Both publish serious nonfiction, and both leave you owning everything you make. The difference starts with who writes the manuscript and ends with what the book does for your business.
Last verified August 9, 2026. Author.Inc prepared this comparison and is one of the two companies in it. We kept to documented facts, marked our judgment as ours, and included the cases where Scribe is the better fit.
Author.Inc was co-founded by Charlie Hoehn, a founding member of Scribe and the editor behind four New York Times bestsellers, and Miles Rote, who spent years at Scribe across the company. When Scribe's original team dispersed, we brought many of its best people here and rebuilt the process around what authors kept asking us for: a book that sounds like them, finished while the momentum is real.
In May 2023, Scribe Media laid off most of its staff, and its assets were sold to new ownership, which relaunched the company under new leadership.
We built Author.Inc around what we watched slow authors down at Scribe: manuscripts that came back sounding like someone else, timelines that outlasted the author's momentum, and covers treated as an afterthought.
Sales figure: roughly 96% of titles never reach 1,000 copies sold (Bookstat, via Newprint).
Your book should sound like you. That starts with where the words come from.
The speed and the quality come from the same process. We test the idea before writing starts, and beta readers from your category read the manuscript once it exists. New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling editors and ghostwriters are attached to your book. The cover carries one of the largest budgets on the project, spent with the industry's top designers. Scribe spreads those decisions across a year or more of drafting and revision.
Publish is Author.Inc's signature service, and Scribe Professional is the closest tier on their side. Where a row favors Scribe, it says so.
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Neither company fits if you want the cheapest possible path, guaranteed sales, or a book without your participation.
Author.Inc tests your book idea against your goals and your market before writing starts, then builds the manuscript from your own recorded words. The manuscript is complete in 1 to 3 months and the book publishes in 6 to 8 months. Scribe Media assigns a ghostwriter who writes the manuscript from recurring interview sessions, and most projects take 12 to 18 months. Both companies leave you with 100% of your rights and royalties.
Neither. You speak the book in guided recording sessions, AI organizes your recorded words into a working structure, and human editors refine the manuscript in a process built by a 4x New York Times bestselling editor. Every idea, story, and argument originates in your own recorded words.
Author.Inc's signature service is $75,000. Scribe Media's tiers run from $56,000 to $135,000. The packages divide the work differently, so compare the written scope: who writes the manuscript, whether the idea gets tested first, the editorial passes, cover design, launch support, and access to the team.
In May 2023, Scribe Media laid off most of its staff, and its assets were sold to new ownership, which relaunched the company. Author.Inc was co-founded by Charlie Hoehn, a founding member of the original Scribe, and its team now includes Scribe's former Head of Books, a lead editor and ghostwriter, its head designer, its Director of Operations, and a lead Publishing Manager.
Author.Inc completes the manuscript in 1 to 3 months and publishes in 6 to 8 months. Scribe Media states most projects take 12 to 18 months, with the manuscript typically taking 6 to 12.
Yes. Author.Inc and Scribe Media both leave authors with 100% of their copyright, IP, and royalties. This standard separates professional publishing from traditional deals, where the publisher takes the copyright and most of the revenue.
Founders, CEOs, executives, and experts who want the book in their own voice, finished while their business can use it, and built to produce clients, speaking, partnerships, and media. Authors who want a traditional ghostwriter relationship over a longer timeline are better served by Scribe.
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