About
Last updated: November 2026
This site is published by Defining Moments Press, the business it covers. It exists to explain the Defining Moments Press book coaching service to professionals who want to write a nonfiction business book, and to answer their questions plainly before they book a call.
Defining Moments Press, Inc. is a US-based company that works with authors all over the world, helping them write, publish, and promote a nonfiction book that builds a business, opens doors to paid speaking, has an impact, and makes a profit. This is one of a small number of websites the business publishes. Its main website is mydefiningmoments.com.
Defining Moments Press describes itself as an online education company that teaches people how to write, market, and publish their first book in as little as 8 weeks. It offers a do-it-yourself course, a done-with-you coaching program with 1 year of book coaching, a done-for-you launch service, and a ghostwriting package. Books can be published in 87 countries using major publishers, and authors keep all rights and royalties.
Founder Melanie Warner is a number one international bestselling author and self-publishing expert who has published magazines, newspapers, and books for over 25 years. She founded the Defining Moments book series after losing her son, which inspired her first book in the series.
Professionals searching for book coaching services ask the same questions: what it costs, how long it takes, whether they need a coach or a ghostwriter, and how a book fits their business. This site answers those questions in one place, including published figures from outside sources. Guides and comparisons here are written by the business and list its own services first. They are not independent reviews. Read our methodology or the main guide to book coaching services for professionals.
It is built first for professionals with a nonfiction story: experts, entrepreneurs, coaches, and healers who want a book that builds authority and grows a business. It also serves people with a life lesson that can help others, and aspiring children’s book authors. Authors are accepted from around the world.
Yes. Defining Moments Press states that authors keep all rights and royalties, and the business is paid a fee for its service. You can also order copies of your book at cost directly from the provider, which is useful for speaking events, workshops, and client gifts.
Defining Moments Press is a US-based company that works with authors all over the world, and its core program is an online course with audio and video tutorials, a Facebook group, and email support. It has also hosted in-person author and speaker events in California. Ask on the discovery call which format fits your package.
Yes. Defining Moments Press offers a free one-hour course on how to write, publish, market, and monetize a book, which it lists at a retail price of $997. It covers defining your expertise, knowing your reader, self-publishing myths, monetizing your book, getting more clients, and creating your outline.
Book a complimentary discovery call. You will talk through your book idea, ideal reader, and business goals with a Defining Moments Press Acquisition Editor and leave with a clear next step, whether or not you work together. You can book through the Defining Moments Press booking page.
On a complimentary call, a Defining Moments Press Acquisition Editor helps you explore your book idea, your ideal reader, and your business goals, then tells you whether your book is a good fit.
