Ghostwriters in 2020: The Current Trends and Beyond
Ghostwriters Are in High Demand
Many traditional publishing houses have admitted that 70% of the books they publish were written by a ghostwriter. Even crazier — 99% of books published by artists, celebrities, and politicians were done with the help of a talented ghostwriter. Would you like to be one of those high-paid ghostwriters? Every year, the publishing industry makes more and more room for new ghostwriters to throw their hat in the ring. Some modern ghostwriters even receive a credit — or an acknowledgment — from the publishing author to show their gratitude for the hard work they’ve put into the project.
A trend we’ve noticed in the past several years has also shown us that a lot of entrepreneurs — for big corporations and small businesses — are hiring ghostwriters to help them write a book as another product for their businesses. Some of these books tell the story of the entrepreneur (or the corporation), serve as case studies from their business, or serve as an introduction to how they can help their current and future customers.
I teach authors all over the world how to turn their books into businesses, but these entrepreneurs are also turning their businesses into books at a rapid rate. And according to an article from smallbizgenius, there are 582 million entrepreneurs in…
