Best Software for Book Coaches: Top 10 Picks for 2026

The best software for book coaches is the one that keeps an author writing between your calls. Booking a chapter review is easy with almost any tool. The hard part is the long middle of a book, the weeks when a client stops opening the draft, misses a word-count target and quietly drifts. So the deciding question for this list is simple: which platform lets you book calls, take payment, sign an agreement, run a writing cohort and see who has gone quiet, from one login, without paying for five subscriptions?

Our pick is Coachful, because it puts multi-week programs with daily writing habits and check-ins, a cohort community, courses, contracts, payments and a website in the same account, with one branded app for your authors. We make Coachful, so weigh our view accordingly; the other nine tools below are described from what their vendors document and what public reviewers report, with prices as listed in October 2026. Some of them are better choices for specific book coaches, and each section says when.

What do book coaches actually need from software?

Book coaches need software that handles a long, milestone-driven engagement: an intake, a signed agreement, recurring calls, weekly writing targets, feedback on chapters and steady accountability over months, often alongside a group cohort. A tool built only for booking single sessions covers a small slice of that.

Look at how a typical book coaching engagement runs. A prospective author finds you through a free resource or a referral, fills in an application describing their book idea and stage, and books a discovery call. If you are a fit, they sign an agreement, pay in full or on a payment plan, and start a program that might last 12 weeks for a proposal or six to nine months for a full manuscript. Each week there is a target (an outline section, a chapter, a revision pass), a call or a written review, and the in-between work that decides whether the book gets finished. Many book coaches also run a group: a writing sprint cohort, a nonfiction proposal class or a membership where authors share pages and keep each other honest.

That workflow translates into a short list of requirements:

• Applications and intake questions that capture the book's genre, stage, deadline and the author's goal (traditional deal, self-publishing, a book that supports a business).
• Agreements with e-signature that spell out scope before the first call. Our guide to e-signature software for coaches covers what to check.
• Booking with time-zone detection, because authors are often in other countries, plus reminders that reduce no-shows.
• Payment plans, since a long book program is a large purchase for many writers.
• Weekly goals, daily tasks and habits to turn "write the book" into "draft 1,500 words of chapter four by Friday".
• Check-ins and a client status view so you can see who is stuck before the next call, not after a month of silence.
• A course area and downloads for teaching material you repeat with every author: outlining frameworks, chapter templates, proposal checklists.
• A community or cohort space if you run group programs.
• A website and funnel to sell a free resource, an application and the program itself.

Scope, ownership and confidentiality

Book coaching sits next to editing, ghostwriting and literary agenting, and the lines matter. A ghostwriter writes the text and is often credited to someone else, as Wikipedia's overview of ghostwriting describes; a coach guides the author's own writing. If your work drifts into drafting text, ownership questions follow. The US Copyright Office's circular on works made for hire explains when the person who pays for writing owns it, and the rules are narrower than many people assume. Put in your agreement who owns the manuscript (normally the author), what you will and will not do (coach, give developmental feedback, not ghostwrite or line edit unless agreed), and that you cannot promise an agent, a publishing deal or sales. For contract wording that varies by country, check with an attorney.

Unpublished manuscripts are also confidential material. The ICF Code of Ethics asks coaches to keep client information confidential and to be clear about the coaching agreement, which is a reasonable standard for anyone holding an author's draft. Choose software where client notes sit on a private client record, not in a shared inbox, and where you can export or delete data when an engagement ends. If you guide authors toward self-publishing, Wikipedia's self-publishing overview is a neutral primer to share, and our book publishing roadmap for coaches covers the stages in more depth.

Which book coaching tools are worth a look at a glance?

Ranking criteria: one login for the whole author journey, support for accountability between sessions, total monthly stack cost, and setup effort (including any done-for-you build help).

How did we choose and rank these tools?

We ranked each tool against one realistic book coaching practice and asked how much of it the tool runs on its own. The answer to "how many extra subscriptions does this need?" decided most of the order.

