“Stardom helped me become an internationally published author in record time. Highly recommended for writing and publishing your book.”
Rajendra KumarChairman, CREST Foundation
Publish your book
Your nonfiction book, planned, written, edited, published, marketed and distributed by Stardom Books — in your name, from your insights and stories. Never ghostwritten. Never AI generated.
Who this is for
Chairmen and CXOs. Founders. Doctors and surgeons. Consultants, advisors and specialists. People with many years of insight that exists nowhere anyone can read.
At the end
Paperback, hardcover, digital and audiobook — a real book with a real cover, in your name.
International ISBN, a Library of Congress number, and US copyright registration in the author’s name. You own the work.
Listed with our global distribution network from launch — online stores everywhere, and orderable by 45,000+ bookstores, chains and libraries in 100+ countries.
Stardom shares three-quarters of all royalties collected with the author. Free author copies at launch; get more at the cost of printing.
Print-on-demand facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, the UAE and India, with partner printers in Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea and Spain. Your book is printed in the market it is ordered from.
Every online store carries your book from launch — Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Waterstones, Booktopia, Kinokuniya and the rest. Physical bookstores, airport shops and libraries order from the network when they choose to stock it. That is how the trade works, and we say so plainly.
The Stardom Method
Our experts interview you and draft from your own words, with the research and resources a book at your level requires. You approve every page. The work is ours.
Topic, reader and the shape of the book, settled first.
Interviews and research, drafted in your voice.
Editing, formatting, proofreading, mockups.
Registration, every format, worldwide distribution.
Launch, media, speaking — what the book is for.
Thirty hours of your time. The rest is ours.
See the full method → How we workWhy Stardom
Every row is something a leader will need from the moment they decide to write a book to the year after it launches. Most of them are only available in one column.
| What you get | Stardom BooksPublishing house | TraditionalPublishers | Self-publishingPlatforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy and planning | |||
| Professional consultation | |||
| Book as a Strategy developmentB.a.a.S — the method behind every title | |||
| Finding and fine-tuning your message | |||
| Professional outliningThe book blueprint | |||
| Programs built for the authorIndividual authors, leaders, experts, startups and brands | |||
| Framework-based approach | |||
| Production | |||
| Complete book projectWriting, editing, proofreading, cover design, formatting, publishing, marketing, distribution | All inclusive | Partial | Limited |
| Professional project managementA dedicated project manager | |||
| Writing and editorial teamTrained writers, editors and publishing experts | |||
| Cover design | Advanced · unlimited revisions | Professional · limited revisions | Basic · limited revisions |
| Editions published | Digital · paperback · hardcover | Digital · paperback · hardcover | Digital · paperback |
| Audiobook edition | |||
| Author platform and content | |||
| Author members areaPremium content, videos, downloads, strategies | |||
| Influence courseAdvanced training on positive influence at leadership level | |||
| Marketing and PR trainingUsing the book as a marketing, PR and branding tool | |||
| Author platform creation | |||
| A year of social media contentPosts, images, copy | |||
| Shareable videosTrailers, author interviews, topical clips | |||
| Long-form articlesFor LinkedIn, Medium and similar | |||
| Media and PR kit | |||
| Podcast episodes | |||
| Book summary | |||
| Webinar kitSlides, content, copy | |||
| Registration and listing | |||
| US copyright registrationIn the author’s name | |||
| Library of Congress Control NumberLCCN | |||
| International ISBN | |||
| Amazon A+ and Prime listing | |||
| Launch and promotion | |||
| Bestseller campaign | |||
| Free author copies | |||
| Additional author copies at cost | |||
| Speaking engagements | |||
| Book launch guide for authors | |||
| Book launch event guide | |||
| Promotion checklist for authors | |||
| Paid promotionYouTube, LinkedIn, Amazon, Facebook and Instagram | Extensive | Negligible | None |
| Genuine book review solicitation | |||
| Pitches to influencers | |||
| Pitches for podcast interviews | |||
| Economics | |||
| Author royalties | 75% | 7–10% | 60–100% |
Traditional and self-publishing columns describe the category as a whole. Individual publishers and platforms vary.
Decision safeguards
A book is a commitment. The engagement is structured so that a senior leader can make it in stages, with clarity at each one, and keep what has been built at every step.
Planning comes first, before any writing or publishing commitment. The concept is validated and the scope, effort and outcome are clear before you decide to proceed.
Prevents a premature commitment to an ill-defined bookBook type and positioning, the target reader, narrative structure, chapter architecture and the publishing pathway are settled early — so no writing effort is spent in the wrong direction.
Prevents wasted effort from unclear directionThe project is led by senior publishing professionals with direct experience across 260+ first-time authors in leadership, business, medicine, technology and other expert fields.
Removes reliance on trial and error, unproven freelancers or fragmented vendorsA detailed outline, strategic recommendations, call recordings, workbooks and documentation — concrete assets that remain yours and remain useful even if the project pauses.
Prevents paying for advisory without lasting outputsExtended access to revisit decisions, seek guidance and resume momentum when circumstances allow — because senior schedules do not run to a project plan.
Prevents momentum loss to competing prioritiesBefore you go further
Handing a topic to a writer and putting your name on the result is buying a degree to hang on a wall. We interview you and write from your words.
Publishing someone else’s completed book is a printing service. We want to be in from the idea stage, where our experience counts.
Nonfiction only — business, leadership, how-to, brand stories, memoir and biography. Other houses do the rest better.
Author speak
“Stardom helped me become an internationally published author in record time. Highly recommended for writing and publishing your book.”
“The Stardom team worked to help me write and publish my first book. I appreciate their speed, support and highly trained editorial staff.”
“Stardom Books helped me become an internationally published author, and I value their methods, frameworks, and technology for new authors.”
Next step
Start with the evaluation if you want to know where you stand. Book a call if you already know you want a book. Request a proposal if you want it in writing first.
Thirty minutes. A verified score, a detailed report, and one specific recommendation. No cost.
Start the evaluationTwenty minutes with a senior publishing advisor. Your idea, your options, and what the project would involve.
Pick a timeA written proposal with scope, timeline and commercials, prepared for your book. Use the form.