American Legacy Publishers helps entrepreneurs and professionals write, publish, and market their non-fiction books.
We offer a full range of services including publishing, editing, book coaching, ghostwriting (which we call scribing), and strategic marketing for both books and authors. Many of your questions are answered in the FAQs below.
Ghostwriters bring versatile writing expertise to the table, helping you effectively expand your brand’s reach and online presence. A professionally written book not only enhances your credibility but can also drive higher sales and revenue. Best of all, you retain full copyright ownership—ensuring you receive complete credit and profits from your work.
Self-publishing empowers authors to publish their work independently, without relying on traditional publishing houses. It gives you full control over every aspect—from creative decisions and production costs to distribution and royalty profits. What began as a niche option has grown into a thriving industry, offering authors the freedom to maintain ownership and market their books directly through modern self-publishing platforms.
At American Legacy Publishers, we offer affordable, personalized ghostwriting packages tailored to your unique project. Our all-inclusive services cover manuscript writing, senior editor review, copy editing, synopsis creation, a curated list of literary agencies for pitching, and expert publishing consultation.
The average cost of self-publishing is around $2,000. If you’re working with a limited budget, simply fill out our contact form — we’ll ensure your author journey remains both professional and affordable.
At American Legacy Publishers, your privacy is our priority. All communication with your assigned ghostwriter is kept strictly confidential, and we’re happy to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) for added assurance. You’ll have secure, direct communication channels, and none of your personal information or project details will ever be shared without your consent.
Ghostwriters are skilled in handling a wide range of writing projects, including fiction and nonfiction books, memoirs, biographies, articles, speeches, comic books, self-help guides, academic works, and informative essays. At American Legacy Publishers, our writers are proficient in diverse writing styles and provide comprehensive ghostwriting services tailored to your unique needs.
As the author, you retain full ownership of your book. American Legacy Publishers acts solely as your service provider—helping you write, edit, and publish your work—while all rights to the content and intellectual property remain entirely yours.
Yes, you are the sole author of your book, and it is entirely in your voice. The book is created through interviews with you—you contribute all the ideas, knowledge, and content. If you choose our Guided Author Program, you’ll also write the book yourself. Our role is to assist with the parts of book writing you’re less familiar with, such as positioning, structuring, and refining the manuscript.
Self-publishing allows authors to publish their work independently, without the need for traditional publishers. This method provides complete control over publishing decisions, costs, and royalties. It has evolved into a popular industry, offering authors the freedom to market and distribute their books through self-publishing platforms.
Our ghostwriting services are tailored to capture your unique voice and vision for the book. Our team helps with research, planning, drafting, editing, and publishing. We communicate through emails, research, and revisions to refine your content. We also conduct in-depth research, on-site visits, and face-to-face interviews to customize the process according to your needs and timeline.
We offer affordable, personalized ghostwriting packages tailored to your specific project. Our services include manuscript writing, senior editor review, copy editing, synopsis creation, a list of literary agencies for pitching, and publishing consultation. The average cost for self-publishing is around $2,000. If you have budget constraints, fill out our contact form, and we will work with you to make your author journey affordable.
We prioritize your privacy and ensure all communications with your assigned ghostwriter are handled with strict confidentiality. You can correspond through secure channels, and we take necessary measures to protect your intellectual property and personal information throughout the writing process.
Ghostwriters are skilled in a variety of writing projects, including fiction and nonfiction books, memoirs, articles, biographies, speeches, comic books, self-help books, academic works, and informative essays. Our writers are versatile and offer comprehensive services to meet the needs of any project.
Yes, you are the sole author of your book, and it’s entirely in your voice. The book is created through interviews with you—you provide all the ideas, knowledge, and content. If you choose the Guided Author Program, you will write the book yourself. Our role is to assist you with the aspects of book writing you may not be familiar with, such as positioning, structuring, and refinement.
Our ghostwriting services are tailored to your unique voice and vision for your book. Our team helps with research, planning, drafting, editing, and publishing. Through emails, research, and revisions, we refine your content to bring your ideas to life. We also conduct in-depth research, on-site visits, and face-to-face interviews to customize the process according to your needs and timeline.
