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Tell me about your vision.

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Well, my vision is to help as many authors as possible

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self-publish as successfully as possible.

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And the reason I started doing these podcasts

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is because a lot of authors online

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seem to be overwhelmed by the process.

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But self-publishing does not have

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to be overwhelming if you have the right team on your side.

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And that's what we do.

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We make it easy for authors to self-publish.

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And not only that, but keep control of their book

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and earn more money every time they sell a book

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by following the forgotten original model of self-publishing,

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which has become buried in all of the noise.

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Thank you for sharing that.

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Can you tell me more about it?

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Well, OK.

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So original self-publishing meant that the author

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was the publisher.

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And the author would handle all the responsibilities

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of publishing the book, including hiring the experts

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to produce a good book, editors, designers, and so forth.

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Well, somewhere along the line, it got all mixed up.

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And now independent authors, self-publishers,

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are hiring publishing companies.

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And they are taking revenue out of their pocket

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every time they sell a book.

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So my goal is to just remind everybody of the original way

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that you do not have to share your revenue with anyone

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when you sell a book.

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You do have the responsibility to produce a good book

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that the market will accept.

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And that that doesn't have to be overwhelming,

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even though it could be if you follow the advice online

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and try to do everything yourself

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and try to manage everything yourself.

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So we are basically publishing project managers.

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And we can help facilitate the whole process for you

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so that you don't have to suffer and get overwhelmed when

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you want to release a book.

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Well, let me ask you this question along the lines.

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How similar or different are you from Amazon self-publishing

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when authors can actually go on and publish themselves?

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Well, we actually do recommend that the files produced

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for the book are uploaded to KDP.com and also

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another platform called IngramSpark.com.

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But the problem with Amazon and some other approaches

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is that they encourage authors to just do it themselves,

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either by dumping their manuscript

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into a formatting machine or designing their own cover

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with a template.

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But that's not the way a book is produced.

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We all have the background in traditional publishing.

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So we know the process is much more complex and much more

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involved than that.

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But the result is a beautiful book and a book

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that's easy to read.

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And isn't that why you wrote a book in the first place,

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to get people to hear your message and share your wisdom?