The example practice: a nonfiction book coach with 15 active authors. Ten are in 1:1 manuscript coaching with a call every two weeks and written feedback in between. The other five are in a 12-week proposal cohort that meets weekly on video and shares progress in a group space. New authors arrive through a free "book outline" download and an application form. Most pay on a three-part payment plan. The coach works alone today and expects to add an associate coach within a year. (This is an illustrative scenario, not a customer.)

For that practice we checked, from vendor documentation and public pricing pages:

1. Can the author book, sign, pay and receive program work in one place?
2. Does the tool support accountability between calls: weekly goals, daily tasks, habits, check-ins, a status view?
3. Can the same tool run a cohort with a group space and group calls?
4. What does the stack cost at 5, 15 and 40 clients, including the extra tools a gap forces you to buy?
5. How long does setup take, and does the vendor help build it?

We did not test these tools hands-on for this article. Prices and limits come from each vendor's pricing page as listed in October 2026; where a vendor's own page conflicts or leaves something out, we say so.

1. Coachful: the full author journey in one login

Coachful is a coaching platform where one membership covers booking, payments, agreements, multi-week programs with habits and check-ins, courses, a community, a website with funnels and email, and an AI assistant. For a book coach, that means the application, the agreement, the payment plan, the weekly chapter targets, the cohort and the reminder emails all live in one account, and each author sees one branded app.

Programs that carry the writing between calls

The core of Coachful is the multi-week program. You set weekly goals ("Finish the chapter four draft"), daily tasks ("Write for 45 minutes", "Reread yesterday's pages") and habits that build streaks, plus morning and evening check-ins that ask how the writing went. Goals show progress bars, so an author working toward a complete draft can see the distance covered. Coachful offers more than 40 ready-to-film program templates and coaching flow templates, which you can adapt rather than start from a blank page.

On your side, each author's client record holds goals, check-ins, habits, notes, intake answers, tags, payments and sessions, with a status of thriving, active, quiet or at risk. That status is what a book coach needs most: the author who has gone quiet for nine days shows up before your next call, so you can send a short note instead of discovering a missed month.

Here is a short walkthrough of how programs are built:

Booking, agreements and payment plans

Booking pages support availability rules, buffers, minimum notice and time-zone detection, with two-way sync to Google, Apple/iCloud and Outlook calendars. Calls can run on built-in video or auto-created Zoom, Meet or Teams links. Intake questions can be added at booking, so the discovery call starts with the book's genre, stage and deadline in front of you. Email reminders are included, and SMS (24 hours before) and WhatsApp (1 hour before) reminders become available once messaging is enabled.

Coaching agreements are sent for e-signature before the first call and stored on the client record, which is where your manuscript ownership and scope clauses belong. More on that on the coaching contracts page.

Payments run through your own Stripe Connect or Razorpay account: one-time, subscriptions, payment plans, order bumps, coupons, refunds, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with an invoice per transaction plus manual invoices. Since August 2026 Coachful charges a 0% platform fee, so you pay only Stripe or Razorpay processing.

Cohorts, courses and the author's platform

When an author enrolls in a group program, Coachful creates the cohort group automatically, with a community feed, group chat, direct messages and video events for live writing sprints or Q&A calls. Teaching material goes into courses with modules, lessons, drip and completion tracking, and you can add downloads, videos and books to the author's branded home. See group coaching software and the course platform for coaches for more detail.

To attract authors, the section-based website builder includes a blog, custom domain, SEO settings and 30 designed homepage templates, and funnels cover booking, application, lead-magnet and checkout flows with pixel and UTM tracking. Email lists, broadcasts and multi-step sequences with triggers, delays, branching and A/B splits handle the follow-up after someone downloads your outline template.

