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Eric Penz, Author
"My book launched; I did it at the Borders in Redmond; and was overwhelmed that there was a hundred and some books sold and you had standing room only there. A lot of it was friends and family. But, that was kind of an emotional event for me actually. I wasn’t expecting to be choked up."
Eric Penz Author of the novel Cryptid: The Lost Legacy of Lewis & Clark 

Recent Author Solutions, Inc. Announcements

Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced that Keith Ogorek, ASI senior vice president of marketing, will speak at the Blue Ridge Mountains Writers Conference banquet and awards dinner Wednesday, May 22.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, has released a whitepaper titled The Four Paths to Publishing, written by Keith Ogorek, ASI senior vice president of marketing.

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Penguin today announces that Andrew Phillips is to become CEO of Author Solutions, Penguin’s self-publishing business, starting on July 1.  He succeeds Kevin Weiss who will leave to take up a new position which will be announced separately next week.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced Wednesday that Keith Ogorek, senior vice president of corporate marketing, will join other publishing thought leaders on a panel about the affects of digital self-publishing on traditional publishers at Book Expo America 2013 in New York City.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, will have a significant presence at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 20-21 at the University of Southern California campus.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, has released its schedule of free indie author signings at the 2013 Tucson Festival of Books held at the University of Arizona this March 9-10.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, will host a book gallery at the Tucson Festival of Books, March 9-10 at the University of Arizona campus' Main Mall in booths 204-206.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, today announced it will be bringing its popular Book-to-Screen PitchFest back to Las Vegas.

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Simon & Schuster, Inc., and Author Solutions, Inc., (ASI) today announced the launch of Archway Publishing, a new self-publishing service with a focus on fiction, nonfiction, business and children’s categories.

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Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, will host more than 60 book signings at Miami Book Fair International, November 16-18 at Miami-Dade Community College’s Wolfson campus.

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Author Solutions Senior Vice President Keith Ogorek's Latest White Paper Clearly Identifies the Four Options Available to Bring a Book to Market and Guides Authors to Make the Best Decision, Based on Their Goals and Budget

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Recent Author Solutions, Inc. News Coverage

Priscilla Becker would self-publish her work if she had the choice.

“Your work may be more accessible if you’re published by a major publishing house,” says Becker, a creative writing professor at Columbia and published poet. “But you don’t get paid anything.”

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Getting older seems to bring out the author in people. And South Florida seniors are discovering the booming self-publishing industry is their path to every author's deepest desire: a book.

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Author Solutions, Inc. recently collaborated with publisher titans Simon & Schuster to create Archway Publishing, a self-publishing service for aspiring authors.

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As more traditional publishers crowd into it, there is less distinction between vanity publishing and the normal variety, both of which are profitably taking on characteristics of one another.

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In a new venture, the publisher will charge fees to release, distribute and publicize books in print or digital formats. In turn, those self-published authors get a larger share of sales.

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Simon & Schuster is joining Penguin and other full-service publishers in entering into the self-publishing business. In partnership with Author Solutions (now owned by Penguin), the company is launching Archway Publishing.

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