Frequently Asked Questions
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We specialize in books that capture your voice, values, and life story. Our clients have included CEOs and corporate founders, philanthropists, couples documenting their shared journey, families honoring a loved one’s legacy, military veterans, inventors, physicians, opera singers, Holocaust survivors, and prisoners of war. If you have a story worth telling, we know how to tell it.
Most manuscripts run between 120 and 300 pages. The typical timeline from first interview to final manuscript is nine months to one year. Our process includes transcribed interviews and up to two rounds of drafts for your review and approval before the manuscript is ready for publication.
Yes. We conduct independent research as needed to support, verify, and enrich your narrative.
Absolutely — we strongly recommend it. Photos bring your story to life and give readers a visual connection to your world. We’ll work with you to curate the best images, and typically recommend 40-60 photographs strategically placed throughout the book.
In many cases, yes. Materials in the public domain — or available for a modest permissions fee — can add wonderful texture and depth to your narrative. A line of poetry might open your book and set its tone; a song title could become a perfect chapter heading.
To use other images and intellectual property that have rights attached, there’s usually an additional cost involved with the rights holders, but we can help you strategize as to what sources you can use and how you can secure those permissions.
Our fees depend upon the estimated length of the project, the number of interviews, and the extent of research. For an entire manuscript, we charge between $60,000 and $150,000.
Our clients are listed as the author unless you choose to have an attribution such as “written with.”
Should you wish us to assist you in evaluating publishing options, and finding a publisher, we charge a supervisory fee of $5,000. The majority of our book projects are published print-on-demand or with boutique presses. We will also recommend book publicists since most publishers, except “Big Five” legacy presses, do not aggressively market their books. While this may seem counterintuitive, this is the reality of the publishing industry today.