Join our Community of Modern Authors
Writing a book shouldn't be this hard. About 81% of people have 'write a book' on their bucket list, and yet, less than 2% of people who start writing one will ever finish.
What’s our secret:
The Modern Author Accelerator is an award-winning program for today's modern authors developed by Professor Eric Koester, a two time Entrepreneurship Professor of the Year. It’s a hands-on, done-with-you experience that has helped more than 2,500 first-time authors and led to more than 400 national and international award winners in the past three years.
The Accelerator provides one-on-one weekly coaching from professional editors, book architects, and book marketing specialists, in addition to weekly live sessions, writing workshops, and marketing bootcamps.
Learn writing methods from some of the world's best writers and authors Professor Koester has interviews for his Never Write Alone interview series -- Tiffany Haddish (The Black Unicorn), Daniel Handler (Lemony Snickets), Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Ariana Huffington, Dan Pink (Drive), Steve “Woz” Wozniak (Apple), Simon Sinek (Start With Why), Roy Choi (The Chef Show) and many more.
You'll know how to write your first book like you've done it before, and this is the year he'll teach you how.
More Than 2,500 Working Professionals Have Published Their Book
If your first thought is how busy you are, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
The Modern Author Accelerator is full of people just like you: executives, thought leaders, coaches, consultants, professor, business owners, and leaders in their fields. With the help of the community, your team, and a process, you’ll balance your normal life with becoming a modern author.
You will benefit from an innovative launch and publishing approach designed to activate word-of-mouth and lead to opportunities beyond book sales called 'Author-Owned Publishing' with publisher Manuscripts Press. Upon finishing a first draft manuscript, authors can utilize our award-winning book announcement platform activate their existing audience. Authors never give up any rights or royalties in their work.
In 2021, Inc. Magazine named us the 5th fastest growing educational community in the country, and USASBE named Book Creators the most innovative course of the year.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a clear idea in mind for the topic of your book! About 70% of creators do NOT have a firm idea for their topic at the very beginning.
That’s why you will schedule a call with Professor Koester, to help you identify or solidify your book topic and give the professor some background information on you that will help identify the topic for your project during the call, and give you clear early steps to research, refine, and develop some of the aspects of the book before you even begin writing.
400+ national and international book award winners or finalists in 2021-2025.
This experience is based on Professor Koester’s award-winning course that has helped 2,500+ authors publish books and produced more than 400 national and international book award winners or finalists in 2021-2025.
We don't simply launch books; we launch authors. We've designed the modern author community to help individuals looking to leverage their book to unlock new opportunities from speaking to coaching and consulting to thought leadership. Our authors aren't just looking at the book for the shelf; they are looking to become the expert in their discipline or field through their award-winning book.
Authors accepted to the program pay tuition for the accelerator to work one-on-one with a team including a professional developmental editor, a book architect, a book marketing specialist, and a publishing team. The extremely high publishing rate of authors in this program is driven by this level of personal and individual editorial coaching.
Wait, what’s the catch? There isn’t one…we are a social venture (B-corp certification pending 2022) dedicated to empowering more ‘underheard’ voices in publishing. If you’ve got a story or a book idea and are open to being part of a community of other writers, come join. While we only accept 10% of authors interested in joining us, we know that once you're accepted you'll have a pathway to produce a book that unlocks opportunity and thrives in the market. We only invite you to the community once we've evaluated your goals and identified a book category that can spread in today's competitive market. There’s no risk or obligation to plug in and explore our community-powered writing experience.
Professor Koester does a 15-minute call with every prospective author to ensure they are a fit for the program and their book topic can fit the course structure.
I have no experience with book writing. Is this program a good fit for me?
Previous experience is not necessary to enroll in this program. These are some of the key things we look for in authors:
Are there any out of pocket costs to publish my Book?
Besides the tuition for your team including your book architect, developmental editor and book marketing specialist, no. We teach authors the power of ‘Author Owned Publishing,’ a unique way to activate your existing connections through the book announcement. These become supporters, fans, and friends -- making the book even better and helping you cover all the costs of editors, cover designers, layout, marketing, and more.
Successful authors from the program help guide a six-week program after you’ve finished a first draft to develop and launch a successful pre-sale campaign for your book, and since 2019, more than 2,500 authors have successfully funded their book’s production costs and met their pre-sale targets.”
Rolling Admissions:
Must complete a topic call prior to participation. Be sure to schedule your call.