Publish With Crystal

For ghostwriters, book coaches, editors, writing coaches, and agencies

You already earned the client. Don't give away what comes next.

Your client did not come to you because they wanted a manuscript. They wanted a published book. So when your part of the project ends and they ask, "Okay…who can help me publish it?"

Publish With Crystal gives you a professional production team behind the scenes, without requiring you to hire designers, formatters, project managers, or publishing staff. Refer a client who books a qualifying publishing project and earn $500. Or offer publishing under your own brand while we handle the production.

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The moment you keep giving away

Your client is already asking for the next thing.

You helped them find the idea. Write the manuscript. Shape the story. Edit the book. Get it finished.

And now they are standing at the exact moment when they need professional publishing support.

Most book professionals do one of two things: refer the work away for free, or turn it down because they do not want to become a publishing company.

There is a third option. Partner with one.

Your client gets the finished book they came for. You stay connected to the relationship. And the publishing work creates revenue for your business instead of automatically becoming somebody else's.

Two ways to partner

Choose your model.

Referral Partner

Refer. They publish. You earn $500.

You introduce a qualified author to Publish With Crystal. We handle the sales conversation, contract, and publishing process directly with the author.

When your referral books a qualifying publishing project of $3,500 or more, you earn $500.

1 client = $500
5 clients = $2,500
10 clients = $5,000

You do not need to manage the project. You do not need to add publishing to your offer. And you do not have to send a trusted client to a random company you found online.

Best for: book coaches, editors, writing coaches, ghostwriters, consultants, and author service providers.

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White-Label Publishing

Your brand. Our production team.

You want to offer a more complete publishing experience under your own business. We become the production team behind it.

Your client continues working through your brand while our studio handles the agreed publishing production behind the scenes. That can include services such as book design, formatting, illustration, production, publishing setup, and project management.

You get to say: "Yes, we can help you get this published too." Without recruiting and managing an entire production department.

White-label pricing is structured differently from referrals. You receive a partner rate for the publishing production, then decide what you charge your client. That gives you room to build publishing into your own service model and profit from the full client journey.

Best for: ghostwriting agencies, book coaching companies, publishing consultants, editorial studios, author-service agencies, and established professionals who want publishing inside a larger client offer.

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Side by side

The difference is simple.

Referral

You make the introduction.

We become client-facing. We contract directly with the author.

You earn $500 when a qualified referral books a publishing project of $3,500+.

White Label

You sell the publishing service.

You remain client-facing. We operate behind the scenes.

You purchase publishing production at the agreed partner rate and decide what you charge your client.

Either way: the author keeps their rights and royalties.

You should not have to become a production company to sell a complete outcome.

This is especially important for ghostwriters.

You may be brilliant at interviewing, story development, voice, narrative structure, and turning somebody's experience into a manuscript. None of that means you want to spend your Tuesdays checking cover dimensions and troubleshooting print files. Nor should you have to.

The same is true for book coaches and editors. Your highest-value work may be developing the author, strengthening the message, improving the manuscript, and guiding the creative process.

Selling publishing does not mean you personally have to perform every publishing task. Businesses use specialists.

The question is whether you have a specialist you trust enough to put behind your name.

Said directly

And ghostwriters: we are not trying to take your job.

This matters enough to say directly.

Our studio specializes in short-format, interview-based authority books and professional publishing production. If a client needs a traditional full-length ghostwritten manuscript, that is not the work we are trying to pull away from you.

In fact, the relationship can work in both directions. You send us finished manuscripts that need professional production. And when the right full-length ghostwriting need reaches us, we have trusted professionals to refer to.

A good partnership should create more business on both sides, not make you nervous about introducing the client.

What actually matters

The real risk isn't the commission. It's your reputation.

When you refer somebody, you are lending your credibility. When you white-label production, the stakes are even higher. Your name is on the experience.

That is why production quality matters. Communication matters. Deadlines matter. Ownership matters. How the author is treated matters.

The partner behind you should make you look more capable, not create problems you have to explain later.

The team behind you

Your name is in good hands.

Publish With Crystal is led by bestselling independent author and publisher Crystal Swain-Bates, whose own books have sold more than 750,000 copies. Our studio has helped bring more than 300 books to publication across authority books, workbooks, journals, children's books, and other publishing formats.

But the number I care about most in a partnership is not 750,000 or 300. It is one. Your client.

Because that is the person who will decide whether recommending us made you look brilliant, or made them question why they trusted you. We treat that responsibility accordingly.

Professional Production

Books designed and produced to a standard you can confidently attach your name to.

A Real Process

Clear project stages, communication, revisions, and production management.

Author Ownership

Your client keeps their rights and royalties.

Clear Partnership Terms

You know exactly how the relationship works before the first project is sent.

What could this change in your business?

Imagine finishing a $7,500 ghostwriting project and being able to say: "We can handle the publishing too."

Or completing a book-coaching engagement without ending the relationship at the manuscript.

Or becoming the editor who does not simply say, "Here are three publishers you can Google." Instead: "I have a publishing partner."

That changes the client experience. Fewer handoffs. Less uncertainty. A clearer path from idea → manuscript → finished book.

And more revenue from the author relationships you are already generating.

How the partnership works

Four steps, then it just runs.

1

We learn about your business.

Tell us what you currently offer, what kinds of authors you serve, and where publishing fits into the client journey.

2

We choose the right model.

Referral? White label? We agree on the structure and terms before any client work begins.

3

Send the right projects.

When a publishing-ready client comes along, you already know exactly where that work goes.

4

You earn, or deliver.

With referrals, you earn your commission when the client books. With white label, you deliver a more complete publishing offer through your own brand. No scrambling for vendors every time someone finishes a manuscript.

Partnership questions

Before you apply.

How much do referral partners earn?
Our standard referral commission is $500 when a qualified referral books a publishing project of $3,500 or more. For projects between $2,500 and $3,499, the referral commission is $250. Larger or ongoing partnership arrangements may qualify for custom terms.
When is the referral commission paid?
Referral commissions are paid after the referred client has signed their publishing agreement and made the qualifying payment required to begin the project.
What counts as a qualified referral?
A qualified referral is a new prospective client who was introduced through you and who has not already entered our sales process independently. Full referral terms are provided when you join the partner program.
What is white-label publishing?
White-label publishing allows you to offer professional book production through your own brand while Publish With Crystal performs the agreed production work behind the scenes. You receive a partner production rate and determine what you charge your client.
Will my client know you are involved?
With referrals, yes. Publish With Crystal becomes the publishing studio working directly with the author. With white-label partnerships, the publishing service is structured to be delivered through your brand.
Who owns the finished book?
The author retains their publishing rights and royalties. We are paid for the professional work of producing the book, not for ownership of the author's intellectual property.
I'm a ghostwriter. Could you compete with me for my client?
Our studio specializes in short-format, interview-based authority books rather than traditional full-length ghostwriting. For longer ghostwritten projects, we refer to qualified ghostwriters rather than trying to become one.
Do I need a certain number of clients to partner?
No. The more important question is whether the authors you serve are a good fit for our publishing model. If you regularly work with authors who reach the manuscript-finished stage, there is likely an opportunity.

The finish line

Stop sending the finish line somewhere else.

You already did the hardest part. You earned the client's trust. When they reach the end of the manuscript and ask, "What happens now?" you should have an answer. Refer the client and earn $500. Or put a professional publishing team behind your own brand. Either way, you no longer have to watch the final, and often substantial, part of the client journey walk out the door.

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