Ebook ghostwriting · From $4,900

Ship a publishable ebook in 4-8 weeks in your voice.

12k-30k words, ghostwritten by a senior writer, edited by a Big-5 editor, and delivered KDP-ready. You keep 100% of the IP, the byline, and the royalties. NDA standard.

4-8 week turnaround
NDA standard, milestone refunds
Senior U.S. writer matched to your niche
Kindle & PDF formatting included
100% IP & byline yours
Direct working sessions with the writer

500+ books published

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What is ebook ghostwriting

A short-form book that does the heavy lifting without the year-long timeline.

An ebook is the highest-leverage piece of content a coach, consultant, founder, or expert can publish. It positions you as the authority, generates qualified leads, anchors your offer, and lives on Amazon forever. The catch: most experts never finish writing one.

We do. 12k-30k words. 4-8 weeks. A senior writer pairs with you, captures your voice from 4-6 hours of recorded interviews, drafts, and ships. The result reads like you — because it carries your frameworks, your stories, and your phrasing —

Short book format: 12k words, 30-40 pages of print. Publishable and positioned.
4-8 week turnaround: Roughly the time a full-length book takes to outline.
Senior ghostwriter only: Matched to your niche with at least 3 published titles.
Same milestone standard: Outline, voice-match chapter, then full draft. Refund at any gate. 100% yours.

Four ways an ebook earns its weight.

Most engagements fall into one of these four buckets. Tell us which on the discovery call and we scope to fit.
area once you are assigned to fit.

Lead magnet

Gated PDF that captures emails for your nurture sequence. Designed for landing-page conversion short, scannable, on a single sharp topic.

12-18k words

Email capture

Kindle / Amazon

Indie-published on KDP with cover, formatting, and metadata. Ranks for category keywords, generates passive royalties, and earns reviews that compound.

18-30k words

KDP launch

Course companion

Workbook or playbook bundled with your course / cohort. Lifts perceived value, increases completion rates, and turns one product into two.

15-25k words

Worksheets

Authority piece

Long-form positioning around your framework, methodology, or POV. Lives on your site, your sales calls, and your speaking decks.

20-30k words

Frameworks

Five steps from idea to finished manuscript

Every engagement runs on the same predictable rhythm. Predictable milestones, no surprises, satisfaction gates at every chapter.

Discovery

30-minute call to scope vision, audience, and outcomes.

30 min

Strategy

Editorial brief, niche positioning, success metric.

1 week

Outline

Chapter-by-chapter blueprint signed off before drafting.

1–2 weeks

Drafting

Ghostwriter or editor works with weekly check-ins.

8–14 weeks

Edit & Design

Line edit, proofread, cover, interior, audiobook.

4–6 weeks

Launch

KDP + IngramSpark live, ads on, PR moving.

Ongoing

Everything you need to ship.

A full studio package wrapped into the ebook tier. No à-la-carte surprises, no upsells mid-project.

Senior ghostwriter

U.S.-based, niche-matched, with at least 3 traditionally-published titles in your genre.

Outline & voice sample

Chapter-by-chapter outline plus a voice-match sample chapter — signed off before drafting.

Editing pass

One structural edit + one line edit + final proofread by a senior editor (not the writer).

Cover design

One designer-led cover concept with two rounds of revision, sized for Kindle, KDP print, and social.

Formatting

Print-ready interior + Kindle (EPUB/MOBI) + branded PDF. Includes ornaments, callouts, and pull-quotes.

KDP launch (Premium+)

ISBN, metadata optimization, category & keyword research, and Amazon KDP submission on your launch date.

NDA & IP transfer

Mutual NDA on request. Copyright assigns to you on final payment. You're the sole author.

Milestone gates

Satisfaction gates at sample chapter, mid-draft, and final delivery. Refund any milestone if it doesn't fit.

Direct working sessions

Weekly 30-min calls with your writer. Recorded interviews, transcripts indexed, no juniors on calls.

Trusted by business leaders, entrepreneurs & executives

From first-time authors to seasoned CEOs — our clients use their books to build authority, attract clients, and leave a lasting legacy.

I've been running my consulting firm for 14 years and always knew a book would elevate my positioning. Hawthorne made it real. The ghostwriter they matched me with understood my industry from day one. The final manuscript reads exactly like me — sharp, direct, and full of the frameworks I use with clients. Closed two six-figure engagements before the official launch.

I came in with a half-finished manuscript and no clear direction. The developmental editing process was transformative — they helped me restructure the entire argument without losing my voice. The book is now the anchor of my thought leadership strategy and has been picked up by three business podcasts. Worth every dollar.

Hawthorne handled my business memoir from outline to Amazon launch. The project manager kept everything on schedule and the ghostwriter captured 20 years of entrepreneurial lessons in a way that is genuinely engaging. It's already ranking in two categories on KDP and my speaking inquiries have tripled since launch.

As a business coach, credibility is everything. Publishing my book with Hawthorne gave me a tangible asset I can put in front of every prospective client. The team handled the cover, interior layout, ISBN, and KDP submission flawlessly. I didn't have to touch a single technical detail. Professional from start to finish.

My executive team had been suggesting I write a strategy book for years. Hawthorne turned that idea into a polished, published reality in under five months. The ghostwriter conducted thorough interviews, the editor tightened every chapter, and the cover design looked better than books I've seen from major publishers.

I used Hawthorne's book marketing and Amazon Ads service post-launch. The team built a proper campaign strategy, ran the ads, and optimised the metadata. Within six weeks we hit bestseller status in two categories. The visibility it created for my startup brand was unlike anything I'd achieved through traditional PR.

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers to the questions authors ask most about this service.

We ghostwrite eBooks across virtually every non-fiction and fiction category — business, leadership, self-help, personal development, health and wellness, memoir, how-to guides, finance, parenting, spirituality, and fiction genres including romance, thriller, and fantasy. Each project is matched to a writer with hands-on experience in that subject area.

A lead-magnet eBook (5,000–10,000 words) typically takes 3–4 weeks from brief to final draft. A full-length eBook (20,000–40,000 words) runs 8–12 weeks. Timelines include two revision rounds and assume a weekly review rhythm from you.

Yes. We open every project with a voice discovery session — a structured interview plus review of your existing writing, social posts, or recordings. From that we build a voice profile the writer uses throughout the project. The first chapter is always a voice test; we revise before moving forward if it is not right.

All eBook packages include a Kindle-ready EPUB, a PDF for direct download or lead magnet use, and a MOBI file. Interior formatting is included. Cover design is available as an add-on or included in higher-tier packages.

At minimum, Amazon Kindle (KDP). Depending on your package, we can also distribute to Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Scribd. Wide distribution is included in the Full eBook and Series packages.

Yes — fully and exclusively. Copyright transfers to you upon final payment. The ghostwriter signs a work-for-hire agreement and an NDA, and may not claim authorship or reference the project publicly.

Absolutely. Lead-magnet eBooks are one of our most requested formats. We write, format, and deliver a polished PDF optimised for email opt-in use, and can advise on title positioning and conversion copy.

Ship a publishable ebook in 4-8 weeks in your voice.

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Genres our ghostwriters work in

A short-form book that does the heavy lifting without the year-long timeline.