You’ve built the ideas. We alchemize them into books.
If you’re a podcast host, speaker, or thought leader, your existing work may hold book-worthy power. We specialize in transforming content into high-quality nonfiction books that reflect your voice, amplify your platform, and create lasting impact.
What If…
THE BOOK YOU’VE BEEN WAITING TO CREATE IS ALREADY IN THE WORDS YOU’VE SPOKEN?
Submit your show—we’ll review your episodes and let you know if it’s a fit.
YOUR PODCAST ISN’T JUST CONTENT, IT’S THE FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR BOOK.
At Alembic Press, we specialize in turning podcasts, spoken insights, and recorded conversations into powerful, professionally published books. But we don’t just transcribe, we transform.
Through a deeply collaborative process, we shape your existing material into a book that’s clear, compelling, and unmistakably yours. A book that expands your platform, deepens your message, and creates lasting resonance.
Because when your ideas live on the page, they travel farther. They reach new audiences. They open new doors. They become legacy assets long after the episode ends.
And the best part? You don’t have to spend months (or years) battling the blank page.
The Five-Phase Alchemy of Book Creation
Not all content is book-worthy. But with the right process, the raw material you’ve already created—your episodes, insights, and voice—can be refined into something extraordinary.
Our signature process, Podcast Alchemy™, moves through five intentional phases. Each one builds on the last, transforming your content into a professionally published book that feels like you—just sharper, clearer, and built to last.
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In alchemy, the first step is to collect and prepare the raw materials. We begin by listening, yes, to your podcast, but also to you. Through transcripts, episode review, and a collaborative strategy session, we surface the creative DNA of your book: what it’s really about, who it’s for, and what it needs to do in the world.
Deliverable: A custom Book Brief (aka your strategic map for the journey ahead.) -
In alchemy, distillation is about concentrating what matters—keeping the essence, discarding the rest. In this phase, we sift through transcripts and themes to map your most compelling ideas into a modular arc. You’ll also review sample pages to make sure the voice feels aligned.
Deliverable: Your Book Map + Sample Chapter Pages
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Transmutation is the heart of alchemy—the moment when raw material becomes something of lasting value. In this phase, we develop the manuscript in aligned, iterative batches. You’ll review each set of chapters as we go, offering input while we continue refining forward. This keeps the voice aligned, the flow intentional, and the process moving without overwhelm.
Deliverable: A full manuscript, developed in aligned, iterative phases.
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In alchemy, refinement is about bringing the work to its purest expression—removing what no longer serves and enhancing what’s already strong. At this stage, the book is fully drafted. Our focus now is polish: fine-tuning for flow, clarity, and precision through collaborative edits, professional copyediting, and final adjustments.
Deliverable: Your Final, Polished Manuscript
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This is where the work becomes real. In alchemy, manifestation is the final transformation—the point at which essence takes form. We handle every aspect of production and publishing, from cover design and interior layout to e-book formatting and global distribution. We also create a tailored launch strategy to help you share the book with intention.
Deliverable: Your Published Book + Custom Launch Strategy
This work is part art, part science, part intuition. That’s the alchemy that distills your ideas into their most resonant and enduring form.
Podcast Alchemy
TMA complete, done-for-you publishing experience designed to turn your podcast into a legacy-worthy book.
What’s Included:
Ghostwritten, edited, and proofread manuscript
Custom cover design and interior formatting
Publishing strategy and execution
Global distribution in multiple formats
Custom marketing strategy and swipe copy (email, social, review templates)
Rights + royalties are 100% yours
The Investment:
Starting at $15,000 for a 35,000-word, episodic/modular nonfiction book.
Need something different? We also take on a limited number of custom projects (anthologies, narrative-driven works, framework books, multi-author collaborations). Ask us for a custom quote.
We’ll review your episodes and let you know if it’s a fit.Who We Work With
Alembic Press has developed books across leadership, business, wellness, professional practice, memoir and narrative nonfiction, spirituality, and other expert-led fields.
Projects have ranged from individual thought-leadership books to multi-author collaborations and specialized professional resources.
Selected project examples are shared privately with prospective clients when relevant.
Other Ways to Work Together
Podcast Cartography
Map the book before you speak it into existence
Every great book begins with a map. Podcast Cartography is our strategy-first process for creators who want to record their way to a book with clarity and intention.
Together, we chart the vision for your future book—its purpose, shape, and throughline—and then design a podcast content plan that helps you “write” your first draft in real time.
You’ll leave with a Book Map: a clear structure, a creative compass, and an editorial plan that turns your podcast episodes into the raw material of a resonant, future book.
→ Prefer to take the pen into your own hands? Podcast Cartography also works as a strategic roadmap for those who want to use their podcast as a foundation, then carry forward with their own writing process.
Podcast Alchemy Lite
Condense your podcast into a potent, authority building guide
Podcast Alchemy Lite takes a focused mini-series or a curated set of episodes and distills them into a beautifully designed ebook or guide.
This is the perfect resource to offer your audience as an opt-in, event handout, or podcast companion. Polished and true to your voice, it’s a high-quality authority building asset that carries the weight of your ideas in a form your audience can hold.
An elegant way to turn conversation into a resource that lives beyond the episode feed.
about the Founder
Michelle Fishering, MFA
Founder of Alembic Press
Creator of Podcast Alchemy™
Writer, Thought Partner, Alchemist-in-Chief
Michelle blends the rigor of an MFA-trained writer with the insight of a strategist and the care of a creative midwife. Before founding Alembic Press, she spent over a decade building brands, leading creative teams, and helping big ideas find their form.
She’s guided clients to keynote stages, publishing deals, media visibility, and business breakthroughs—not just by refining their content, but by helping them claim the voice behind it.
Her work is grounded in deep listening, intuitive structure, and a belief that books should sound like the people who author them. She rejects the tired myth that struggling through the blank page is what makes a book legitimate. For many creators, speaking is writing—and insight lives in conversation, not just in outlines. Through Podcast Alchemy™ and Alembic Press, Michelle helps authors shape books that actively serve their larger ecosystem—books that open doors, spark dialogue, and grow in value over time.
I started Alembic Press to challenge the status quo of how books are made—to reimagine authorship as a collaborative, voice-first process. Some of the most brilliant thinking happens out loud, through conversation, story, and the things we say without scripting.
My work is about uncovering the brilliance that’s already there. I help people recognize the truth they’ve been circling all along. Sometimes I give it shape. Sometimes I give it language. But more than anything, I hold up a mirror so they can finally finally name the thing they’ve known all along: ‘Yes. That’s it. That’s what I’ve been trying to say.’
And in that moment, they see how their voice, and their book, can become more than a container. It becomes a catalyst. A strategic asset that deepens their impact, feeds their ecosystem, and expands what’s possible.
Is Your Podcast Book-Ready?
You don’t need to start from scratch. You’ve already said the thing—maybe dozens of times. We’re here to help you see it clearly, shape it beautifully, and put it in the world as a book that lasts.
If you think your podcast might hold the seeds of something more, we’d love to take a look.
Send us your show. We’ll review your episodes and let you know what could be possible.
Interested In Partnership?
We love collaborating with podcast production teams, publishers, and creative agencies who see the value of turning recorded content into books.
If you’re looking to refer clients, expand your service offerings, or explore white label publishing partnerships—we’d love to talk.