The Process of Professionals Writing and Publishing Their Books.

In the Book Writing Space, you're the exclusive author, presenting your own voice. You contribute all the ideas, knowledge, and content to the book, and through the Guided Author Program, you actively write it as well. Our role is solely to assist you with aspects of book writing where you may lack expertise, such as positioning and structuring. This is achievable since the book is meticulously crafted solely from interviews with you, ensuring that no other voice could be attributed to it but yours.

Hiring a ghostwriter means your book won't reflect your ideas or words. With Book Writing Space, your book is solely your ideas, your words, and your voice.

Ghostwriters start with your concept, using their own words, tone, and voice to create a book that won't sound like it came from you. Essentially, they write the book and you pay to put your name on it. It's not truly yours.

With Book Writing Space, your book is entirely authored by you. The ideas, words, and content are exclusively yours, in your voice. We assist in translating your ideas into a professional book, but you retain full authorship.

The differences are:

1. Ghostwriters provide a manuscript and nothing more, while we handle full publishing and distribution. Ghostwriters are much more expensive than our process (often $100k+). If you lack knowledge on a subject, hiring a ghostwriter can help them research and create a coherent book with your name on it.
2. The best part of Book Writing Space is collaborating with top editing and ghostwriting talent worldwide through our systematic process. Many of our professionals are former ghostwriters who prefer working with us due to the advantages we offer: finding good clients, negotiating terms, ensuring payment, and defining the scope of work.

Our process benefits authors and freelancers, providing clear expectations, a defined workflow, and trusted oversight by Book Writing Space. Our freelancer pool includes Pulitzer Prize winners, Emmy Award winners, bestselling authors, and renowned ghostwriters.

This creates a three-way relationship where everyone wins: you publish an excellent book, freelancers receive fair payment for enjoyable work, and we coordinate the exchange for a profit.

We have a longer piece comparing ghostwriting and the Book Writing Space process.

This creates a three-way relationship where everyone wins: you publish a great book, the freelancer gets paid well for work they enjoy, and we make a profit by coordinating the whole exchange.

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No, authors do not choose their own copyists. That is why you are paying us—to do that.

To start, we thoroughly screen and evaluate all our writers. It’s easier to get into Harvard (6% acceptance rate) than it is to work with us as a writer (<1% acceptance rate). Not only that, but our writers have spent at least a decade (usually longer) in writing and publishing, and many of them are highly accomplished—Pulitzer Prize winners, Emmy nominees and winners, and National Magazine Award winners. < p>

To assign writers, we have an internal “ask system” that we use to pair up the right writer and author. Here’s how it works:

We familiarize ourselves with you, your book, and your work process. Then we create a “Project Scope” for your book and make it accessible to all 100+ writers. They will read it, and the ones who are interested in working on your book request to be assigned.

They answer two questions: 1. Why are you excited to work on this book, and 2. What do you bring to the book that might help the author?

We then select the one we believe will be the best match—95% of the time, this process works wonderfully.

However, in rare cases, the author and writer are not compatible. If, after collaborating, they feel uncomfortable or unwilling to proceed with the project, we are happy to find a replacement writer.

Yes and no. Many authors approach us with substantial written material. Regardless of their content, we always initiate our process from the beginning, focusing on positioning and structuring. Once the structure is finalized, we can evaluate if any of your existing writing aligns with the book. If so, we gladly incorporate it. Our approach stems from the realization that starting anew allows authors to prioritize their book's objectives, target audience, and what they can offer that audience (referred to as positioning). Frequently, this clarity reveals that their existing writing doesn't precisely align with their desired end result. We avoid the influence of pre-existing material to ensure unbiased decisions and prevent them from going off track.

Authors often find themselves dissatisfied with their initial draft—this sentiment is nearly universal in the book writing process.

To address this, we implement multiple rounds of revisions and corrections, ensuring that you won't encounter your book at any stage and be caught off guard. Our deliberate approach includes continuous iterations, feedback, and adjustments.

The vast majority of our Authors are content with their book by the time it reaches the final revision stage.

However, if, even after all the edits and modifications, you still don't appreciate your book, it's a possibility. We cannot guarantee complete satisfaction, as the book reflects your ideas, words, and voice.

Nevertheless, we will go above and beyond to deliver the book you desire. Whether it entails assigning multiple editors or conducting numerous editing passes, our objective remains the same: to extract the best possible book from you. We are committed to doing anything reasonable to achieve that outcome.

The Book Writing Space offers top-notch designers to create your book cover and manuscript layout while granting you complete creative authority.

Our Creative Director, along with our team of experienced book cover designers, has contributed to numerous New York Times Best Sellers. Collectively, they have collaborated on over 100 bestselling titles, selling millions of copies. We ensure you receive the finest design expertise, as an exceptional book cover plays a vital role in establishing your book's credibility and professionalism.

Prior to commencing the design phase, you will engage in an extensive discussion with the Creative Director to comprehend your vision for the cover, if any. This information is then organized into a design brief, serving as the foundation for developing a set of initial cover designs. You will have the opportunity to review and provide feedback on these designs. As with every step of our process, you retain full and absolute approval of your cover design.

The book's length depends on the author and their chosen topic. At Book Writing Space, we don't adhere to a fixed length, but typically authors end up with around 150 pages. Our extensive research has shown that this is the optimal length for non-fiction books, benefiting both authors and readers. It's a non-intimidating length that increases the likelihood of purchase and actual reading. Moreover, it suits most authors well, as the book remains substantive without being repetitive or padded. We believe that books should be concise while effectively conveying their message.

Your publishing team, headed by your Publishing Manager, will serve as your primary contact to ensure the creation of an outstanding book.

The majority of the writing tasks will be handled by your Scribe, a skilled writer and editor with over a decade of experience in the book industry.

For the conceptualization of your book cover, you will collaborate with our Creative Director, who possesses expertise in crafting numerous bestselling book covers. The design will be executed by either the Creative Director or a member of their team, and you can provide feedback and request revisions from our Art Director.

To guarantee that your book reaches its target audience and accomplishes your objectives as a newly published Author, our book launch and PR team will spearhead your marketing endeavors.