Michelle, AI Coach and ICF hours

Michelle, the built-in AI assistant, works from your live practice data. It can draft a program or emails, summarize recorded sessions and brief you before a call, which helps when you hold ten books in your head at once. Questions and planning are included in your membership; confirmed builds and changes use AI credits. AI Coach lets selected authors chat with an AI version of you between sessions, configured by you, which suits process questions like "how do I restart after a week off?" more than feedback on the manuscript itself. If you hold or are working toward an ICF credential, Coachful counts coaching hours and distinct clients against ACC, PCC and MCC thresholds and exports a client coaching log. See the AI coaching assistant page for how Michelle works.

What Coachful does not do

Coachful is not a word processor or editing tool; authors keep drafting in the tools they already use, and you link or attach their working files as you see fit. It does not support PayPal, it is not HIPAA-certified, and the client app ships under the Coachful listing with your branding rather than under your own App Store account. It is not a course marketplace, so it will not bring you readers or students by itself, and it has no Salesforce or HubSpot integration. The affiliate program tracks links, clicks, conversions and revenue, but you record payouts manually, which matters if you pay referral fees to authors who send you friends.

Why Coachful stands out: a free white-glove service. From Create > We'll build it for you, you describe what you want built (a website, an application funnel, a sales page for your proposal cohort, a 12-week manuscript program, a course outline, an email sequence) and attach up to 8 reference links and up to 10 files such as your logo, photos or existing copy. The Coachful team builds it inside your own account, usually within about 24 hours. Nothing is invented: no fake credentials, testimonials or prices, and gaps are left for you to fill. In recent builds, a somatic coach leaving Kajabi had their homepage and About page rebuilt with the contact form connected, and a business mentor got a 12-week mentorship sales page, a start-up-guide funnel and rewritten follow-up emails. Recording videos, logo design, ad management and ongoing marketing are not included. Read more in our white-glove service guide.

In short: Coachful is for book coaches who run programs rather than one-off calls, solo coaches who may add an associate, and anyone replacing four to six separate tools. It is not for clinical work, PayPal-only businesses or coaches who want a public course marketplace. To start, take a free trial and request the white-glove build for your site or first program. Current plans: Lite: $29/month for up to 5 clients; Solo: $49/month for up to 20 clients; Pro: $99/month with unlimited clients; Studio: $199/month with unlimited clients. Monthly plans cancel in one click.

Pick it over the others if you want the writing accountability, the cohort and the business admin in a single account your authors can open on their phone.

2. Kajabi: best when the course is the product

Kajabi is a course, community, website, funnel and email platform for selling knowledge products. A book coach whose main income is a self-paced "write your nonfiction book" course, with a community attached and occasional coaching, will find most of what they need to sell and deliver that course.

The appeal is marketing depth. Websites, landing pages, email and checkout sit together, and the course player is mature. Communities let course buyers share progress. For a coach with an audience who launches a course two or three times a year, that bundle is strong.

Pricing as listed in October 2026: Basic $179/mo ($143/mo billed annually) with 5 products, 2,500 contacts, one community, one website and 0 AI credits; Growth $249/mo ($199/mo annually) with 50 products and 25,000 contacts; Pro $499/mo ($399/mo annually). Kajabi Payments in the US costs 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic, falling to 2.7% + $0.30 on Pro. Using a different processor (other than PayPal) adds a Kajabi fee of 2% on Basic, 1% on Growth or 0.5% on Pro on top of the provider's fees. The standard trial is 14 days according to its help center.

The gaps show up in 1:1 work. Kajabi treats coaching as products and communities, not per-client plans, so there are no daily habits or check-ins for an individual author, and no status view of who has stopped writing. The Basic plan's 2,500-contact and 5-product caps can bite once your lead magnet works. On Trustpilot Kajabi showed 3.4 from 2,347 reviews when we checked in October 2026.

Pick it over Coachful if your book coaching business is mainly a high-volume course launch, you already have a large email list, and 1:1 accountability is a small add-on rather than the core of what you sell.

