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Product 11
Books
The industry charges six figures. We charge for the work.
Everything between an idea and a finished book on a shelf — under one product. Ghostwriting on the writing side (articles, novellas, novels, business / thought-leadership books) and full self-publishing on the delivery side (copy-edit, typesetting, cover design, ISBN, print-on-demand, hardback, launch). Start where you are — a blank page or a finished manuscript — and end with a book you own and royalties you keep.
The Old Way vs. The Forge
A credentialled novel ghostwriter charges $30,000–$100,000+ and takes 6–12 months. Business-book ghosts run $15,000–$60,000. Self-publishing service packages (Reedsy, Ingram, et al.) run $3,000–$15,000 with royalty splits attached and 6–12 week turnaround. Traditional publishers offer $5,000–$25,000 advances against 18-month waits and 6–15% royalties. We start at $499 for an article, $1,499 for a manuscript-to-book publish, $14,999 for a full ghostwritten novel — all flat, no back-end split, shipped in weeks.
Drag the market · watch the gap
Slide anywhere in the traditional market and compare.
Traditional market
$52k
typical manuscript-to-shelf package · 42–365 days
Resilience · The Forge
$1.5k
same manuscript-to-shelf package · 14 days
At this price point, the forge is 34× cheaper and 26× faster.
See a real sample of what you'll receive
THE FIRST FIRE — Chapter One
The opening chapter of a full-length novel. Voice, cadence, and craft — the sample most editors ask for.
This is one page of a longer deliverable. Full order ships as described above.
Choose your rung
Manuscript to Book
Copy-edit, typeset, cover, ISBN, and digital distribution — you keep 100% of royalties.
- ·Copy-edit + proofread
- ·Typeset interior
- ·Cover design
- ·ISBN assignment
- ·Digital distribution (Kindle, Apple Books, etc.)
- ·One edit round
Turnaround: 2–3 weeks
Full Publish
Everything above plus print-on-demand and trade paperback in every major channel.
- ·Everything in Manuscript to Book
- ·Print-on-demand setup
- ·Trade paperback distribution
- ·Multi-channel digital + print
- ·One edit round
Turnaround: 3–4 weeks
Studio Publish
Everything above plus hardback edition, launch marketing, and a first-quarter promo campaign.
- ·Everything in Full Publish
- ·Hardback edition
- ·Launch marketing package
- ·First-quarter promo campaign
- ·One edit round
Turnaround: 5–6 weeks
Ghostwritten Article
1,500–3,000 word article, industry-format, your byline.
- ·Full article (1,500–3,000 words)
- ·One edit round
- ·Bylined to you
Turnaround: 48–72 hours
Ghostwritten Novella
20,000–40,000 word novella. Your name, your rights, your royalties.
- ·Full novella (20k–40k words)
- ·One edit round
- ·Delivered in industry format
Turnaround: 3–4 weeks
Ghostwritten Novella (75–110 pages)
A 75–110 page novella — roughly 22k–33k words — your byline, industry format.
- ·Full novella (22k–33k words)
- ·One edit round
- ·Delivered in industry format
- ·Optional beat-sheet review checkpoint
Turnaround: 3–5 weeks
Ghostwritten Business Book
Full-length business / thought-leadership book (150–250 pages). Your name on the cover.
- ·Full manuscript (150–250 pages)
- ·Two edit rounds
- ·Delivered in industry format
- ·Optional chapter-by-chapter intake sessions
Turnaround: 6–8 weeks
Ghostwritten Novel
Full novel (60,000–100,000 words). Genre of your choice. Your name on the cover.
- ·Full novel (60k–100k words)
- ·Two edit rounds
- ·Delivered in industry format
- ·Optional beat-sheet review checkpoints
Turnaround: 8–12 weeks
10% of every paid order flows to the Glass Ledger causes ·see the ledger →
Do it yourself · Cheaper
This is a service we offer that kills a boutique industry's prices.
We don't want to do this for you. We want you to do it yourself, so the cheaper method is right here:
This is the exact product I'm about to use to do this for you. Speak to it, and don't pay 3x more for it.
The Founder's Note
AI has made any capable single user capable of collapsing cost that once required a whole company. I am that user. This page is that collapse.
The old industry above needed a room, a budget, and eighteen months. I need a keyboard and a week. You are welcome to buy the old way. You are more welcome to buy the new one — and more welcome still to do it yourself with the tool linked above. Any of those three routes ends the industry above. I would rather it end than protect it.
— The Founder