How it works
A book is not a shopping cart
A book takes months and real money. The process here is built around that, not around a checkout button.
If you are hiring a writer
- 01
Pick two or three writers
The list is short and hand-read. Read their profiles and the reviews from people who actually paid them.
- 02
Send an inquiry
What the book is, who it's for, roughly what you can spend. Private, free, and no commitment.
- 03
Get a contract, not a quote
A fixed total, split into stages, with the rights and terms spelled out. You see everything before any money moves.
- 04
Accept it
Accepting locks the total, the stages, and the exact wording — both of you can download it forever. Changing scope later takes a change order you both sign.
- 05
Pay one stage at a time
You only ever pay for the next stage. The money is held until you approve that stage's work.
- 06
Approve, or say what's wrong
Approve and the money releases to the writer. Raise an issue and it doesn't. Go quiet and it releases automatically after the window below.
- 07
Review, anonymously
When the last stage releases, you're invited to review. Your name never appears — and the review only counts because you paid the whole contract here.
If you write books for other people
- 01
Apply and be read
A person reads your work before your profile goes public. Listing is free.
- 02
Set your own terms
You write the contract — total, stages, dates, rights. We never price your work.
- 03
Get paid per stage
The client funds each stage before you start it. Deliver, and the money releases on approval — or automatically if they go quiet.
- 04
Build the record
Every contract paid in full here earns a review nobody can fake. That's the thing you can't get anywhere else.