Non-fiction book writing

Most non-fiction books fail at the structure, not the sentences. The argument wanders, the chapters repeat each other, and the reader stops at page forty. Content Factory settles the spine of the book before the writing starts, then writes to it.

What we write

Structure before sentences

1. •

   Position

   What the book argues, who it is for, and what the reader can do afterwards. One page, agreed.

2. •

   Spine

   Chapter list with the job each chapter does, so no two chapters say the same thing.

3. •

   Research

   Documents, interviews and sources compiled and referenced before drafting.

4. •

   Sample chapter

   One chapter in full, in the voice. You approve the voice before the rest is written.

5. •

   Draft

   Chapter by chapter, delivered as it is written rather than in one lump at the end.

6. •

   Fact check

   Claims, figures, dates and quotations verified and sourced.

7. •

   Edit

   Structural edit, then copy edit, then proofread, each by a different person.

Your name on the cover

Most non-fiction work here is ghostwritten. The arrangement is plain: an NDA before anything is sent, no credit to us anywhere, and full copyright transferred to you on final payment.

• NDA signed before the first conversation
• No credit, no portfolio use, no case study
• Full copyright assigned on final payment
• Interviews recorded only with your consent
• Research notes and sources handed over with the manuscript
• We do not resell or reuse commissioned material

Indicative rates

Indicative project estimates. See the full price list, or the complete-book packages.

Only languages we can verify

Fifteen languages are written, edited and proofread by people who read them natively. A manuscript is never signed off by someone working through a dictionary.

Other languages are taken on only when a native writer and a separate native proofreader are both available for that script, and we say so before you commit. Detail: multilingual book writing.

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