These guides answer the questions a first-time non-fiction author has between a finished draft and a published book: what publishing costs, whether the draft is ready, what AI editors can do, and how long a book should be. The craft guides draw their numbers from The Anatomy of a Bestseller, our study of 47 bestselling non-fiction books.
What it costs to publish a book, from $0 on Amazon KDP to a pay-to-publish package (median about $4,900), and which costs you can skip.
How to tell whether a finished draft is ready, with ten checks measured against 47 bestsellers.
What AI can and cannot do to a book manuscript, and what each tool does with your text.
Which Christian publishers pay authors, which charge them, and how to write and edit a faith book.
How to write a memoir that holds together, from five bestselling memoirs.
How long a non-fiction book and its chapters should be, from word counts across 47 bestsellers.
What 47 bestselling non-fiction books measure: the numbers every guide above cites.