3. Mighty Networks: for big author communities

Mighty Networks suits book coaches whose offer is a paid community: a year-round writers' membership with courses, live events and member-to-member support. It is built around the group, not the individual author.

Its strengths are events and scale. Plans include livestream hours (20 hours a month for up to 100 attendees on Launch), multiple hosts and moderators, and generous storage, which helps if you host weekly write-ins or author interviews. Members use Mighty-branded apps; your own branded apps are only on the custom-priced Mighty Pro tier.

As listed in October 2026: Launch $95/mo ($79/mo annually) with 3 hosts and 200 GB; Scale $215/mo ($179/mo annually); Growth $354/mo billed annually; Mighty Pro on request. Mighty takes a platform fee on sales of 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth and Pro, plus Stripe processing. There is a 14-day trial without a credit card, and trials include Growth features.

For a book coach with 1:1 clients, the missing pieces are significant: no 1:1 scheduling, no invoicing or contracts, and no per-client habits, check-ins or private coaching plans. You would pair it with a scheduler, an e-signature tool and a payments setup. Trustpilot showed 3.3 from 219 reviews in October 2026.

Pick it over Coachful if you run a large membership where the community itself is the product and you need hosted livestreams with hundreds of attendees more than private author plans.

4. Systeme.io: the budget funnel builder

Systeme.io is a low-cost marketing suite with funnels, email, courses, a community, a blog and an affiliate program. For a new book coach testing a free "chapter outline" lead magnet and a small course, it is one of the cheapest ways to get those pieces running.

The pricing is the headline. As listed in October 2026, the Free plan costs $0 with 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course and 1 email campaign; Startup is $17/mo with 5,000 contacts and 10 funnels; Webinar is $47/mo; Unlimited is $97/mo. Systeme.io charges 0% transaction fees on every plan, including Free, so you pay only Stripe or PayPal processing. It showed 4.9 on Trustpilot from 8,696 reviews when we looked in October 2026, a strong public reputation for the price.

The limits are on the coaching side. An older profile of the product notes no native 1:1 scheduling tied to client records, and no habits or check-ins, and describes community and course features as basic with no branded mobile app. A book coach using Systeme.io for marketing still needs somewhere to run sessions, agreements and the weekly accountability, which usually means two or three more tools.

Pick it over Coachful if you are pre-revenue, want to validate a lead magnet and a low-priced course before spending anything, and are happy to run 1:1 calls from a separate scheduler for now.

5. Paperbell: simple admin for 1:1 book coaching

Paperbell is an all-in-one admin tool for solo coaches: booking, packages, payments, contracts, a client portal and a simple website. A book coach who sells only 1:1 packages and wants the paperwork handled will find it straightforward.

Paperbell lists a single plan at $97/mo ($80.83/mo billed annually) with unlimited clients, sessions, files and packages, and states "No additional transaction fees" beyond Stripe or PayPal processing. Its pricing page shows a "Try For Free" button without a trial length; its help center described a 7-day trial in July 2026, with the public site offline and client messages off during the trial. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies. Trustpilot showed 3.5 from 14 reviews in October 2026.

For book coaching, the trade-off is delivery. According to an older profile of the product, Paperbell has no courses, no community, and no goal or habit tracking, and no native mobile app (authors use the mobile browser). So the package and the payment are handled, but the weekly writing work, the cohort and the teaching material need other tools. Readers comparing options can see our Paperbell alternatives roundup.

Pick it over Coachful if you only sell 1:1 session packages, accept PayPal, and want the narrowest possible tool with one flat price.

6. CoachAccountable: deep action plans, priced per client

CoachAccountable is a coaching back office with sessions, action plans, metrics, worksheets, courses, invoicing and agreements. Book coaches who like detailed tracking (word counts logged as metrics, chapter milestones as action items) will find the structure familiar.

