A Gravitas Press Program
From Manuscript to Book Signing: The Political Author Package
A complete, white-glove publishing experience built for politicians and public officials, ending with a professionally produced local book signing event where you meet your readers in person, book in hand.
Start Your Package
Whether you are starting from a blank page or elevating a manuscript you have already written, the Political Author Package begins with a private briefing.
Start From a New Manuscript Elevate My Existing BookThe Journey
What's Included
The Political Author Package carries you the full distance from a first page, or a first draft you already have, to a room full of readers holding your book. Every stage is handled. Nothing is left for you to figure out alone.
Manuscript Development
Ghostwriting from scratch for officials starting fresh, or professional editing and elevation of an existing manuscript or previously published book. Either way, the voice on the page is yours.
Professional Cover Design
A bespoke cover built for your book and your record, not a template pulled from a stock library. Designed to hold up on a bookstore shelf and a press table alike.
Interior Formatting
Full production-quality formatting for print and ebook, typeset to the standard readers expect from a professionally published book.
Full-Service Publishing
Distribution to Amazon, IngramSpark, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo, plus international channels, so the book is available everywhere a reader or a journalist would look for it.
Marketing and Media Coordination
Press release distribution and media outreach that puts the book, and the record behind it, in front of the outlets that cover you.
Local Book Signing Event
A fully produced local event structured as a book signing: venue coordination, promotional materials, and event day production included.
For Officials Who Have Already Started
Already Written or Published Something?
If you already have a manuscript, or a book you published yourself that never reached its potential, we don't start over, we elevate.
New cover, professional formatting, full redistribution, and a launch event that gives the book the send-off it should have had the first time.
Your ideas and your voice stay exactly as they are. Everything around them gets elevated to match: the production quality, the distribution reach, and the launch the book deserved from the start.
Full redistribution • Launch event production
Not an Add-On
The Local Signing Event
Every Political Author Package includes a fully produced local book signing event: venue coordination, local media outreach, promotional materials, and event day production. It's structured as a genuine book signing: readers get a relaxed, personal setting to meet you and talk about the book.
Clients are responsible for obtaining any required legal, venue, or ethics approvals for their event.
Physical Craftsmanship
A Book Worth Handing to a Reader
At a book signing or public event, the physical book itself becomes part of the moment. Political Author Package engagements can include premium binding and finishing: cloth or leather covers, foil-stamped titling, gilded page edges, and custom dust jackets, so the book you're signing feels like a genuine keepsake, not a standard paperback.
For officials distributing copies to staff, colleagues, or community leaders, we can also arrange presentation slipcases and gift-ready packaging. These options are scoped as part of your engagement once your project is underway.
Investment
What the Political Author Package Costs
The Political Author Package starts at $35,000, reflecting the full scope of professional writing or editorial elevation, premium production, full-service publishing, marketing, and a fully produced local signing event. Final pricing depends on manuscript state (new vs. existing), event scale, and marketing scope. Request a private briefing for an exact quote.
Common Questions
Questions Before You Start
What if I already have a manuscript or a published book?
If you already have a manuscript, or a book you published yourself that never reached its potential, we don't start over, we elevate. New cover, professional formatting, full redistribution, and a launch event that gives the book the send-off it should have had the first time. Your ideas and your voice stay exactly as they are.
Does the package really include a local event, not just publishing?
Yes, full event production is included, not an add-on. Every Political Author Package includes a fully produced local book signing event: venue coordination, local media outreach, promotional materials, and event day production.
Why does the package start at $35,000?
The starting price reflects the full scope of the package: professional writing or editorial elevation, premium cover design and formatting, full-service publishing and distribution, media coordination, and complete event production. The Political Author Package bundles that cost with everything else needed to put a finished book, and a public event, in front of your readers.
Is this connected to Gravitas Press?
Yes, the Political Author Package is a Gravitas Press program built specifically for public officials. It inherits Gravitas Press's editorial standards, production quality, and distribution network.
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