WRITE YOUR BOOK. PUBLISH YOUR BOOK.

First we get it written. Then we get it published.

Two stages. One finished book. The Manuscript Sprint is the entry point — 90 days from idea to draft, one-on-one with Kwame. From there, LegaBrand Press takes it the rest of the way: edited, designed, distributed, on the shelf. You keep every copyright. You keep every royalty.

STAGE 01

Write the Manuscript

Manuscript Sprint · 90 days
STAGE 02

Publish the Book

LegaBrand Press · 3 paths

WHY A BOOK

A book is the credential that travels in rooms you haven't entered yet.

01

Authority

A book is a level of credibility a website can't carry. Conference organizers, board recruiters, reporters, podcast hosts — they all search by "author of." A finished book moves you from service provider to subject expert before you ever speak.

02

Visibility

A book travels where you can't. It shows up on Amazon at 3 a.m. when a meeting planner is researching speakers. It sits on the desk of a board chair you've never met. It compounds in places your LinkedIn post can't reach.

03

Legacy

A book outlasts the business. Companies pivot. Markets shift. Roles end. The book stays — on shelves, on Kindles, on bedside tables — for decades. It's the asset that makes a name Exit-Proof™.

Stage 01 · Write the Manuscript

The Manuscript Sprint.

Most authors take this path. The fastest, most structured way to go from idea to finished manuscript — one-on-one with Kwame, in 90 days. Built for entrepreneurs who can't afford another year of "almost done."

Manuscript Sprint™

90 days • 1:1 with Kwame • Finished first-draft manuscript

Write your book in 90 days. Your voice. Your ideas. Your name on the cover — earned.

The Sprint solves the five questions that stall most business books — positioning, audience, structure, sequence, and execution — in order, not all at once. That's why 90 days becomes possible. And why most approaches don't finish even in eighteen months.

Whether you've been writing the same book for years or haven't started yet, the framework gets you to the same place: a finished manuscript in 90 days, written in your voice — not generic AI, not a ghostwriter pretending to be you.

Every Sprint client works directly with Kwame. No assistants, no group calls, no Zoom rooms of forty people. Limited intake.

THE INVESTMENT
$9,500
One-time • Payment plans available
EVERYTHING INCLUDED
  • 12 weekly 1:1 sessions with Kwame
  • Proprietary writing framework & workbook
  • Your own Voice Print™ — trained voice model
  • Full book positioning & chapter outline
  • Weekly editorial feedback on every draft
  • Finished first-draft manuscript by Day 90
APPLY FOR THE SPRINT Full details →

One important note: The Sprint gets your manuscript written. It does not include publishing. Editing, design, distribution, ISBN, retail placement — those are separate, and they're what Stage 02 is for. Most clients hand the finished draft to LegaBrand Press the week the Sprint ends. Others take it elsewhere. Either way, the manuscript is yours.

AFTER THE SPRINT

The manuscript is yours. What's next is your choice.

Once your Sprint manuscript is finished, we sit down and decide the right publishing path — most graduates move directly into LegaBrand Press at the Manuscript-Ready tier for editing, design, distribution, and ISBN. Some take the book to another publisher. The decision is yours. Sprint clients get priority intake and preferred pricing at the Press, with no obligation to use it.

And if the Sprint isn’t the right fit for you — if you’d rather not commit to 90 days of intensive writing, or you’d prefer a team to write the book for you — there are two other complete paths. Both include writing AND publishing in a single engagement. See all the options below.

STAGE 02 · PUBLISH THE BOOK

Three ways to publish a book. Only one fits an entrepreneur.

OPTION 1

Self-Publishing

Cheap. Slow. Lonely.

You're the editor, the designer, the distributor, the marketer. There's no quality standard, no editorial guidance, no industry muscle. The result usually looks like it.

OPTION 2

Traditional Publishing

Slow. Gatekept. Restrictive.

You wait years for a yes, then sign over rights for an 8–15% royalty. The cover, the title, the timeline — all out of your hands. Built for novelists, not entrepreneurs.

OPTION 3 — LegaBrand Press

Co-Creation Publishing

Fast. Partnered. Yours.

We bring the editing, design, production, distribution, and ISBN. You keep all rights, all royalties, and full creative control. You pay for the work — not for the gatekeeping.

The right model for an entrepreneur isn't the cheapest or the most prestigious. It's the one that gets the book finished — and keeps it yours.

LEGABRAND PRESS

Three paths. One published book.

Each path below is a complete route from where you are to a published book. The Sprint above feeds into Path A. Paths B and C include their own writing process — no separate Sprint needed. Pick the path that matches how you want to write.

