We offer three ways of working, and you can switch between them as the project changes. In co-writing, you and a writer share the drafting: you write the scenes or chapters you feel strongest about, and the writer drafts the connecting material in your voice. In manuscript completion, the writer studies what you have written so far and carries the draft through to a complete manuscript, keeping your characters, arguments and tone intact.
In guided writing, you do all of the writing and the writer acts as your coach: setting chapter goals, reviewing each section, and giving specific notes on structure, pacing and clarity before you move on. Many first-time authors start here and finish faster than they expected, simply because someone is holding the plan.
Read the full overview on our Book Writing services page.
Nothing moves to the next stage without your approval, and the work remains yours.
A chapter-by-chapter outline agreed before drafting starts
Drafted or reviewed chapters delivered against agreed milestones
Written feedback notes on structure, pacing and clarity
A complete manuscript ready for professional editing
All rights to the work remain with you
We talk through your idea, your goals and how involved you want to be.
Your writer proposes a structure. Nothing is drafted until you approve it.
Chapters move forward in agreed batches with review rounds.
You receive the complete manuscript, ready for editing and publishing.
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 CHATYour book is planned chapter by chapter before drafting, so the finished manuscript reads as one connected whole rather than a collection of pieces.
Interviews, samples and review rounds keep the writing sounding like you, whether the book is a memoir, a business book or a novel.
You share your knowledge and stories in conversations; the writer turns them into polished pages on an agreed schedule.
Agreements cover confidentiality and confirm that you own the manuscript and the copyright when the project is complete.
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.
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.
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 New South Wales authors, the state library is the State Library of New South Wales.
Quotes for Australian authors are confirmed in writing, including the currency, before any work begins. The main price factors are:
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.
Tell us about your manuscript and we will send a written plan and quote within 48 hours.
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An agreed outline, drafted or reviewed chapters delivered in milestones, written feedback on structure and clarity, and a complete manuscript ready for editing. The exact mix depends on whether you choose co-writing, manuscript completion or guided writing.
With ghostwriting, a writer drafts the whole book from interviews and you review it. With book writing services you stay actively involved in the writing itself, as a co-author or with a writer coaching you.
Yes. We work with Sydney authors remotely by video call, phone and email, scheduled in AEST/AEDT (Sydney 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.
