The investment

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Pick your package, add what you want, and the quote updates as you go.

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Publish
Publish
$39,990
$38,000 paid in full

The full book, written, edited, designed and published, with a dedicated Book Director and advisory calls through launch.

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Publish+
$59,990
$55,000 paid in full

Everything in Publish, a full year of advisory calls, a media outreach plan with the pitch emails written, and social launch assets built for your channels.

What Publish+ includes

Dedicated Book StrategistPositioning and testing so you write the right book for your goals
Recording sessions with a Book DirectorStructured sessions that capture your expertise
Professional manuscript in your authentic voice
Initial line editFor clarity and refinement
Weekly live editing sessionsWith a senior Author.Inc editor
Copyediting and proofreadingTo publish-ready standard
Elite cover and interior design
Publishing under the Author.Inc imprintYou keep 100% of the royalties and all of the IP
Paperback, hardcover and ebook distributionAmazon, IngramSpark and all major retail platforms
Amazon page and launch-week optimizationListing copy, categories, keywords, review plan
Weekly advisory calls with Charlie Hoehn6 months
Custom launch email campaignEngages your audience and builds momentum
Signature pre-sale processSell your first 1,000 copies
White-glove project managementYour own publishing manager
6 additional months of weekly advisory calls with Charlie Hoehn12 months in total
Media outreach plan tailored to your bookIncluding customized pitch emails
Social media launch and promo assetsTailored to your social channels

Add what you want

Optional
Founder's Editions

100 hardcover copies of your book, printed for the people who matter to your business: clients, partners, board, team.

$7,500
Come to Austin

Two days in person with your Book Director and the team to shape the book, record, and leave with the spine of the manuscript.

$7,500
Six more months of advisory calls

Keep the weekly calls with Charlie Hoehn and the other authors running after your first six months. Included in Publish+.

$5,000
Your working quote
Publish+
Total investment
$60,000

Payment plan
Pay in full
Discuss with a Co-Founder
Side by side

From idea, to professionally published book.

No ghostwriter, no AI content generation. Just your expertise paired with a seasoned team obsessed with quality.

Publish$39,990 · $38,000 paid in full
Publish+$59,990 · $55,000 paid in full
The book
Dedicated Book StrategistPositioning and testing so you write the right book for your goals
Recording sessions with a Book DirectorStructured sessions that capture your expertise
Professional manuscript in your authentic voice
Initial line editFor clarity and refinement
Weekly live editing sessionsWith a senior Author.Inc editor
Copyediting and proofreadingTo publish-ready standard
Elite cover and interior design
Publishing under the Author.Inc imprintYour name on the spine, our imprint behind it
Royalties and IPNo revenue share, no rights assignment, ever
100% yours
100% yours
Paperback, hardcover and ebook distributionAmazon, IngramSpark and all major retail platforms
Amazon page and launch-week optimizationListing copy, categories, keywords, review plan
TimelineSpeed is enforced so the book ships
4-8 months
4-8 months
Launch and after
Weekly advisory calls with Charlie HoehnGroup calls with the other authors
6 months
12 months
Custom launch email campaignEngages your audience and builds momentum
Signature pre-sale processSell your first 1,000 copies
White-glove project managementYour own publishing manager
Media outreach plan tailored to your bookIncluding customized pitch emails
Social media launch and promo assetsTailored to your social channels
Books don't pay. Clients do.

What the extra $20,000 buys

The book is the same in both packages. Publish+ adds the year of advisory calls, the media outreach plan and the social launch assets.

Publish+ math
$20,000
more than Publish, for everything below
Six more months of weekly advisory calls$5,000 as an add-on
Media outreach plan with customized pitch emailsPublish+ only
Social media launch and promo assetsPublish+ only
Publish+$59,990
Twelve months of calls
The advisory calls are where the book turns into business.

Publish includes the first six months, which gets you through launch. Most of the client conversations start in the six months after that, and Publish+ keeps you in the room with Charlie and the other authors for all of it.

Media and social
The launch is built for you, not left to you.

A media outreach plan tailored to your book, with the pitch emails already written, and launch and promo assets cut for the social channels you actually use.

The first twelve months

Where the time goes

The book takes six months to write and publish. If you need more time, we stay with you for up to six more, and speed is enforced so the book ships. Around month four, as the manuscript enters editorial, we have the marketing conversation: what the book should do for your business once it's out, and how.

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Write, edit, design, publishMonths 1 to 6
Finish if you need the timeMonths 7 to 12
Weekly advisory callsMonths 1 to 6, included in Publish
Advisory calls continueMonths 7 to 12, included in Publish+
The marketing conversationMonth 4, as the manuscript enters editorial
Publish
Advisory
Marketing conversation
Not starting from the blank page?

Two other ways in.

Questions

Before you book the call

Why did the price of Publish change?+

We took the printed copies and the in-person recording out of the base and made them add-ons, and we moved the marketing production into Publish+. The book itself, the Book Director, the editorial team and the publishing are all still in the $39,990.

What happens if my book takes longer than six months?+

We stay with you for up to six more months to get it finished. The schedule is built to keep you moving, because the authors who ship are the ones who stay on pace.

What happens after the book is out?+

Launch is the start, not the finish. Around month four, as the manuscript enters editorial, we sit down for the marketing conversation: what the book should do for your business once it's out, and how. Publish+ authors get the media outreach plan, the social launch assets and a full year of advisory calls to run it. If you want us to run the marketing with you after launch, that's a separate conversation and a separate agreement.

Who owns the book?+

You do. Your manuscript, your rights, your royalties. Books publish under the Author.Inc imprint with ISBNs registered to Author.Inc, which is how we handle distribution on your behalf.

How does payment work?+

Each package has a payment plan and a pay-in-full price: $38,000 for Publish, $55,000 for Publish+. The schedule is in your invitation. Nothing is collected on this page.

What if I'm not sure which book to write?+

Start with the Book Blueprint, a $3,500 engagement over seven to ten business days that finds the strongest version of your book. The full fee is credited toward Publish within six months.

Who do I talk to?+

Miles Rote, co-founder. He has worked through the book question with more than 2,500 business leaders. Book a time below or write to miles@author.inc.

Pick a time. You'll leave knowing which path is yours.

Bring your working quote. Miles Rote, Author.Inc co-founder, takes every one of these calls himself and will tell you if the path you chose is the right one.

Prefer to write first? miles@author.inc