Book writing services
End-to-end book writing for authors who have the idea, the audience, and zero free Wednesdays. We do the work; your name goes on the cover.
from $9,800
55,000–90,000 words · from $11,800
Non-fiction that earns the bookmark, not just the buy.
Self-help, popular science, history, memoir-adjacent narrative non-fiction, how-to. Structure-first writing.
You know what you want to say. Maybe you have outlined it. What you do not have is 65,000 words of prose that holds the reader past chapter three.
Non-fiction mood
What non-fiction feels like, in five frames.
Visual reference for the voice, palette, and reader mood the books in this category live in.
Sub-genres we work in
The non-fiction categories with their own conventions.
Sub-genres each have their own structural rules, word-count norms, and reader expectations. We assign by sub-genre, not just by parent.
Genre conventions
The rules we will not break unless you ask.
Every category has conventions its readers expect. The right time to break them is on purpose, with eyes open. The wrong time is by accident.
- Argument-arc outlined before prose. Each chapter advances one specific claim.
- Chapter openings: scene first, then claim, then evidence. Reverse for academic registers.
- Frameworks named where they exist. A book with one named framework outperforms a book with five unnamed ones.
- Footnotes for credibility, not for density. Endnotes for general readers; footnotes for specialists.
- Cite primary sources. Secondary citations are a 2010s habit.
Sample covers
Non-fiction covers we shipped this year.
Each cover is a real project. Drag through to see the visual language we work in for this category.
Comp titles
Books that share your shelf, and the choice we'd ask you to make about which one to compete on.
On the discovery call, we ask which two of these your book most resembles, and which one you refuse to be compared to. The answer shapes the outline.
- Atomic Habits James Clear
- Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari
- Why We Sleep Matthew Walker
- Bad Blood John Carreyrou
Services for this genre
What a typical engagement looks like.
Ghostwriting services
Discreet, contract-bound ghostwriting where you own everything and the writer is permanently silenced on attribution.
from $11,400
Book editing services
Four levels of editing, real editors with real bibliographies. We start with a $250 sample edit so you can see the work before paying for the full pass.
from $0.018 per word
The studio
The team behind every genre.
Non-fiction — FAQ
Questions we get from non-fiction authors every week.
Self-help and personal development — what makes a sellable book?
An original framework, named, that the reader can apply to their own life. The market is saturated. Books without an original frame compete against bestsellers with established brands and lose.
Should I include exercises and worksheets?
For how-to and self-help, yes. Exercises at the end of each chapter convert into reviews and Goodreads engagement. We design them as part of the book.
Do you handle academic publishing?
Academic trade-crossover yes; pure peer-reviewed academic no. Different review process, different press relationships.
Other genres
Twelve in total. Different team for each.
Premium wedge
Memoir
Memoirs work when one specific reader feels seen. Ours work because we interview the author into the chapters that aren't on the LinkedIn page.
Letters from the Last Year by Sharon Linen Fordham
Premium wedge
Business
The right business book wins a Series B, closes a multi-year keynote pipeline, or repositions a founder for an acquisition. The wrong one sits in a box. We write the right one.
Operating Under Constraint by Miguel Torres Velasco
Specialist team
Children's writing
Children's writing is where most adult writers fail. Word count is constraint, not freedom. We have a Chronicle-trained lead who reads every manuscript to a real seven-year-old.
The Soft Hour by Aliyah & Joseph Bremer
Fantasy
Fantasy writing and editing by people who actually read fantasy. Outline-first, world-building bible, series-friendly.
The Salt Throne by Priya Narayan-Chen
Mystery & thriller
Mystery and thriller writers who plot the book first and write the prose second. Plot holes cost readers; we don't write them.
The Verdict Room by Deborah Ngozi Okafor
Romance
Romance writers who deliver the genre's promises on schedule. Trope clarity, beat placement, heat-level transparency.
Ready when you are
Ready to talk about your non-fiction project?
A 30-minute discovery call with a senior editor — no sales script, no pressure. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit for your project, what it would cost, and how long it would take.