The price depends on active clients, as listed in October 2026: Starter $20/mo for 2, Level 1 $40/mo for 5, Level 2 $70/mo for 10, Level 3 $120/mo for 20, Level 4 $250/mo for 50 and Level 5 $400/mo for 100. A 30-day trial needs no credit card. It showed 4.8 on Trustpilot from 47 reviews in October 2026, one of the higher ratings in this list.

Per-client pricing is the catch for cohort work: every author in a group program counts, so a proposal cohort can push you up a tier. An older profile also notes no native mobile app, no landing pages, website or marketing automation, so you still need a site and an email tool to find authors. The CoachAccountable alternatives page covers other options.

Pick it over Coachful if you coach a small number of authors 1:1, want granular metrics and worksheets, and already have your website and email marketing elsewhere.

7. CoachVantage: unlimited clients per coach

CoachVantage is practice management software with a CRM, scheduling, contracts and e-signature, invoices, a client portal, group programs and small courses. It is priced per coach with unlimited contacts, which suits a book coach with many authors at a time.

As listed in October 2026: Clarity $39/mo ($35/mo annually) with unlimited contacts but 2 group programs, 2 sales pages, 2 booking pages, 4 e-signatures a month, 2 contract templates and 2 courses; Aha! $59/mo ($53/mo annually) with unlimited group programs (with cohorts), sales pages, booking pages and e-signatures, and 5 courses. The vendor states "no commissions on the revenue you earn"; Stripe or PayPal fees apply. There is a 14-day trial without a card.

The Clarity caps matter more than they look: four e-signatures a month is tight if you onboard several authors in a launch week. An older profile reports no team or multi-coach features and describes its built-in video (CVMeet) as weak, with many users still on Zoom. Daily habits and check-ins are not a documented focus.

Pick it over Coachful if you want a coaching CRM with contracts and invoices at a low per-coach price, run most programs 1:1, and do not need daily writing check-ins.

8. Skool: a writing group with leaderboards

Skool combines a community, a classroom and a calendar in one group, with gamified leaderboards. Some book coaches use it for accountability groups where members earn points for posting progress.

Skool lists two plans in October 2026: Hobby at $9/mo ($7.50/mo annually) and Pro at $99/mo ($82.50/mo annually), both with unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls. Payments go only through Skool Payments: Hobby charges 10% + 30¢ on every transaction, while Pro charges 2.9% + 30¢ up to $899 and 3.9% + 30¢ above $900. The pricing page shows "Try for free" buttons but no trial length. Trustpilot showed 1.6 from 54 reviews in October 2026.

On Hobby, a 10% cut of a long manuscript program adds up fast, so Pro is the realistic plan for paid work. Skool has no custom-domain website, funnels or email automation, and no 1:1 client records, intake forms, habits or check-ins. It works as a group room, not as a coaching back office.

Pick it over Coachful if your offer is a low-priced writing community that grows through Skool's own discovery, and gamified participation matters more to you than private author plans.

9. Quenza: reflective exercises without payments

Quenza is a client-engagement tool for coaches and therapists: activities, worksheets, programs, chat and a client app. A book coach who relies on structured reflection (voice and audience exercises, "why this book" prompts) could use it as an exercise library.

As listed in October 2026: Spark $25/mo ($20/mo annually) for 10 clients; Growth $50/mo ($40/mo annually) for 250 clients; Impact $125/mo for 400; Collective $160/mo for up to 3 professionals and 500 clients. A 30-day trial requires no card. Trustpilot showed 4.3 from 8 reviews in October 2026.

The gaps are practical: Quenza does not process client payments today (invoicing and digital products are marked as planned), and an older profile notes no scheduling or video calls. You would need a booking tool, a payments setup, contracts and a website alongside it.

Pick it over Coachful if you already have booking and payments sorted and want a dedicated library of interactive worksheets with a client app, and nothing else.

