Ghostwriting Services for Experts Who Don't Have Time to Write

A ghostwriting service writes a book that is published under your name. You supply the ideas, stories and expertise; the ghostwriter or ghostwriting company turns them into a finished manuscript. You are credited as the author and own the book. Dictate does this through recorded interviews: you talk, and the book is written from your own words in your voice.

Traditional ghostwriters typically charge $30,000 – $80,000 for a non-fiction book, and writers with bestseller credentials charge $80,000 – $250,000+. Hybrid services usually run $10,000 – $25,000. Dictate's Authority Book is $4,997, or 3 monthly payments of $1,833 or 6 monthly payments of $916.

Most ghostwriting follows the same arc: a discovery conversation, interviews that capture your knowledge, an outline you approve, chapter drafts, and revision rounds until the manuscript is ready to publish. With Dictate, the interviews are phone conversations with an AI interviewer that has researched you first, and chapters are drafted from those transcripts as you go.

A traditional ghostwriter usually takes 12-24 months. With Dictate, most authors finish their interviews in 4-8 weeks, and the service agreement estimates 16-28 weeks end to end, including writing, review and publishing preparation. You set the pace.

It depends on the contract, so read the assignment language before you sign. With Dictate you own 100% of the copyright. Dictate claims no ownership, no royalties and no rights to your manuscript.

Yes. Ghostwriting is a long-standing, openly accepted practice for business books, leadership books and memoirs. What matters is that the ideas, experience and judgment in the book are genuinely yours. In an interview-based process every story and framework comes from you.

That is the point of the interview approach. Dictate builds a Voice DNA profile from how you actually speak across your interviews (vocabulary, rhythm, signature phrases) and from any writing samples you upload, then writes every chapter against it. You review and approve each chapter before the book is final.

Yes, Dictate drafts with a purpose-built AI system, and every fact, story and framework comes from your interviews and uploaded materials; it does not invent content. Because you supply the creative expression and direct and approve the book, it is treated like a ghostwritten book you own. Our copyright page and copyright guide explain the U.S. Copyright Office position in detail.

A freelance ghostwriter is one person you hire and manage. A ghostwriting company runs the whole project: interviews, drafting, editing and delivery, with one point of accountability. Dictate is a ghostwriting company built around interviews, so you are never the project manager.

You review every chapter and can ask for revisions; a chapter that misses the mark can go back for targeted follow-up interview questions. Dictate also offers a full refund before your second interview call, so you can try the process before you commit.

Non-fiction books built on expertise: business, leadership, how-to, frameworks, faith and industry books for coaches, consultants, speakers, advisors and founders. If you want a novel, a traditional fiction ghostwriter is a better fit.