Turning Life into Lasting Legacy.
Put your story to work for the people who need it most by creating a book that blends your story with your stance—what you believe, what you’ve learned, and what you want to leave behind. We specialize in Memoir Manifestos which are part memoir, part call-to-action: an unforgettable book that shows where you’ve been and declares where you’re going.
Atlas Legacy Press exists to help men turn lived experience into lasting impact.
Non-Traditional Publishing and Marketing Services
Atlas Legacy Press is a non-traditional publisher, a specialized segment of Soul Speak Press, for the man who is ready to leave a lasting impact with his story and lessons learned. Every book published with our press receives our white-glove publishing and marketing services.
See below for what each author receives when you work with the Atlas Legacy Press imprint.
Our Services
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Writing & Editing
Our involvement in the writing and editing process can look different for each author's needs. See Packages below for more details.
Final, detailed proofreading of your completed manuscript
A proof copy of each format from each distributor for final approval prior to launch
Ghostwriting services available
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Production
Book title and subtitle development/refinement
Custom book cover design
Book synopsis copywriting for back cover and retail listings
High-end, custom front and back cover design with custom spine calculation for all print formats and all distribution channels
Custom interior book design and layout of your final locked manuscript with text treatments and image insertions
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Publishing
Assistance with determining best and final retail, wholesale, and group pricing for the paperback, hardcover, and eBook formats
Delivery of a one-page Book Summary with a final overview of the print costs and author compensation by format and distribution channel
Assign title data to your ISBNs for all versions
Selection and optimization of the best Amazon categories for bestseller ranking
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Distribution
Production, publishing, and uploading of all versions (Paperback, Hardcover, and eBook) for worldwide distribution and sale through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Ingram, and other tradeoutlets.
Print-On-Demand distribution through Amazon and Ingram; title setup for Amazon and Ingram for all versions, including determination of appropriate BISAC codes, keywords, final list price, wholesale discount, return status and international pricing structure for all countries
Creation of Amazon Author Central Page (KDP), as well as the set-up of all tax and royalty distribution channels for both Amazon and Ingram
Awards Completion of the final phase of book submission for both Library of Congress and U.S. Copyright registration
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Marketing
Ten copywritten endorsement quotes to share with your network
Book Ambassador Team (BAT) coaching and curation
Podcast and other interview opportunities with Jess on her social media channels
Author announcement and continued email marketing push via newsletter and other networking opportunities
Continued networking and PR support throughtout the lifetime of the book
Review & Publish
Memoir Review and Publish Package is for the man who has already written a draft.
Minimum time allotment: four months
Edits and feedback on FINISHED AND COMPLETE manuscript with publishing services. This does not include content development or outline of memoir materials. With this package, you bring us your finished manuscript to my team and we will copy edit (not developmental editing!) and provide feedback and notes.
When you are ready to publish, we work with you to create a cover and book design that expresses the deepest truth of your story, and the message you want to pass on and then get you to your publishing launch day.
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This package includes:
Pre-call audit of existing written material (approximate time allotted six hours)
Monthly 60-minute individual coaching sessions tailored to you and your story with an ALP associate
Everything outlined with Publishing Services
Full Manifesto
Memoir Content Development & Publishing Package with a professional developmental editor from our team.
This package best serves the man who hasn't started writing his memoir yet.
Minimum time allotment: six months, nine months preferable
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Pre-call audit of existing written material (approximate time allotted six hours)
Monthly 90-minute individual coaching sessions with the founder, tailored to you and your story
Deep dive on writing goals and expectations
Work plan and timeline development with deliverables and deadlines
Message clarifying exercises and identifying key takeaways
Branding and marketing strategy pre and post-launch session
Book Ambassador Team coaching, templates, and strategy outline
Strategy for book launch up to launch day including Amazon Bestseller campaign(book launch package an additional fee)
Everything outlined with Publishing Services
Ghostwriting services available
Manuscript Review
The ALP team will read your finished manuscript draft and provide you with feedback and a summary through one 90 minute zoom call and bullet points on what I love, what works, and what can use some more development
Total Investment: $1,500 USD
Consultation
90 minute strategy session with NYT bestselling hybrid author and publisher, Jessica Buchanan. Jessica will guide you through the various options of writing and publishing that can often be overwhelming and set up a road map for your next steps. As a NYT bestselling author and an Amazon bestselling author, as well as over a decade of experience in professional speaking and building her own brand, there aren't many publishing questions Jessica can't answer. This is your chance to bring your story, ideas and publishing dreams to fruition by establishing your next steps by making them achievable and actionable.
Total Investment: $300 USD
Ready to begin?
Fill out the form below and we will contact you to book a discovery call. On that call we’ll chat about your goals and timeline. We’ll help you define milestones, identify audience, articulate scope, and decide on the best package for you.
Meet the Founder
Jessica Buchanan is a highly sought-after speaker, New York Times Bestselling author, kidnapping survivor, and passionate about helping women publish their stories.
She is the founder of Atlas Legacy Press, born out of her experience with Soul Speak Press.
On October 25, 2011, while on a routine field mission in Somalia, working as the Education Advisor for her non-governmental organization, Jessica was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali pirates for 93 days. Forced to live outdoors in deplorable conditions, starved, and terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters, Jessica’s health steadily deteriorated until, by order of President Obama, she was rescued by the elite SEAL Team VI on January 25, 2012.
Jessica’s ordeal is detailed in her New York Times bestselling book, Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six.
Jessica has been named one of the ‘150 Women Who will Shake the World’ by Newsweek, and her story has been one of the most highly viewed 60 Minutes episodes to air, to date. Jessica has shared her story of overcoming impossible odds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show, Stephen Colbert, The Unbeatable Mind with Navy SEAL Mark Divine, and All the Wiser with Kimi Culp, just to name a few. Jessica’s story was the subject of Wondery’s Season 2 Against The Odds podcast series and her TEDx Pearl Street talk, ‘Change is Your Proof of Life’ has been the foundation for which she travels the world, inspiring audiences to access their resilience by identifying their own autonomy and choice in the middle of their own life changing event, even when they feel they are out of options.