10. Calendly: when you only need a booking link

Calendly is a scheduling tool: booking pages, reminders and workflows, and paid bookings. Book coaches who sell one-off manuscript consults often start here.

As listed in October 2026, the Free plan allows 1 event type and 1 calendar connection; Standard is $10 per seat per month billed annually with up to 6 calendar connections and unlimited event types; Teams is $16 per seat billed annually. The monthly-billing price is not shown on the page we reviewed. Calendly documents no fee of its own on payments; you connect Stripe or PayPal and pay their rates. Trustpilot showed 4.1 from 714 reviews in October 2026.

Calendly stops at the booking. There are no client records, notes, programs, habits or check-ins, no contracts or invoicing, and no intake beyond booking questions. For a book coach it is a front door, not a house. Our guide to calendar scheduling software for coaches compares it with other schedulers.

Pick it over Coachful if you sell only single paid consults, already manage authors in a spreadsheet you like, and want the simplest possible booking link.

How do the features compare side by side?

Only Coachful covers every row a full book coaching practice needs. The others cover one or two areas well and leave the rest to extra tools.

"Partial" means the feature exists in a limited form (for example, CoachVantage caps group programs and courses on Clarity, and Calendly takes payment only for bookings).

What does each option cost at 5, 15 and 40 authors?

At 15 or 40 authors, per-client pricing and the extra tools a gap forces you to buy matter more than the headline price. The figures below are monthly list prices for the cheapest plan that fits, as listed in October 2026, before payment processing.

The fifth column is the honest part of the comparison. A $17 funnel builder plus a $10 scheduler plus a separate e-signature and coaching tool is still four logins, four bills and four places an author can get lost. As an example only: if a book coach paired Systeme.io Startup ($17) with Paperbell ($97) to cover both marketing and 1:1 admin, the stack would already be $114 a month before adding anything for daily check-ins or courses.

How would you set up a book coaching practice in Coachful?

A workable setup takes one program, one funnel, one agreement and one booking page, and you can ask the Coachful team to build the website and funnel for you. Here is a step-by-step version for the 15-author practice described above.

1. Request the build. Open Create > We'll build it for you and ask for a five-page site, a "free book outline template" lead-magnet funnel and an application funnel for your manuscript program. Attach your logo, headshot, bio and any existing copy. Leave prices and testimonials for you to add; the team will not invent them.
2. Write the agreement. Add your coaching agreement with clauses on manuscript ownership, scope (coaching and developmental feedback, not ghostwriting), no guarantee of publication, confidentiality and cancellation. It goes out for e-signature before the first call.
3. Create the offer. Set up the manuscript program as an offer with a three-part payment plan through your Stripe account. Add a coupon for past clients if you use one.
4. Build the program. Start from a program template or ask Michelle to draft one: 24 weeks, each with a weekly goal (an outline section, a chapter draft, a revision pass), daily tasks such as "Write for 45 minutes" and a "daily pages" habit. Add morning and evening check-ins asking for words written and what got in the way.
5. Add the teaching. Put your outlining method, chapter structure lessons and proposal guide into a course with drip so lessons unlock alongside the program weeks. Add downloadable templates.
6. Set up booking. Create a "chapter review call" session type with buffers, a 48-hour minimum notice and session credits for program clients, synced with your calendar.
7. Open the cohort. Create the 12-week proposal program as a group program; the cohort group appears automatically on enrollment. Schedule weekly video events for live writing sprints.
8. Connect the emails. Build a sequence for people who download the outline template: a welcome, a short story about your method, an invitation to apply.

What the author experiences: they download your outline template from your site, get your emails, apply and book a discovery call in their own time zone. After the call they receive the agreement to sign and a checkout link for the payment plan. Then they open your branded app and see this week's chapter goal, today's writing task and a check-in. Their next call, programs, progress and documents sit in tabs on the same screen. If they join the proposal cohort, the group space is already there. On your side, the client dashboard shows who is thriving and who has gone quiet, and Michelle can brief you before each call.