We offer affordable, personalized ghostwriting packages that are tailored to your unique project. Our services include manuscript writing, senior editor review, copy editing, synopsis creation, a list of literary agencies for pitching, and publishing consultation. The average cost for self-publishing is approximately $2,000. If you have budget constraints, fill out our contact form, and we’ll work with you to make your author journey more affordable.
We prioritize your privacy and ensure all communications with your assigned ghostwriter are confidential. You can communicate through secure channels, and we take all necessary measures to protect your intellectual property and personal information throughout the writing process.
Ghostwriters are skilled in a variety of writing projects, including fiction and nonfiction books, memoirs, articles, biographies, speeches, comic books, self-help books, academic works, and informative essays. Our writers are versatile and offer comprehensive services to meet the needs of any project.
As the author, you will retain ownership of the book. We are service providers assisting you with the publishing process, but the book remains your creation, and you maintain full ownership of the content and intellectual property.
You get everything you need to confidently write, publish, and market your book. The entire program includes comprehensive support at every stage, from initial strategy to post-launch promotion.
Yes, editing is included. Once you complete your rough draft, it will go through a complete structural edit by a member of the Executive Editing team, all with over 15 years of experience.
Our goal is to ensure your book is not bad before publishing. If necessary, we’ll point out where it needs work and guide you on how to fix it. Once we know your book is on the right track, the next step is to take it from good to great. Our editing approach is about making sure your book is of the highest quality, because our reputation is tied to it, just like yours.
Yes, publishing is fully included. We take care of everything: interior layout, cover design, distribution, and more. The process we follow is the same as with our Scribe Professional authors, ensuring your book receives the same high standard of publishing quality.
You can pay for the Guided Author service over 15 months, but you can publish in as little as 9 months, depending on how quickly you write and edit your manuscript. The only requirement is that the full payment must be made before we proceed with the final publishing stages.
Do I own all the rights to my book?
Yes. You retain 100% of the profits. All publishing accounts are created in your name, giving you full control and ownership over your royalties and content.
We offer flexible publishing options under our own imprint or a custom one of your choice. You can publish under our house imprint or create your own publishing name—it’s entirely your decision.
While we don’t take any share of your profits, some standard platform costs apply. For eBooks, platforms like Amazon typically keep 30%, while you receive 70%. For paperbacks, Amazon takes about 40%, printing costs average around $3, and the rest goes to you. If you choose to publish a hardcover, we’ll walk you through the details before moving forward.
Actually, it doesn’t. Our service-based model ensures our focus stays on your goals—not just book sales.
By charging a flat fee and allowing you to retain 100% of your rights and royalties, we prioritize helping you achieve outcomes like building authority, landing speaking engagements, or attracting clients. A royalty-based model shifts focus to maximizing sales volume, which may not align with your bigger vision.
Technically, yes—but not in the way you might think.
When most people ask this, what they’re really wondering is, “Will my book look self-published or unprofessional?” The answer: absolutely not. You’re hiring us to make sure your book is created and published to the highest professional standards.
Your book is published through a credible, established imprint (either ours or one you choose), with complete ownership and control in your hands. So, while you retain full rights like in self-publishing, the result is far from amateur.
In today’s world, many bestselling and influential books are produced outside of traditional publishing. Our model combines the best of both worlds—professional publishing standards with the freedom and control of ownership
Yes and no. This is a complicated answer, again because the publishing business is so weird.
Yes, we make your book available for order and sale in bookstores and retail outlets. All our books are put into the Ingram database, and can be ordered in every bookstore in the country.
No, we do not automatically put your book in bookstores. This is because bookstores carry very few books, reserving their limited space for established authors or books from publishers who are paying for shelf space.
You generally need to sell at least 25,000 copies before bookstores become interested in carrying your book. That’s the bad news. The good news is that being in bookstores doesn’t really matter anymore. A book sitting on a shelf doesn’t sell in most cases. In terms of buyer behavior, most people who shop at Barnes & Noble also shop on Amazon, so if they don’t see a book at Barnes & Noble, they’ll just go to Amazon. In other words, lack of bookstore distribution in and of itself doesn’t necessarily lose you very many sales.
