A book · From $3,500
The Book Build
Your notes or draft, finished and published in your voice.
Years of lectures, session notes, slides and recordings, or a manuscript that stalled at chapter six. We gather it, learn how you sound, and turn it into a book you'd sign your name to. Edited, designed and published on your own account.
What you get
- A structured, edited manuscript (up to 60,000 words)
- Citation check on every source you reference
- Cover design (one concept, two rounds of changes)
- Print interior and ebook files
- Amazon listing copy, categories and keywords
- Published on your KDP account, under your name
- Your own “book brain”: the system that knows your material, handed over
Options & prices
Fixed scope. Fixed price. A date.
Every project starts with a $500 Idea Blueprint, credited in full to your build.
Draft to Book
$3,500
8–10 weeks
You have a draft. We edit, shape, design and publish.
Notes to Book
$5,500
12–16 weeks
You have notes, slides and recordings. We draft from them in your voice.
Book + Workbook
$7,500
14–18 weeks
Either path, plus a companion workbook readers can fill in.
After launch: Author Plan, $350/mo: two pieces a month drawn from your book (articles, newsletter issues, posts), listing upkeep, and your book brain kept current. Compare care plans
The whole shelf
The Shelf Bundle
The full shelf from one body of material: your book, a companion workbook, the audiobook and an author website, delivered as one project.
$9,500 Save $1,700
- Book + Workbook (Notes to Book or Draft to Book)
- Audiobook (human narrator, or Amazon Virtual Voice where you're eligible)
- Author website on your domain (Site Only)
- One team, one timeline, one launch
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What else would finishing it cost?
| Option | Typical price | Time | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium hybrid publisher | $29,000–135,000 | 6–15 months | Months of interviews; on the guided tier you still write it |
| Freelance ghostwriter | $18,000–50,000 | 6–12 months | Then you hire the editor, designer and publisher yourself |
| DIY with AI tools and freelancers | $3,000–6,000 + your evenings | Until you stop | You're the writer and the project manager |
| Ideaeon | From $3,500 | 8–16 weeks | Built from your own material, in your voice, published under your name |
Ranges from published 2025–26 prices for hybrid publishers, ghostwriters and self-publishing services.
How we build it
Software does the volume. People make the calls.
Software transcribes your recordings, organizes your material and drafts or tightens chapters against a style sheet built from your own writing. People decide what's in and out, edit every chapter, check the citations and design the book. You read a sample before we go further, and you approve every batch.
Read how we use AIQuestions
About The Book Build
Will it sound like me?
Nothing gets built until you read a few sample pages and say “that's me.” If two rounds of tuning can't get there, we stop and hand you everything we've made so far.
Do I have to tell Amazon AI was involved?
Sometimes. Amazon asks publishers privately whether text was AI-generated. If we drafted chapters from your notes, we'll declare it on your behalf and show you exactly what we filed. Readers don't see it.
Who's the author?
You are. Your name, your account, your royalties. We keep a written record of what you supplied, wrote and approved, which also supports your copyright.
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Tell us about the idea.
A free 30-minute Idea Call. You'll leave knowing what it would take, what it would cost, and whether we're the right people, even if you never hire us.