Done-for-you ghostwriting, audiobooks, audiograms, workbooks and first-author toolkits. Loud and proud.
We're not hiding it.
This is ghostwriting.
Everyone who has ever bought a celebrity memoir, a CEO's manifesto, or a coach's bestseller already knows: most books are written with professional help. That's not a secret. It's just not talked about.
SelfPublish.now is the service where we say it plainly — and do it brilliantly. You bring the story, the expertise, the lived experience. We bring the words, the structure, and the craft. Your name goes on the cover. Full stop.
We're the done-for-you ghostwriting service behind Author.Direct — the trusted home for authors who want their books and ideas to keep working long after the launch.
"You have the story. We have the words. Together we make a book worth keeping on the shelf."
Every format a first-time author needs, from manuscript to media-ready content.
40–150 pages of polished prose, drafted around your voice and inputs. Cover art, PDF, and a beautiful embeddable flipbook — ready for readers.
Three options: AI-narrated ($99 add-on), author-narrated with AI polish ($999), or professional voice actor ($2,500+). Distribution-ready files.
Bite-sized, shareable audio segments with visual overlays. Perfect for promoting your book on social media — written and scripted by us, branded to you.
Structured companion workbooks with exercises, reflection prompts, and frameworks — extending your book into an interactive experience readers return to.
A step-by-step publishing roadmap: outline templates, query letter guides, platform checklists, and everything a first-time author needs to launch confidently.
Heartfelt Plus tier and above include a curated author page on Author.Direct — a permanent home for your book, your bio, and your free flipbook for readers to discover.
Pick the tier that fits how much book, how much editing, and how much hand-holding you want. Every tier ends with a real book in your name.
The same editorial workflow professional publishers have used for a century — with two explicit author-review gates and a US-based human in the loop.
We read and listen to everything you've already created — your intake form, articles, audio you record for us. AI helps catalog patterns and the way you actually talk.
Your inputs · AI catalogsA chapter-by-chapter outline organized around the takeaways you said mattered most. A US-based editor signs it off before you see it.
AI-assisted · human editorYou review the outline. Add chapters, cut chapters, reorder, redirect. Nothing moves forward until you say so.
You decide · review gateWe write the chapters, drawing language and examples from your existing work. We eliminate overlap and ensure each chapter has a clear job.
AI-assisted · human editorYou read the full draft and mark what doesn't sound like you. We rewrite until it does. One round at $1,999; unlimited rounds at $2,999 and VIP.
You decide · review gateThree final passes for rhythm, grammar, consistency, and polish — the same three passes traditional publishers run before any book goes to print.
AI-assisted · human editor ($2,999 & VIP)Three tiers, depending on whose voice you want in the recording and how much production you need.
Fast, inexpensive, and surprisingly good for non-fiction.
Your voice, polished. You record; we handle production.
Performed, not read. A professional brings your book to life.
A clinical psychologist with deep expertise in senior care. A lifetime of practice. No book — until she filled out our intake form.
"I'd been telling families the same things for years. Now there's a book in their hands when they walk out of the office — in my voice, with my framework. I never thought I'd call myself an author. Now I do."
Arlene's manuscript, PDF, flipbook, and Author.Direct companion page were all included in her $2,999 Heartfelt Plus tier. Her separately-branded business webpage for Well Being Health Specialists was quoted independently. Both are live today — side by side.
We're loud and proud about how this works. No deflection, no mystery.
Absolutely. Ghostwriting has a centuries-long tradition — memoirs, political speeches, celebrity books, and major thought-leadership titles are routinely written with professional help. You own the copyright. It goes out under your name. We sign an NDA and transfer all rights to you on final payment.
No. We sign a strict NDA before any work begins. We don't list your project in our portfolio without your permission, we don't discuss it publicly, and we never contact your readers on our own. Your book is yours, completely and finally.
Yes, and we don't hide it. AI tools assist at specific stages — cataloging voice patterns, drafting, structural analysis. A US-based human editor is in the loop on every project. You review the outline before drafting begins and the manuscript before any polish work. Nothing goes out under your name without your sign-off. The book is yours.
That's exactly where most clients start. The intake form is designed to extract your story, structure your ideas, and build a strong outline before any writing begins. You don't need to come in ready — you just need to come in. The form takes about 30 minutes.
Heartfelt Plus ($2,999) and above include a curated companion page on Author.Direct — with your hero, a free eBook tab with your flipbook embedded, your frameworks, quote cards, and a connect tab. See Dr. Strugar's page as a live example of exactly what you receive.
One round at $1,999 (Heartfelt Start). Two full weeks of unlimited revision rounds at $2,999 and VIP, with 2-business-day turnarounds on every revision. Our goal is a manuscript you're genuinely proud of — we don't stop until that's true at the tier you're on.
We're the best value in done-for-you ghostwriting. We are not the best ghostwriters in the business — and we want to say that plainly. The very best global firms charge 5× our prices and are worth every dollar. If your book is destined for the WSJ bestseller list or a Fortune 500 boardroom, we'll tell you that and point you to those firms. We would rather lose the fee than write a book that doesn't serve you.
Author.Direct is the platform where authors — who wrote their own books — get a curated companion page and a home for their ideas to keep working. SelfPublish.now is the done-for-you service for people who haven't written their book yet and want professional help getting it out of their head and onto the page. We're the same team. The two services are designed to work together.
The intake form takes about 30 minutes — less if you already have notes, articles, or a draft. After you submit, we come back to you within 2 business days.
You don't need a manuscript. You don't need an outline. You don't even need a clear title. The form will guide you.
We'll be in touch within 2 business days with next steps. Keep an eye on your inbox — and thank you for trusting us with your story.