Publishing Business

Publishing is an incredibly rewarding yet endlessly complicated profession. This comprehensive and empowering book serves as a resource and reality check for anyone considering launching a press or publishing a single book. Author Joe Biel draws on 23 years of experience in all parts of operating a small publishing company to teach you the skills of the trade, from distribution, operations, inventory, scheduling, and accounting to development, sales, publicity, and marketing. 

Want to self-publish your book but don't know where to start? Worried it's too complex or you don't have the right skills? This updated and expanded Fourth edition of Successful Self-Publishing provides everything you need to successfully self-publish your book in ebook, print, and audio formats, plus proven marketing strategies to reach more readers/listeners. Written by award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna (J.F.) Penn, this practical guide shares the exact methods used to publish more than forty books and build a multi-six-figure author business.

It’s not easy going out there solo… but you can make waves in the business world when you know what it takes to thrive. Why did you set out as a solo entrepreneur? The chances are, you were ready to ditch the 9-5 and get more control over your life. You wanted more money to show for the work you do. You wanted that work to be something you care passionately about. It’s a liberating journey, full of excitement and possibility… but it also has a tough side. You might feel isolated much of the time.

Using AI at Work: Time Management for Busy Professionals is a non-technical, tool-agnostic playbook for managers, team leads, and business owners who are buried in meetings, messages, and decisions. It shows you how to prioritize better, control your calendar, and reclaim 5–10 hours a week without adding complexity or burning out.

Ready to propel your business into the AI revolution? Curious about how to harness the power of AI, even without technical know-how? Launch into a world of limitless opportunities with ChatGPT, the AI tool that's revolutionizing the landscape of business.

The Invisible Professional: Know Your Worth. Own Your Value. is for anyone who has ever felt that their skill, their expertise, and their contribution are worth far more than the market seems willing to acknowledge. It's about what happens when talented people spend so long being undervalued that they start to believe it themselves—and what it takes to change that. Written by Matt Everatt, a professional with over 30 years of experience in one of healthcare's least recognized disciplines, this book uses the world of dental technology as its lens—but its message reaches far beyond it.

Jack's family emasculates pedophiles and rapists. They catch them and cut off their dicks and balls. Then the family releases them to live out their lives, their emasculated groins a constant reminder of their sins.

This passionate expertise manifesto is intended to elevate the impact of advisors who sell insight as entrepreneurs. Three foundational chapters form the basis of the entire audiobook: Experts develop insight by isolating patterns in data; they convert those insights to wealth by crafting a unique positioning for which few available substitutes exist; and their confidence grows as the marketplace embraces their application of expertise. The next 15 chapters - building on that foundation - each answer a single question.

Game development isn't just about ideas and creativity. It's about survival. It's about turning your vision into a product that retains, monetizes, and scales—without burning out your team or going broke. The Game Product Management Handbook gives you the real-world systems, mental models, and growth frameworks used inside studios that ship and scale. No fluff. No theory. Just tactics forged through 16 years of painful pivots, missed payrolls, and unexpected wins.

Starting a Successful Airbnb Business for Beginners is a comprehensive guide, offering valuable insights and actionable steps based on my personal trials and errors. If you’re looking for guidance, my book will show you on how to make a profitable property, by showing you how to provide your guests with great experiences that will give you five-star reviews and a fully booked calendar.

Work Conflict Resolution: A Practical Guide to Handling Tough Conversations, Improving Communication Skills, and Reducing Stress gives you the strategies you need to turn tense situations into opportunities for growth. From understanding why conflict happens to mastering communication and emotional intelligence, this book provides step-by-step tools for real-world workplace challenges.

In this highly useful guide, international literary agent Jennifer Lyons leads more than 30 expert contributors in demystifying the business side of writing for aspiring authors.Whether you’re unclear on what to expect from your first book deal or just a little puzzled by your editor’s whims, The Business of Writing is the book for you. In it, Lyons empowers aspiring and experienced writers with everything they need to know about the business of selling books, from publicity to the legal and financial aspects of the trade.

Leap into entrepreneurship and launch your dream business, even if you lack business experience! Do you dream of starting your own business, but feel tied down by the fear of the unknown? Launching your dream business from scratch doesn’t have to be intimidating. Even if you lack a business degree or have no prior entrepreneurial experience, starting your own successful business is more achievable than you think.

Belfast, 1980, is the apocalypse. Bombings, riots, army on the streets, low flying helicopters, and ever-present rain. The grinding Northern Irish civil war between Protestants and Catholics has been going for a decade now. Hated by both sides are the police. Sean Duffy Year 1 takes us into that world. Newly promoted Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy is given his first command at Carrickfergus CID.

Your small business need not remain small. Reach more customers, tap into larger markets, and achieve optimal results with this audio guide on social media marketing! Almost everyone you know has at least one social media account. You’re living in a cave if you don’t have one or don’t at least know what it is. People from all walks of life use social media to either connect with loved ones and friends, be updated with current events, or entertain themselves with various content.

Are you looking for a side hustle to bring you an online income? "Passive income" is a word that gets thrown around often nowadays. The truth is that no income is truly passive, but with that said, Publishing books on Amazon & Audible is by far the closest thing to truly passive income today in the online business world. This course takes you from A-Z on KDP for high-content publishing, from showing you to outsource the content of your book to running your ads and maintaining them well, all will be covered.

Struggling to turn your business idea into reality? Discover how AI simplifies startup success—even if you're not a "tech person." Picture yourself at your kitchen table, ready to take your business idea from dream to reality. But as you plan, doubts creep in. How do you manage taxes without stress? Stand out online amidst fierce competition? Leverage AI to elevate your business? The explosion of AI has transformed how businesses start and thrive. Yet, many entrepreneurs feel unsure how to harness its power.

A hilarious insider's glimpse behind the scenes of DLJ, one of the hottest investment banks on Wall Street. Newly graduated business students John Rolfe and Peter Troob thought life at a major investment banking firm would be a dream come true. But they discovered Wall Street employees to be...

The story of British luxury interiors brand House of Hackney’s regenerative journey—and what every business and consumer can learn from it. ‘Creativity with purpose, integrity in action, compassion for people and planet means working with Nature as our partner.’ In the Company of Nature...

Bloomsbury presents Death Is Our Business by John Lechner, read by Christopher Ragland. "Extraordinary. . . Essential reading for understanding Russia and modern warfare."—CHRIS MILLER, New York Times bestselling author of Chip War and Putinomics “John Lechner is an amazingly bold reporter...