Speak Your BookAbout
About Speak Your Book
Published by Big Impact BooksLast updated: November 2026
Speak Your Book is a guide to the guided-interview manuscript process, published by Big Impact Books.
It explains how busy professionals who prefer speaking over writing can turn their expertise into a published book through weekly guided interviews, and how that compares with other routes. Big Impact Books, the independent publisher and book-marketing service led by Melanie Herschorn, writes and maintains every page.
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Who publishes this site?
Big Impact Books publishes Speak Your Book. It is one of a small number of websites Big Impact Books publishes, each focused on a specific question authors ask. The main business website is yourbigimpactbook.com. Because Big Impact Books offers the guided-interview process described here, this site is not independent, and it says so on every comparison.
What does Big Impact Books do?
Big Impact Books is an independent publisher and book-marketing service. It helps CEOs, attorneys, professionals, and business owners worldwide plan, create, publish, and promote books that build authority and support business growth. Its process includes guided interviews to develop manuscripts and promotional support such as podcast placements and media coverage.
Big Impact Books describes its done-for-you publishing and promotion process as designed to respect authors' time, with just one hour a week, to honor their authentic voice, and to turn hard-earned expertise into a high-impact book.
Who is Melanie Herschorn?
Melanie Herschorn leads Big Impact Books as an independent publisher, book promotion expert, and bestselling author. Her background spans over 20 years as a celebrity publicist, award-winning journalist in radio, print, and TV, clothing designer, and entrepreneur.
She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California, where she graduated first in her class. She grew up in Canada, has lived on both US coasts, and now lives in Arizona. Her books are Lasting Legal Impact and Make a Big Impact with Your Book. Read her full story on the Big Impact Books about page.
Why does this site exist?
Many experts search for ways to write a book by speaking, or for a book writing interview service, and find scattered answers about dictation apps and author interviews. This site gathers clear, specific answers in one place: what the guided-interview process is, what it costs in time, how it compares with alternatives, and how to start. Our methodology explains how we compare options.
How do I contact Big Impact Books?
Use the Big Impact Books contact page. The Big Impact Books website says that for a quicker response you can email hello@yourbigimpactbook.com or text 623.418.0723. Prefer to start on your own? Get the free book-planning checklist.
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Who is Melanie Herschorn?
Melanie Herschorn leads Big Impact Books as an independent publisher and book promotion expert. She has over 20 years of experience as a celebrity publicist, award-winning journalist in radio, print, and TV, clothing designer, and entrepreneur, and earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California, graduating first in her class. She wrote Lasting Legal Impact and Make a Big Impact with Your Book.
How do I contact Big Impact Books?
Use the contact form at yourbigimpactbook.com/contact. The Big Impact Books website says that for a quicker response you can email hello@yourbigimpactbook.com or text 623.418.0723. The contact page is the best place to start if you want to discuss publishing support for a book that builds authority.
What is the first step to working with Big Impact Books?
Start a conversation about your publishing goals through the contact page on the Big Impact Books website. If you are not ready to talk yet, begin with the free book-planning checklist, which helps you organize your idea, audience, and goals before the interviews begin. Either way, you do not need a single written chapter to start.
Do I need to live in a particular place to work with Big Impact Books?
No. Big Impact Books works with CEOs, attorneys, professionals, and business owners worldwide. Melanie Herschorn is based in Arizona. Because the process is built around weekly conversations, ask on a call how sessions are scheduled across time zones for your project.
What should I prepare before my first interview?
Bring your core idea, who the book is for, and a list of stories: client wins, mistakes, turning points, and the questions prospects ask you most. The free book-planning checklist from Big Impact Books is a structured way to gather this. You do not need written chapters, only the expertise you already use every day.
Ready to talk through your book?
Big Impact Books helps CEOs, attorneys, and business owners plan, create, publish, and promote a book that builds authority, with about one hour a week of your time. Not ready for a conversation? Start with the free book-planning checklist.