With books, I really don't view anyone as a competitor; the goal should be to help readers find books, as they are the closest thing we have to magic. Five Boo

With books, I really don't view anyone as a competitor; the goal should be to help readers find books, as they are the closest thing we have to magic. Five Books is doing great work, as is https://hardcover.app/ https://hardcover.app/ and https://app.thestorygraph.com/ https://app.thestorygraph.com/. The more book websites we have in the world, the better the world; each one is doing things uniquely. I am super lucky to have a small part-time team that helps make the publishing process work -> https://forauthors.shepherd.com/team https://forauthors.shepherd.com/team The publishing process works like this: -> We talk over email to see if they are a good fit and interested -> They fill out a Word doc and return it to us -> Bella & Joy add it to our system and start setting up the books/author profiles -> I screen each list personally for quality and fit (I learned a lot in the first year) -> Our fantastic editors, Frances and Lauren, edit and tweak everything. -> The author gets a preview, and we tweak and adjust as they see fit -> We schedule publishing once they are happy So, ya, not a video or audio interview, but we do a lot.