For Speaker Bureaus & Talent Agencies

Your speakers are one book away from bigger stages.

We turn speakers into published authors — world-class books, spoken in their own voice, finished in 6–8 months. Their fees go up. Their bookings go up. And your bureau earns a referral fee on every author you send.

30 minutes, with a co-founder — not a partnerships team.
The publishing partner for professional speakersScroll — the case for partnering is below6–8 months · 100% their IP
Our team’s authors: four New York Times bestsellers, 10M+ copies sold
Codie Sanchez#4 New York Times BestsellerNoah KaganNew York Times BestsellerRamit Sethi#1 Amazon OverallGeoff Woods100,000 copies in year oneTucker MaxBestselling AuthorMagatte WadeAuthor & IconCodie Sanchez#4 New York Times BestsellerNoah KaganNew York Times BestsellerRamit Sethi#1 Amazon OverallGeoff Woods100,000 copies in year oneTucker MaxBestselling AuthorMagatte WadeAuthor & Icon
Why bureaus partner with us

The easiest yes in publishing.

Every speaker on your roster has a book that could transform their career — and your pipeline. We make that book happen at the highest standard, on a timeline that respects their calendar, on terms no traditional publisher would offer.

68mo
Idea to published book
Traditional publishing takes years. We publish in months — at a higher standard.
100%
IP & royalties kept
Their book, their rights, their upside. We never take ownership of an author’s work.
$10M
New business from one book
What Geoff Woods generated in the year after we published The AI-Driven Leader.
$0extra
Printing for their events
Back-of-room copies and bulk orders, printed at cost. No retail markup, ever.
How the partnership works

Value flows in both directions.

This isn’t a vendor relationship. It’s a flywheel: we introduce you to speakers worth booking, you introduce us to speakers worth publishing — and both rosters get stronger.

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We send you ↓

Speakers worth booking.

We work with some of the best minds in business — founders, CEOs, and leaders with books and proof behind them. When you need new voices on your roster, we make warm introductions to authors your competitors haven’t found yet.

First look at rising authors before the market knows their names
Warm, direct introductions from a co-founder
Speakers who arrive with a book and a message that sells stages
You send us ↑

Speakers worth publishing.

Every great speaker on your roster has a book in them — one that raises their fees and fills their calendar. Send them our way and we handle the writing, the publishing, and the strategy that turns pages into stages.

A book that makes them more bookable — and more expensive
White-glove treatment from a co-founder-led team
You stay in the loop from introduction to launch
$3K–$10KFor every author you send our way
The Author.Inc Method

Your speakers don’t write their book. They speak it.

The old ways fail speakers twice. Writing it themselves takes years they don’t have. Handing it to a ghostwriter loses the voice their audiences pay for. We built a third way.

01
Chapter talking points
We architect the book first — chapter by chapter — into the format your clients already command from the stage: talking points.No blank page. Ever.
02
Two-day guided sessions
A book director leads focused interview sessions, asking clarifying questions and steering structure while the author simply talks through their ideas. For a professional speaker, this is home turf.They just talk. We capture everything.
03
A manuscript with their voice intact
Those sessions become the manuscript. No AI-generated content. No ghostwriter approximating their voice. What readers hear on the page is the person they saw on stage.It sounds like them, because it is them.
04
Published in 6–8 months
Editing, design, and publishing to the highest standard — under the authority of our imprint or their own. Years, compressed into months.Imprint authority — ours or theirs.

Professional speakers make the best authors we’ve ever worked with.

Speaking unlocks more fluidity, more depth, and more articulation than writing ever allows. The strongest manuscripts we produce come from people who’ve spent a lifetime saying it out loud. Your roster is full of them.

Case Study

From 2,000 followers to opening for Tony Robbins.

#1 Book in AI$10M+ new business in year oneOpened for Tony Robbins100% of IP & royalties kept
Geoff Woods on stage opening for Tony Robbins
Geoff Woods — opening keynote, Tony Robbins event

Geoff Woods came to us with no email list, no platform, and roughly 2,000 LinkedIn followers. We built The AI-Driven Leader with him — first draft in 39 days, published in five months.

