How Authors in Melbourne Can Work With Us

Write your own book, with a coach in your corner. Regular feedback and accountability keep you moving until the manuscript is finished.

Melbourne is a UNESCO City of Literature with a strong reading culture. We help Melbourne writers produce books that stand up to an engaged, discerning readership.

There is no need to visit an office: consultations, reviews and approvals all happen online, scheduled in AEST/AEDT (Melbourne time).

LIVE CHAT

Request a project quote. Tell us about your book and we will send a written quote within 48 hours.

Book Coaching for authors in Melbourne

Feedback, Accountability and Author-led Drafting

In book coaching the drafting is entirely yours. Your coach helps you plan the book, sets realistic writing goals, and reviews what you produce at each session with specific, actionable feedback on structure, scenes, clarity and pace.

Accountability is half the value. Scheduled check-ins and agreed deadlines turn good intentions into finished chapters, and your coach helps you work through the stuck points that stop most drafts.

Read the full overview on our Book Coaching services page.

What you receive

Deliverables and Approvals

Nothing moves to the next stage without your approval, and the work remains yours.

1

A book plan and writing schedule

2

Scheduled coaching sessions

3

Written feedback on submitted pages

4

Guidance through to a complete draft

Step by step

How the process works

  1. 1

    Discovery call

    We talk through your idea, your goals and how involved you want to be.

  2. 2

    Plan and outline

    Your writer proposes a structure. Nothing is drafted until you approve it.

  3. 3

    Writing in milestones

    Chapters move forward in agreed batches with review rounds.

  4. 4

    Manuscript handover

    You receive the complete manuscript, ready for editing and publishing.

Writing services

What a professional writer brings to your book

Here is what you gain when your book is handled by a specialist writing team at Potter Publishers, working alongside editors, designers and publishing specialists under one roof.

LIVE CHAT

Structure that holds

Your book is planned chapter by chapter before drafting, so the finished manuscript reads as one connected whole rather than a collection of pieces.

Your voice, not ours

Interviews, samples and review rounds keep the writing sounding like you, whether the book is a memoir, a business book or a novel.

Time back in your life

You share your knowledge and stories in conversations; the writer turns them into polished pages on an agreed schedule.

Confidential and yours

Agreements cover confidentiality and confirm that you own the manuscript and the copyright when the project is complete.

Australia

Publishing details for Melbourne authors

Spelling and style

We edit and proofread in Australian English by default for Australian authors (colour, organise, travelled), and can switch to US or UK spelling if your book targets those readers.

ISBNs

In Australia, ISBNs are issued by Thorpe-Bowker. We help you buy and register them in your own name or your imprint's, so you are the publisher of record.

Legal deposit

Australian legal deposit generally requires published books to be deposited with the National Library of Australia and the relevant state library. We include this in your publishing checklist. For Victoria authors, the state library is State Library Victoria.

Pricing

Price factors and timeline

Quotes for Australian authors are confirmed in writing, including the currency, before any work begins. The main price factors are:

Target word count and existing materialResearch and interview needsSubject complexityTimeline and review rounds
Timeline: Calls and review sessions are scheduled in AEST/AEDT (Melbourne time). Timelines depend on length, research and how quickly review rounds move. Your written quote includes a milestone schedule before any work begins.
Books published with Potter Publishers
Why Potter Publishers

Why Melbourne authors choose Potter Publishers

We are a full-service publishing team for independent authors in Australia and the United States. Writers, editors, designers and marketers work together on your book, so every stage connects and nothing is lost between suppliers.

  • You keep your rights. Your book, your ISBNs, your accounts and your royalties stay in your name.
  • Written quotes. Every project starts with a clear plan, deliverables and dates before you commit.
  • Specialist team. Editors and designers matched to your genre and type of book.
  • One point of contact. A project manager keeps writing, design and publishing on schedule.
  • Print, ebook and audio. Files prepared to retailer and distributor requirements.
  • Launch support. Listings, categories and marketing planned around your readers.
Our work

Books we have helped bring to readers

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Ready to publish your book?

Tell us about your manuscript and we will send a written plan and quote within 48 hours.

Questions and Next Steps

Ready to talk about your book? Contact us or request a quote above.

A book plan and schedule, regular sessions, written feedback on your pages and support until the draft is finished.

Coaching supports you while you write; editing improves a manuscript once it is drafted.

Yes. We work with Melbourne authors remotely by video call, phone and email, scheduled in AEST/AEDT (Melbourne time).

We edit and proofread in Australian English by default for Australian authors (colour, organise, travelled), and can switch to US or UK spelling if your book targets those readers.