Books and publishing
Books that carry a voice.
Long-form work for authors and institutions: memoir, fiction, poetry, biography and histories, faith, educational and journalistic writing, book proposals, and the editing and statutory publishing that follow.
What you can commission
15 kinds of work, each a brief away.
- MemoirYour life in your own voice, shaped into a book from interviews and memory.Commission this →
- FictionNovels and story collections, developed from your idea or written with you.Commission this →
- BiographyA life told with research, interviews and care, for a family, a nation or a shelf.Commission this →
- Thought leadershipThe book that sets out your ideas and puts your name to them in your field.Commission this →
- Children's writingPicture books, early readers and middle-grade stories young readers return to.Commission this →
- Company and family historiesThe story of a firm, a dynasty or a lineage, kept for the next generation.Commission this →
- PoetryA poet’s collection or chapbook, commissioned, written and shaped into a book.Commission this →
- General non-fictionNarrative, practical and reference books, researched and written to be read.Commission this →
- Faith and devotional writingDevotionals, sermons made into books, and teaching for congregations.Commission this →
- Educational writingTextbooks, readers and learning materials written to a curriculum.Commission this →
- Book proposalsThe proposal and sample chapters that put your book in front of a publisher.Commission this →
- Long-form journalismReported features and investigations at book and magazine length.Commission this →
- Developmental editingA whole-manuscript read of structure, argument and pacing, with a plan to fix them.Commission this →
- Copy editingLine-by-line consistency, grammar and house style, without losing your voice.Commission this →
- Cultural readingA reader from the culture checks the portrayal is true before it goes to print.Commission this →
The gates that apply here
A gated milestone cannot start until the gate before it is approved. This is enforced in the platform, and an override needs a clause in your contract and is logged with the reason.
- 01 Outline approvalThe structure is agreed before any chapter is written.Active
- 02 Voice sampleOpens when "Outline approval" is approvedLocked
- 03 Chapter batchesOpens when "Voice sample" is approvedLocked
- 04 Final manuscriptOpens when "Chapter batches" is approvedLocked
How bidding works here
Bids are blind, structured and inside a band.
Writers cannot see each other’s bids, the number of bids, or who else is bidding, at any point, including after you select. Every bid states the same things in the same shape, so you compare scope against scope rather than sales pitch against sales pitch.
- What every bid must stateMandatory
Price and currency, milestone and gate plan, timeline, revision rounds, exclusions, AI-use declaration, relevant experience.
- Default orderingRelevance
Never price. No bid is ever labelled cheapest or best value.
- Losing bidders learnOutcome only
That the brief closed. Never the winning price.
From about ₦100,000 for shorter work to ₦1,000,000 and more for a full book.
A guide so you can budget, not a quote and not a cap. You choose a budget range when you post a brief, and every bid you receive falls inside it.
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