Before you write the book program from scratch, read our guides to the best platform for book coaches and the best app for book coaches, which cover the client-facing side in more depth.

What mistakes should book coaches avoid when choosing software?

The most common mistake is buying for the sales page and forgetting the six months of writing that follow it. A few others come up often:

• Choosing a course platform for 1:1 work. Course tools are excellent at delivering lessons and poor at noticing that one author has not written in ten days.
• Ignoring per-client pricing. A tool that is cheap at five authors can triple in price when a cohort fills. Check the 15 and 40 columns, not just the first.
• Skipping the agreement. Without written scope, a coaching engagement can slide into unpaid line editing or ghostwriting, with ownership questions attached.
• Underestimating transaction fees. A 10% cut, or a 2% platform fee on top of processing, adds up on long programs paid over several months.
• Stacking tools without a plan. Each extra login is another place for an author to miss a message. Count logins, not only dollars.
• Promising outcomes software cannot deliver. No platform guarantees a book deal; keep that out of your sales pages and your agreement.

Which software should a book coach choose?

For most book coaches who sell programs rather than single calls, Coachful is the strongest choice because it runs the application, agreement, payment plan, weekly writing targets, check-ins, cohort, courses and website from one login, with a free white-glove build to shorten setup. Kajabi is the better fit if a high-volume course is your main product. Mighty Networks or Skool make sense when a large community is the offer. Systeme.io is the cheapest place to test a lead magnet. Paperbell, CoachAccountable and CoachVantage suit coaches focused on 1:1 admin, and Quenza and Calendly each cover one narrow job well. If you are just starting out, the guide for new coaches page is a good next stop.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best software for book coaches in 2026?

For book coaches who run multi-week manuscript or proposal programs, we recommend Coachful because it covers booking, agreements, payments, daily writing habits, check-ins, cohorts, courses and a website in one account. Course-first coaches may prefer Kajabi, and community-first coaches may prefer Mighty Networks.

Can I run a writing cohort and 1:1 authors in the same tool?

Yes, in Coachful you can run both: group programs create a cohort group automatically on enrollment, while 1:1 authors get their own program, sessions and client record. Most of the other tools here handle one of the two well, so you would combine them.

Do authors upload their manuscripts into coaching software?

Most book coaches keep the manuscript in the author's own writing tool, such as a shared document, and link to it from the coaching platform. That keeps version history in one place and keeps your coaching platform focused on goals, feedback and accountability.

What should a book coaching agreement include?

At minimum: scope (coaching and feedback, not ghostwriting or line editing unless agreed), who owns the manuscript, confidentiality, payment terms, cancellation, and a clear statement that you cannot guarantee publication or sales. Rules vary by country, so check with an attorney.

What is Coachful's free white-glove service?

It is a done-for-you build included on every Coachful plan. You describe what you need, such as a website, funnel, program or email sequence, attach references and files, and the Coachful team builds it inside your account, usually within about 24 hours. It does not include video recording, logo design or ad management.

How should I price a book coaching program?

Start from the hours you will spend (calls, written feedback, cohort sessions) over the program's length, multiply by the hourly rate you need to earn, and add the value of your templates and course material. Then offer a payment plan so the total is easier to commit to. Test with a few authors before fixing the price.

Is Calendly enough for a book coach?

Calendly is enough for booking single paid consults. It has no client records, programs, check-ins or contracts, so once you run longer engagements you will need other tools around it.

Can Coachful count my coaching hours for an ICF credential?

Yes. Coachful tracks coaching hours and distinct clients against ACC, PCC and MCC thresholds and exports an ICF client coaching log with paid and pro bono hours.

Does Coachful accept PayPal?

No. Coachful takes payments through your own Stripe Connect or Razorpay account, including payment plans, subscriptions, Apple Pay and Google Pay. If your authors insist on PayPal, a tool such as Paperbell or Systeme.io supports it.