You’ve been meaning to write this book for years.
Most consultants, coaches, and speakers know their book would change their business. More clients. Higher fees. Invitations to stages they’ve only watched from the audience. But the book never gets written. Not because the ideas aren’t there. Because the process is brutal, the time isn’t there, and the wrong partner can waste years and tens of thousands of dollars. We built a better way.
Our services are built for people who can’t stop running their business long enough to write a book.
Why most expert books never get finished
The reasons are almost always the same. You started writing and got stuck at chapter three. You hired a ghostwriter who made you sound like a stranger. You looked into traditional publishing and realized they want you to already have an audience. You explored self-publishing and got buried in decisions about ISBNs, trim sizes, and distributors.
Or worst of all, you finished the book and it looked self-published. The cover was weak. The interior looked like a Word document. You spent real money and got something you would never hand to a client.
The problem was never your idea. It was never your expertise. It was the process.
The options most experts try first
DIY / Self-publishing
You can learn formatting, cover design, distribution, metadata, ISBN registration, print specs, and marketing. It will take 12-18 months and your book will still look self-published to anyone in the industry. Your time is worth more than that.
Cheap ghostwriters
You will get a manuscript that sounds like it was written by someone who doesn’t know your business, your audience, or your voice. You’ll spend months rewriting it yourself, which is exactly what you were trying to avoid.
Traditional publishing
Unless you already have a massive platform, traditional publishers aren’t interested. And even if they are, you give up control, royalties, and timeline. Your book comes out in 18-24 months if you’re lucky.
Other hybrid publishers
Some are excellent. Many are glorified print-on-demand services charging premium prices for template covers and minimal editorial support. The range is enormous and the risk is real.
How we do it differently
We built We Help Authors around one idea: you already have the book inside you. Our job is to get it out, shape it, and turn it into something you’re proud to hand to anyone.
Your only job is to show up and talk. Everything else is handled.
1
Strategy
Before we write a single word, we define who your book is for, what it needs to accomplish for your business, and how it should be structured. Most authors skip this. That’s why most books wander.
2
Capture your voice
We interview you. Not with a template. With real conversations designed to pull out your stories, frameworks, and ideas. The book sounds like you because it comes from you.
3
Write and refine
Our editorial team shapes the raw material into a professional manuscript. You review it. We revise it. We go back and forth until every page sounds right.
4
Design for the shelf
Your cover and interior are designed to compete with anything from a major publisher. We don’t use templates. We don’t shrink fonts to fit. If it wouldn’t look right in a bookstore, it doesn’t leave our hands.
5
Publish and launch
We handle distribution through Ingram and Amazon, set up your accounts, create your marketing assets, and give you everything you need to launch with confidence. You own 100% of your book and 100% of your royalties.
What happens after the book is done
The moment you hold your finished book, something shifts. You stop being someone with ideas and start being someone with authority.
Your book becomes the most powerful business card you will ever carry. Hand it to a prospect and watch the conversation change. You are no longer pitching. You are being consulted.
Here is what you can expect in the first 90 days after publication:
Your book is listed on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and available to every bookstore and library in the United States through Ingram distribution. Your sell sheet, your author page, and your marketing assets are built and ready to work immediately.
Prospects who read even one chapter show up to sales calls pre-sold. Speaking invitations arrive from people you have never met. Podcast hosts reach out to you instead of the other way around. Your authority compounds with every copy that lands in someone’s hands.
The book does not sit on a shelf. It goes to work for you every single day, opening doors, starting conversations, and closing deals you would never have access to without it.
One new consulting client or speaking engagement typically covers the full investment.
This is for you if:
- You are a consultant, coach, advisor, or speaker doing serious work in your field
- You have tried to write the book yourself and it never got past chapter two
- You know a book would open doors, increase fees, and bring the right clients to you
- You do not have time to write it and you do not want to manage a project
- You want something you are proud to put your name on
This is NOT for you if:
- You are a first-time author looking to write a personal memoir
- You want the cheapest option available
- You want to be involved in every sentence
- You expect a finished book in 30 days
“I used to joke that writing a book was the hardest thing I’d ever done…
and that was the easy part.”
~ Dave Streen
Published Author, Strategic Marketer, & Founder of We Help Authors
I built We Help Authors to make sure nobody else has to say that or feel it.
