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Publishing for aesthetic medicine
In aesthetic medicine, the internet is the first consultation. Patients read your bio, scroll your social posts and compare practices before they book. A book on their treatment area, in your words, shows them your judgment rather than your pricing.
Tell us the treatments patients ask you about most. A specialist replies within one business day with the path that fits and a written price.
The short answer
Columbia Publication publishes books for cosmetic dermatologists through three programs: the Authority System at $4,999 (your manuscript copyedited, designed, published and launched with an author website and press release), Authority Plus from $7,500 (editing at all three levels, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign), and the Gravitas Press imprint from $25,000 with your manuscript, up to $45,000 written with you from structured interviews, about fifteen to eighteen hours of your time. Every manuscript is written to the professional rules that apply to you and signed off by you before print, and you keep 100% of rights and royalties.
Prices checked October 26, 2026 · Reviewed by Gia Kahn, Lead Editor · Next review November 2026 · How we check
Is this you?
Social media shows results. It does not show judgment.
Patients research practitioners across websites, videos and forums before they book. What they find tells them about price and before-and-after photos, and very little about how you decide what a patient needs, or does not.
A book explains your treatment philosophy in depth, so patients arrive aligned with your approach. We write it with you from interviews, check every treatment description with you, and publish it under your name.
Start here
Three programs, depending on what the book has to do and how much you want to write yourself.
| Program | Price | Choose it if |
|---|---|---|
| Authority System | $4,999 | You have the manuscript and want it copyedited, designed, published and launched with an author website and press release |
| Authority Plus | From $7,500 | You have the manuscript and want the full launch: three levels of editing, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign |
| Gravitas Press | From $25,000, up to $45,000 | You want the book written with you from interviews, or your manuscript elevated, under the executive imprint with PR strategy. See Gravitas Press |
Not sure where to start? Book the free strategy call. A senior editor discusses the treatments you want the book to cover and sends a one-page outline of angle, reader and chapters.
What a book does
A patient who has read your treatment philosophy understands your approach before the consultation.
Patients shopping on price rarely read a book first. Those who do have chosen your way of working.
Journalists and industry programs look for practitioners who have published on the topic.
A published book belongs to your practice’s brand and stays useful for years.
Results depend on how the book is used. We do not promise outcomes, and we do not publish client figures we cannot evidence.
Not sure which book fits your practice? The free strategy call answers that.
Get My Book PlanChoosing the book
One treatment area for patients considering it: injectables, energy-based devices, body contouring, skin quality.
Natural enhancement against overtreatment, and how you choose what each patient needs.
A protocol you developed, the story of your practice, or where aesthetic medicine is heading.
Professional rules
Your time
If you write the manuscript yourself, production takes 4 to 9 weeks from an approved quote. If you would rather talk than write, a senior writer builds the book from structured interviews: about fifteen to eighteen hours of your time in total, in sessions of about forty-five minutes scheduled around your calendar, plus a review of each chapter. Co-authored books are welcome; each author is interviewed separately.
When it is done
A new patient books with your book in hand. They want the natural result you describe, they understand why you might recommend less rather than more, and the consultation is about their plan.
Programs
Pick the path that suits your clinic. Each is priced in writing first.
You wrote it
$4,999
Your manuscript copyedited and designed, with an optimized Amazon listing, an author website and a press release.
A book that explains your treatments clearly, on Amazon and on your website, so patients arrive informed.
Production typically 4 to 9 weeks
Get My Book PlanMost chosen
From $7,500
All of the Authority System, plus developmental, line and copy editing, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign.
Your book in every format, copies on the reception desk and a launch week that brings your name to new patients.
The full launch
Get My Book PlanWritten with you
From $25,000
Your draft refined, or the book written with you from interviews, under the executive imprint with PR strategy and 25 copies.
A book in your voice built from conversations, so a busy treatment schedule never stops it being written.
Up to $45,000 written with you
Get My Book PlanWhat protects you and your patients
Payment in full once you approve the written quote. The rights and royalties remain entirely yours.
What you can count on
How it runs
We’ve started with Help writing the book. Add anything else your manuscript needs, and a specialist sends an itemised quote within one business day. Free, confidential, no obligation.
Written quote within one business day. Nothing is charged until you approve it. 100% of your rights stay yours.
Questions
The Authority System is $4,999 for your manuscript copyedited, designed, published and launched with an author website and press release. Authority Plus, from $7,500, adds editing at all three levels, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign. Gravitas Press starts from $25,000 with your manuscript and goes up to $45,000 written with you from interviews.
FDA-cleared indications. Treatment descriptions follow cleared indications; no off-label promotion. No outcome promises and no before-and-after guarantees. Your state board’s rules on advertising are the standard the manuscript is written to, and you sign off every page. Patient privacy. Cases are de-identified, or used only with written consent.
Yes. Through Gravitas Press a senior writer builds the book from structured interviews, around fifteen to eighteen hours of your time. You approve every chapter. Ghostwriting outside the imprint starts from $7,500.
Production runs 4 to 9 weeks after the manuscript is approved. A book written from interviews adds a drafting phase, set out in your proposal.
You do, wherever you practice: 100% of rights and royalties, permanently.
In full upfront after you approve the written quote.
Yes, within their cleared indications. We do not write off-label promotion.
Your clinic and the book you have in mind. A specialist replies within one business day.
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