Most ghostwriting companies do not put you into direct contact with the person who will write your book, assuming you sign their contract. (This is a great reason to hire only qualified independent ghostwriters with no corporate affiliations.) You usually have to talk to a sales rep and listen to a pitch about how great the company's reputation is. If you don't know much about publishing or writing, you will not know how much misinformation you are receiving.
Eventually you will be given the opportunity to talk with one or more writers. In some cases you get to choose the writer; in other cases, the writer is assigned to you. The problem develops when the more discriminating potential client asks too many questions or balks at signing on the dotted line. In this case, you will often be referred to a writer who will speak with you to hopefully allay your concerns and get you to commit. This person may even promise to write your book.
In all of the above scenarios, the bottom line is that the person you speak with is not the one who will necessarily end up writing your book. You will frequently be assigned a new or different writer once the contract is signed, a writer with far less experience than you thought you were getting for your dream project.
When dealing with corporate ghostwriting entities, you may not have the control you have when dealing with an independent ghostwriter. You may not know who or what you are getting. As we've discussed in other articles on this site, some of the writers simply aren't qualified. Work is subcontracted out to people whose credentials and experience are poor to mediocre in many cases. Let the buyer beware.
~ William Hammett
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