Authors & Agents

Writing a book is a massive undertaking, but the hardest part isn’t writing the manuscript—it’s cutting through the noise. With 3.5 million new books published every year, authors face two dangerous options:

• The DIY Trap: Trying to be your own general contractor, managing editing, design, and distribution without industry leverage, often leading to average lifetime sales of fewer than 250 copies.

• The ‘Big Box’ Black Hole: Signing with a massive hybrid or traditional house where you become just another SKU in a factory line, lacking the personal attention required to break out.

Dexterity offers a third way. We replace the guesswork of self-publishing with big-publisher expertise.

We don’t force you into a factory line. Backed by the Dexterity Collective, a highly vetted community of over 175 elite publishing professionals, we hand-pick a custom team tailored to your specific genre.

You’ve worked hard to cultivate your clients’ careers. But handing their manuscript over to a consolidating “factory” publisher often means losing control of the message and risking the book being orphaned if the championing editor leaves. Even worse, Big 5 nonfiction titles currently average fewer than 4,500 units in sales because their teams are focused entirely on the top 1% of their lists.

Your clients deserve a partner that acts as a strategic Architect.

At Dexterity, we view ourselves as stewards of the message your client has been given. We provide the bandwidth of a large agency with the personal care of a boutique partner.

• Agility: We don’t have a 2-year lead time. We can crash a schedule and spin up a team when the market demands it.

• Scale: The Dexterity Collective gives you access to a deep bench of 175+ vetted writers, editors, and designers, ensuring your client gets the exact subject-matter expertise they need.

• Data-Driven Positioning: We don’t rely on “gut feel”. We utilize deep-dive market research decks, comparable title analysis, and Circana/Bookscan data to engineer market fit.