A professional, milestone-driven publishing process, from first draft to launch.
Publishing a book involves dozens of decisions, production steps, and technical requirements that have to happen in the right order. Our process removes the confusion, protects the quality of your book, and moves your project forward in clear, visible milestones.
Not sure where you fit? Book a free 30-minute strategy call and we will recommend the right next step for your manuscript, your timeline, and the level of support you want.
Authors keep 100% rights and royalties
Three phases, nine steps, one finished book.
Plan
We clarify what your book is for, who it serves, and what it promises the reader. Then we line up the manuscript, the positioning, and the publishing details before production begins. This is where small decisions prevent expensive ones later.
Produce
Your manuscript becomes a book. Depending on where you start, that means editing, interior design and typesetting, and a cover designed for your category. The finished files are checked against the standards the publishing platforms require.
Publish
The technical and strategic side: publishing accounts, ISBNs, metadata, pricing and distribution, file uploads, proof review, and a launch plan. Your book goes live properly, and you know exactly what happens next.
The full nine-step process.
Every project follows the same framework. What changes is how much of each step we do for you.
- 01
Clarify your goal, positioning, and plan
We start with what the book needs to do for your business: confirm the outcome you want, define the ideal reader and the promise the book makes, and settle on structure before any writing gets serious.
- 02
Build or refine the manuscript and outline
Develop your ideas into structured chapters, strengthen a draft you already have. With ghostwriting, we turn recorded interviews into an approved outline and chapter plan.
- 03
Edit and proof to professional standards
If your manuscript has already been edited, we review it. If not, we coordinate the editing and proofreading so the text is clean, consistent, and reads the way a professional book should.
- 04
Finalize your publishing details and metadata
Imprint, ISBN planning, categories, keywords, and the direction of the book description. These details decide how readers find your book and how seriously it is taken.
- 05
Format the interior for print and ebook
Layout and typesetting for front matter, headings, and spacing, plus ebook files that render correctly on every device readers actually use.
- 06
Design the cover with professional standards
We guide cover design so it fits your book's category and positioning, including revisions, print specifications, and barcodes. It should read well as an online thumbnail as well as in print.
- 07
Prepare the publishing accounts and upload assets
Platform setup, file requirements, pricing, distribution choices, and listings, all configured correctly so your book is available where readers look for it.
- 08
Proof, approve, and complete quality control
Proof copies and final files are inspected carefully. We make any needed adjustments together before the book goes live, while fixing it is still simple.
- 09
Launch with a clear plan
Depending on your package, launch may include a review plan, a launch timeline, and best seller strategy, so publication is the start of the book's work and not the end of the project.
What you handle, and what we handle.
You do not have to become a publisher. Your part is to bring the expertise, the decisions, and the voice. Everything else is ours to manage.
Your part
- Provide your expertise, ideas, and decisions.
- If you are writing yourself, produce the content with your chosen level of support.
- If you are using ghostwriting, take part in interviews, give feedback, and approve the manuscript.
Our part
- Every production step, in the right order.
- The technical requirements of each publishing platform.
- Quality review at each milestone, before the next begins.
About three to four months, once the manuscript is ready.
That is the typical production window once a manuscript is finished and edited. How long your project takes depends on three things:
- 1
Manuscript readiness
How close your draft is to being finished.
- 2
Revision speed
How quickly feedback is turned into decisions.
- 3
Scope of support
How much of the writing and production we do for you.
We give you a specific schedule on your strategy call.
Every package follows the same process.
Only the level of support changes. Here is what each one includes.
Basic Publishing Package
For an already-edited manuscript that is ready to publish.
Included
- Custom cover design based on your vision
- Interior layout for paperback and Kindle
- Keyword and category research, plus an optimized Amazon description
- Upload and distribution on Amazon worldwide
- An ISBN under Prominence Publishing, transferable any time
- A walkthrough of your KDP account: pricing, sales tracking, ordering
Editing is not included, and there is no best seller launch.
Best Seller Publishing Package
For authors who want the book edited, published, and launched to best seller.
Included
- Editing and proofreading, up to 50,000 words
- Custom cover with multiple design rounds, plus a hardcover cover
- Interior formatting and ePub creation for Kindle
- Full Amazon listing with keywords, categories and optimized description
- Amazon approval and print proof review
- A guaranteed bestseller launch on Amazon.com
- Training on LinkedIn, podcast bookings and six months of social content
You keep 100% rights and royalties.
Expert Author Program & Best Seller Publishing
For professionals who want to write their own book with guidance and accountability.
Included
- Six months of the Expert Author Program: video tutorials and a workbook
- Group coaching calls twice a month
- Personal 1:1 Zoom check-ins to keep your writing on track
- Editing, proofreading and interior typesetting
- Custom cover with multiple rounds of revisions
- A 21-day launch plan with social media templates, guaranteed best seller
- Training on gathering reviews and pitching yourself to podcasts
You keep 100% rights and royalties.
VIP Publishing & Beyond the Book
For professionals who want a concierge experience from manuscript to launch.
Included
- A direct connection to your editor for a fully polished manuscript
- Custom cover with multiple rounds, paperback and hardcover formats
- Full Amazon listing setup with Amazon approval and print proof review
- Barnes & Noble setup alongside Amazon, plus a KDP walkthrough
- A guaranteed bestseller launch on Amazon.com
- Author toolkit: media kit, 50 paperback copies, trophy and 100 bookmarks
- Booked on 3 podcasts, with podcast training and LinkedIn optimization
You keep 100% rights and royalties.
Hybrid Ghostwriting & Best Seller Publishing
For busy professionals who want the book written for them, in their voice.
Included
- A discovery session and outline developed with your ghostwriter
- Structured interviews written into a full manuscript, up to 100,000 words
- Your chance to adjust, add and refine until it feels complete
- Editing, proofreading and formatting for print and Kindle
- Amazon and Barnes & Noble setup, metadata and uploads
- A managed bestseller campaign and launch execution
- Media kit, 50 printed copies, trophy, bookmarks, and a post-launch strategy session
Written by human ghostwriters, never AI.
You don’t have to decide alone.
A free 30-minute strategy call covers your manuscript, your timeline, and what your book should achieve. We’ll recommend the right path from there.
Free 30 minute strategy call. No pressure, just clarity.