Gnome Book Writing

Gnome Book Writing is a ghostwriting and book production service that writes books for clients across a range of genres, including memoirs and non-fiction. It takes a book from the first outline through editing, formatting and cover design to publishing and marketing.

Products and services

• Ghostwriting: writers draft a book chapter by chapter from an approved outline, sending each one for feedback.
• Memoirs and non-fiction: life stories told from the client's viewpoint, plus instructional, historical and commentary titles.
• Editing and proofreading: checks on grammar and punctuation as well as plot, structure and flow.
• Formatting and illustration: fonts, margins, headings, tables and any illustrations laid out for print.
• Cover design: designers create the book's cover.
• Publishing and marketing: help placing the book with publishing partners and promoting it to readers.

Customers and markets

The service is aimed at people who want a book written but lack the time or skill to write it themselves.

Key facts

• Process: five stages, starting with concept research and an outline