PATH A · PUBLISHING TIER

Manuscript-Ready

$10,000 – $20,000
4–6 month publishing timeline

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

You already have a finished manuscript. Either you came out of the Manuscript Sprint above, or you wrote it on your own. You don't need writing help — you need professional publishing: editing, design, distribution, ISBN, and retail placement.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Developmental review, copyediting, proofreading, professional cover design, interior layout, ISBN registration, ebook conversion, paperback printing, distribution to Amazon and major retailers, and launch coordination.
PATH B · WRITE + PUBLISH

Concept-to-Book

$25,000 – $40,000
9–12 month total timeline · all-in

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

You haven't written it yet — and 90 days is too compressed. You'd rather work a longer, lower-intensity timeline with more developmental editorial support throughout the writing, not just at the end. One continuous engagement that includes both writing and publishing — not the Sprint's 90-day push.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Everything in Manuscript-Ready, plus book outline development, table-of-contents architecture, chapter-by-chapter writing coaching, voice and clarity feedback, monthly editorial check-ins, and developmental editing throughout the writing process.
PATH C · DONE FOR YOU

Ghostwriting

$40,000 – $75,000
12–18 month total timeline · all-in

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

You won't write it yourself — and that's fine. You have the expertise and the audience, but the writing isn't going to happen with you at the keyboard. A dedicated ghostwriter captures your voice through interviews and delivers the manuscript. Then we publish it.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Everything in Concept-to-Book, plus a dedicated ghostwriter, 20–40 hours of author interviews, voice and style capture, full manuscript drafted in your voice, chapter-by-chapter approval, and full project management start to finish.

The three paths, side by side.

Same destination — a published book in your voice, with every copyright and royalty in your name. The path you pick depends on how you want to write.

MOST POPULAR PATH

Path A · Sprint + Manuscript-Ready

For authors ready to write in a 90-day intensive with Kwame.

How it works: 90 days writing 1:1 with Kwame, then 4–6 months publishing through LegaBrand Press.

Total time: ~7–9 months end-to-end.

TOTAL INVESTMENT
$19,500 – $29,500
Sprint ($9,500) + Manuscript-Ready ($10K–$20K)
PATH B

Concept-to-Book

For authors who want a longer, lower-intensity, more collaborative writing process.

How it works: One continuous 9–12 month engagement. Writing coaching, developmental editing, and publishing — all included.

Total time: 9–12 months end-to-end.

TOTAL INVESTMENT
$25,000 – $40,000
All-in · no separate Sprint
PATH C

Ghostwriting

For authors who won't write the book themselves.

How it works: Our team interviews you, writes the manuscript in your voice, and we publish it. You stay focused on the business.

Total time: 12–18 months end-to-end.

TOTAL INVESTMENT
$40,000 – $75,000
All-in · fully done-for-you

 

Already have a finished manuscript?

Manuscript-Ready alone is the right tier — $10,000–$20,000, no Sprint needed.

WHAT YOU OWN

Everything. Forever.

The Copyright

You own the copyright to your book. Always. We retain no rights to your work — not the words, not the title, not the idea.

The Royalties

Every royalty from every sale goes to you. We don't take a cut of book revenue. You pay for production once; the income is yours forever.

The Decisions

Title, cover, content, timeline — yours. We bring industry expertise to every decision. You make the calls. Your book, your name on it.
Traditional publishers ask you to trade ownership for production. We don't. The book is yours — every word, every cent, every choice.

WHY THIS, WHY NOW

Built by an entrepreneur. For entrepreneurs.

I didn’t build the Manuscript Sprint as a publisher. I built it because I was running an Inc. 500 company and didn’t have time to write the book I needed.

I needed a book to get into bigger rooms, command higher fees, and open doors my résumé couldn’t open. But I couldn’t carve out a single week to sit at a keyboard. So I built the method I wish I had then — voice notes between meetings, a structured framework, and a system that captured my voice without making me write at a desk for six months.

That’s the Sprint. LegaBrand Press is the imprint I built to publish my own books — and now my clients’ books — without trading away their rights to the gatekeepers that turned me down for ten years.

i.
Inc. 500 founder — Gift Card Rescue, $60M+ in total sales
ii.
ABC Shark Tank · Successfully pitched on national television
iii.
EY Entrepreneur of the Year — Maryland
iv.
Johns Hopkins — Adjunct Professor, Carey Business School
v.
Benefits Insider — Built to 216K YouTube subscribers in under 2 years
vi.
EO US East Council — NERVE 2026 Co-Chair

YOUR BOOK EXISTS. LET'S FINISH IT.

Pick the path that matches where you are.

Most authors start with the Sprint and continue into LegaBrand Press when the manuscript is done. If you’d rather do one continuous engagement, or you already have a manuscript, the Press tiers handle that too.

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