The reality is, for almost all authors, being in a bookstore is purely about ego, and not about actual ROI. We don’t deny that going into a bookstore and seeing your book on the shelf is nice, but having a book in a bookstore does almost nothing in terms of sales or awareness. It is only a status object.
We don’t charge you anything for copies. You get to buy copies at the print cost. For print on demand paperback, Kindle Direct Publishing and IngramSpark not only prints books for approximately $4 a copy when they’re ordered through Amazon, but they’ll sell the author these books at the same cost. At any time after the book is published, you can order copies in any quantities you’d like at this discounted price, direct from the printer (we don’t make money on copies).
If you are looking for a larger quantity of books (1,000 or more), we set you up with a commercial offset printer to handle this request. They can provide better prices at large quantities. We take no markup.
Your book cover and manuscript interior layout will be designed by world class designers, but you have full creative control.
Our Creative Director has done dozens of New York Times Best Sellers, as well as the other book cover designers we’ve worked with. Combined, they have worked on over 100 best sellers that have sold millions of copies. You are getting the very best in design, because having a great book cover is a key to establishing your book as credible and professional.
Before we start the design process, you’ll have a long conversation with the Creative Director to understand your vision for the cover (if you have any). We organize this information into a design brief and use it to create a series of initial cover designs, which you will review and give feedback on. Just like all parts of our process, you will have full, 100% approval of your cover.
We will manage the logistics to run an Amazon Bestseller Campaign that focuses on maximizing early sales, reviews, and rankings, all to build the foundation of early credibility for your book’s long term success.
We will also support you in promoting the book to your connections by creating social media graphics for the book, crafting a book announcement email, gifting free copies to your friends and family, and creating a strategy for you to get the support of influencers who you know.
By the end of the first week of your book release, your book should have Amazon bestseller status, a burst of early sales, a baseline of reviews, awareness among your network, and you should have a plan for how to continue to leverage it going forward.
We do offer other add-on marketing packages as well.
To estimate your audiobook’s final runtime, divide your manuscript’s word count by 9,000. For example, a 50,000-word book (about 200 pages) would result in roughly 5.5 hours of audio.
At American Legacy Publishers, we typically deliver a professionally produced, retail-ready audiobook within 2 to 3 months of signing your agreement.
Professional narrators record at a 2:1 ratio—meaning 2 hours in the studio for every 1 hour of finished audio. First-time authors or narrators may take closer to a 3:1 ratio, depending on experience.
Recording your own audiobook takes practice and stamina. Read your manuscript out loud regularly, restart sentences when you make mistakes, and consider using annotation tools to help with pacing and pronunciation.
While it’s meaningful to use your own voice, audiobook narration is a performance—not just reading aloud. If you’d prefer a polished result, American Legacy Publishers offers access to a network of over 1,000 professional narrators, and we’ll support you through every step—from voice selection to final distribution.
For the first four months, American Legacy Publishers focuses on building your credibility and authority with the media by presenting a wide range of publicity opportunities. After this initial period, we can begin targeted outreach to individual journalists and specific publications. This phased approach ensures your story is well-developed and your reputation is established—making you more appealing to major media outlets.
We track success using several key metrics, including:
The number of publicity opportunities offered
The number of opportunities accepted or responded to
The number of published quotes or features
The Domain Authority of the media outlets
The monthly unique visitors of each publication
The relevance of each publication’s audience to your goals
On average, our authors receive 4–8 media opportunities each month. Typically, 2–3 of those result in published coverage.
Please note that while we strive for great results, we cannot guarantee exact placements or timing of publication.
Your input is always welcome!
That said, with years of experience in media outreach, we’ve learned that building strong momentum through frequent, high-quality coverage is more impactful than landing a single “dream” placement early on. Our strategy is to establish you as a credible source first, which naturally attracts attention from high-profile outlets over time.
We’ve worked with hundreds of authors aiming to boost their visibility, sell more books, drive web traffic, secure speaking engagements, and grow their business presence.
In addition, our team has partnered with major global brands such as Virgin Atlantic, Google, Red Bull, Dropbox, eBay, and more—bringing that same high-level expertise to your publicity journey.
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