The book did the rest: it became the #1 book in AI, sold 100,000 copies in year one, set $10M in new business in motion, and doubled his keynote fee from $50,000 to $100,000. Then Tony Robbins asked him to open.

Read the full author story →
100K
Copies sold, year one
$10M
New business, year one
Keynote fee — $50K to $100K
39
Days to first draft
One author’s results — outcomes vary.
Everything your speakers get

One partner. Every advantage.

No. 01

Published in 6–8 months

A world-class book in months — not the years the traditional route demands.

No. 02
©

100% IP & royalties

Your speaker owns everything — the rights, the royalties, the upside.

No. 03

At-cost printing for events

Bulk copies for keynotes, back-of-room sales, and giveaways — printed at cost.

No. 04

Our imprint or theirs

The authority of the Author.Inc imprint, or their own. Whichever serves the brand.

No. 05

Book-to-business guidance

Strategy for turning the book into speaking fees, clients, and media — not just a launch week.

No. 06

An elite creative team

The editors, designers, and strategists behind four New York Times bestsellers.

No. 07
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Referral fees for your bureau

A percentage on every author you send our way — a revenue stream built into the partnership.

No. 08

Introductions to our authors

Need fresh voices on your roster? We present some of the best authors in the industry, directly to you.

Just a few of the authors we’re proud to support.

The Author.Inc process was honed through more than 15 years of hands-on work on some of the most successful nonfiction authors in modern publishing.
Codie Sanchez
How Main Street Millionaire Became a #4 New York Times Bestseller With 2,000+ 5-Star Reviews.
Read Author Story
Geoff Woods
Geoff Woods turned his expertise into a market-defining book generating over $10M in new business within the first year.
Read Author Story
Magatte Wade
Learn how the team at Author.Inc transformed Magatte’s brand and book into an iconic powerhouse.
Read Author Story
Noah Kagan
Million Dollar Weekend becomes a New York Times bestseller with 3,000 5-star reviews.
Read Author Story
Tucker Max
15 years of collaboration and friendship in publishing, media, and a Hollywood movie.
Read Author Story
Ramit Sethi
How I Will Teach You to Be Rich soared to #1 Amazon overall (and beat the Twilight series).
Read Author Story
The other routes

The old options waste your speakers’ best years.

Route 01

Traditional publishing

A door that rarely opens — and when it does, it opens on the publisher’s terms. Years of waiting, rights handed over, and the marketing still lands on your speaker.

TimelineYears
OwnershipThe publisher’s
Their voiceHouse style
Route 02

A ghostwriter

Pages without your speaker’s voice, from a writer who doesn’t know their expertise or their audience. And when the draft is done — no publisher, no launch, no strategy.

TimelineA year or more
OwnershipVaries by contract
Their voiceGuessed at
The Author.Inc way

Speak it. Publish it. Leverage it.

Two days of guided conversation. A manuscript in their true voice. A world-class book in 6–8 months — and the strategy to turn it into the most valuable asset their career has produced.

Timeline6–8 months
Ownership100% theirs
Their voiceIntact
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Before You Ask

Asked on every first call.

How does the referral fee work?+

You earn a percentage on every author you refer who signs with Author.Inc. We agree the terms on the exploratory call and put them in writing.

Who actually writes the book?+

Your client does — by speaking it. A book director leads two-day guided interview sessions built on their chapter talking points, and the manuscript is created from their spoken words, in their voice. No AI-generated content. No ghostwriter approximating them.

How long does it take?+

Six to eight months from kickoff to published book. First drafts move fast — Geoff Woods’s took 39 days.

What does it cost my client?+

Each book is custom-quoted to its scope. Bring a speaker to the call and we’ll be specific about the investment and the return it should drive.

Let’s talk

One exploratory call.
Zero pressure.

Tell us about your roster. We’ll tell you honestly whether a partnership makes sense — and if it does, exactly how it would work: the introductions, the referral structure, and what we’d build for your speakers. The call is with a co-founder, not a sales rep.

30 minutesDirect with a co-founderNo deck, no pitch, no obligation