my mother.”
T. NakamuraWhat the River Kept · Fiction
Read this before you spend anything.
All articles- 01Getting started
How to Publish a Book for the First Time
The decisions that come before the writing: format, budget, timeline and the help you actually need.
- 02Rights and ownership
Do You Keep the Rights to Your Book When You Hire a Publishing Company?
What "you keep every right and every royalty" means in practice, and the questions to ask before you sign any publishing agreement.
- 03Pricing
How Much Does It Cost to Publish a Book?
What moves a quote up or down: length, condition, illustration and format, explained plainly.
Start here
Send us the first three chapters.
We will read them and tell you honestly what your book needs. No cost, no obligation, no pitch deck.