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Publishing for top-producing agents
Owners of high-value homes think about selling for months before they call an agent. A book on their market and how you sell it, in your words, puts your expertise in their hands long before the appointment.
Tell us your market and the sellers or buyers you want. A specialist replies within one business day with the path that fits and a written price.
The short answer
Columbia Publication publishes books for real estate agents 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?
Postcards and listing presentations look like everyone else’s.
Sellers in your market get the same mailers, the same comparables and the same promises from every agent. Expertise rarely shows until the appointment, by which point the conversation is about commission.
A book on your market and your selling method arrives first. We write it with you from interviews, your broker reviews it, and it is published under your name or your team’s.
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 which fits? Book the free strategy call. A senior editor talks through your market and sends a one-page outline of the angle, reader and chapters.
What a book does
A seller who has read your book already knows your pricing method and marketing plan.
A book left with homeowners does more than another postcard.
Estate attorneys, CPAs and advisors can hand a client your book.
Agents want to join the team leader who wrote the book on the market.
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
Your farm area or city sub-market: pricing, neighborhoods and what moves value.
How you price, prepare and market high-value homes.
A seller situation you specialize in: estate sales, divorce, relocation, downsizing.
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 homeowner who has had your book on the shelf for a year finally decides to sell. They call one agent. The appointment is about timing and price, because they already know how you work.
Programs
Three paths, each quoted in writing before you spend a commission check on it.
You wrote it
$4,999
Your manuscript copyedited and designed, an optimized Amazon listing, an author website and a press release. A leave-behind for listing appointments.
A book you can leave behind after every listing appointment, on Amazon and on your own author site.
Production typically 4 to 9 weeks
Get My Book PlanMost chosen
From $7,500
Everything in the Authority System, plus three levels of editing, an audiobook, 15 printed copies and the 3-Day Bestseller Launch Campaign. Copies for open houses and presentations.
Print copies for open houses and listing presentations, an audiobook, and a launch week that gets your name around your market.
The full launch
Get My Book PlanWritten with you
From $25,000
Your manuscript elevated, or written with you from interviews, under the executive imprint with PR strategy and 25 copies. For agents showing homes every weekend.
Your market knowledge turned into a book from interviews, written while you keep showing homes.
Up to $45,000 written with you
Get My Book PlanWhat protects you and your license
Paid in full once you approve the quote. The book and its royalties are 100% 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.
Fair housing. The manuscript is written to fair housing requirements. MLS and commission rules. Data display and advertising follow your state commission and MLS rules. Client confidentiality. No identifiable client information. Your broker signs off before print.
Yes. Through Gravitas Press a senior writer builds the book from structured interviews, about fifteen to eighteen hours of your time. You approve every chapter. Ghostwriting outside the imprint starts from $7,500.
Production takes 4 to 9 weeks once your manuscript is approved. Tell us the date and the written proposal plans back from it.
No. Rights and royalties are 100% yours, wherever you hang your license.
In full upfront once you approve the written quote.
Yes. Team-branded and brokerage-branded books are common.
Your market and the book you have in mind. A specialist replies within one business day.
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