How does a ghostwriter work?

This is not our first time, it is our craft: the studio has 45 titles written and 265 editions published, and our novels have been reviewed by international critics with 4 and 5 stars. The same hands that made those books make yours.

It works for any book: the story of your life, your expertise turned into a manual, the story of your company, the novel you have had in mind for years. What changes is the starting material, not the method. The full range is here: what a ghostwriter can write.

Three things, before anything else

The book is yours. Signature, rights, royalties: all yours, written into the contract. We stay invisible.

You do not need to know how to write, and you do not even need to know how to tell a story. We bring the right questions. You talk the way you would talk at the dinner table.

You never pay blind. You read the chapters as they are written, one by one, and you approve them.

What it costs, said upfront

It starts at 150 euro for an hour of consulting, if all you need is a direction, and at 100 euro for an assessment of the material you already have, with a written report and an outline: if the work then goes ahead, those 100 euro are deducted from the quote.

A short project starts at 2,500 euro. A biography starts at 3,500 euro and usually takes 3-6 months, 6,000 in the full format. A manual or a business book starts at 7,000, a novel at 9,000. The publishing package (cover, layout, EPUB, stores) is always separate, from 1,500 euro.

Payment is in stages, never everything up front. The exact figure for your book comes after the first consultation, which is free and commits you to nothing. We have devoted a whole page to prices: how much a ghostwriter costs.

Step 1: a couple of lines, and we talk. Free.

Write us a couple of lines, even vague ones, even just «I would like to write my father's story and I have no idea where to start». You do not need clear ideas: making them clear is our job, not yours. Then we talk by phone or video call whenever suits you, and we tell you frankly whether it can be done, how we would do it and what it costs. If the project does not stand up, or is not for us, we say so: an honest no is worth more than a sold yes. It commits you to nothing.

Step 2: we put in writing what we agreed

The contract is there for you more than for us. It sets out what we deliver, when and at what price, so the quote cannot change halfway. And it sets out the two things that matter: the book is entirely yours, signature, rights and royalties, and our name appears nowhere. What you entrust to us, recordings, photographs, documents, diaries, stays confidential and comes back to you when the work is done.

Step 3: the interviews. You talk, we listen.

This is where the book comes to life. We talk by phone or video call, unhurried and with a method: the right questions, in the right order. You do not need to leave home and you do not need to prepare anything. For a typical book it is a few hours of conversation spread over some weeks.

If there are things you would rather not talk about, just say so: you tell what you want to tell, and you decide what goes into the book. People who do this work have heard everything already, and they do not judge.

Step 4: the writing, chapter by chapter

We turn your words into narrative, written in the first person in your voice: the people who know you must hear you when they read. We send you the first chapter early on purpose, because that is where you immediately feel whether the tone is right. If it does not sound like you, we go over it together: one round of changes is included for each chapter, and if more are needed we talk about it. You receive the chapters as they come and approve them one by one. There is no surprise at the end, because you watched the book grow page by page.

Step 5: you choose the finish line

You can stop at the manuscript, ready to submit to a publisher, or go all the way to the finished book on sale with the publishing package, which is separate: cover, layout, publication on the stores, print on demand. We know the publishing platforms and we handle them, ISBN included: you do not open an account and you do not upload a file. If you wish, also in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

What if I already have a text?

It happens often: a manuscript in a drawer, a parent's diaries, a first draft that does not convince. In that case we do not start from scratch: we do editing or rewriting, it costs less, and it can still go all the way to the published book. The first step here is the 100 euro assessment of the material, deducted from the quote if the work goes ahead.