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Posted: Wed 5th Aug 2026
The publishing industry has a vested interest in keeping you confused, and it does a remarkably good job of it.
Traditional publishers don't explain their decisions. Self-publishing platforms make the process sound simpler than it is.
Hybrid and partnership presses have business models that aren't always obvious until you've already signed something, and the internet will give you a dozen contradictory opinions before you've finished your first coffee.
Inside Publishing cuts through all of it.
This is the book for anyone who has a business book to write and wants to understand what they are actually choosing between before they spend any money, sign any contract, or commit to any route.
It covers:
every option available to you today
what each one costs in time and in money
what you actually receive in return
the questions the industry would rather you didn't think to ask
It doesn't matter whether you're approaching traditional publishers, considering self-publishing or being approached by a hybrid or partnership press.
This book gives you what you need to make the right decision for your book, your business and your budget, without having to take anyone else's word for it.
Taryn Lee Johnston has spent 14 years in independent publishing working with authors across non-fiction, business and memoir. She has seen every route from the inside and she is not here to sell you on any of them.
What you will find in these pages is what the industry doesn't say out loud.
