Have You Ever Thought, "I Can't Be the Only One"?

It's very rare.

I don't know how rare it is, but to meet someone who's published a book themselves, you know, all by themselves, right? Or did somebody publish it for you? How did that come about? How

did that come about? I did a lot of research as far as publishing services go, they kind of call them, right? And I wanted to keep it Canadian.

So I, you know, in the beginning looked at some of the states, but then I said, no, we're sticking Canadian with this.

So I researched a couple of them and I found the company called Friesen Press and they're stationed, their main office is out in BC, but they've got a couple services all over Canada.

So the closest one to me here in Ontario was in Manitoba.

So I had worked with a publishing specialist there and a team that came together to help me with the book.

So I wrote the book.

It's my manuscript.

I own it.

I own the rights to it.

But this team helped as far as there's editors and designers for the cover design, the back design, the interior images, putting it all together, making it look all pretty,

and

everything.

Yeah, so it's kind of a collaboration between...

Self-publishing and working.

Exactly, because there are different ways to go, right?

You can self-publish and you can go on Amazon and publish your book through Amazon, but there are different ways to go.

Or you can publish it yourself and bring it to a printer and get it printed up and market it yourself.

But Friesen Press helped me out with the publishing of it, the designing of it, But they also keep track of the sales of it, and they also get it out there online with Ingram Publishing.

It's not Ingram Publishing.

It's Ingram Distributing.

And they distribute it through all the major online book suppliers like Indigo, Barnes & Noble, etc.

So I was really impressed with that as well.

And I get monthly sales records.

It's very rare.

I don't know how rare it is, but to meet someone who's published a book themselves, you know, all by themselves, right? Or did somebody publish it for you? How did that come about? How

did that come about? I did a lot of research as far as publishing services go, they kind of call them, right? And I wanted to keep it Canadian.

So I, you know, in the beginning looked at some of the states, but then I said, no, we're sticking Canadian with this.

So I researched a couple of them and I found the company called Friesen Press and they're stationed, their main office is out in BC, but they've got a couple services all over Canada.

So the closest one to me here in Ontario was in Manitoba.

So I had worked with a publishing specialist there and a team that came together to help me with the book.

So I wrote the book.

It's my manuscript.

I own it.

I own the rights to it.

But this team helped as far as there's editors and designers for the cover design, the back design, the interior images, putting it all together, making it look all pretty,

and

everything.

Yeah, so it's kind of a collaboration between...

Self-publishing and working.

Exactly, because there are different ways to go, right?

You can self-publish and you can go on Amazon and publish your book through Amazon, but there are different ways to go.

Or you can publish it yourself and bring it to a printer and get it printed up and market it yourself.

But Friesen Press helped me out with the publishing of it, the designing of it, But they also keep track of the sales of it, and they also get it out there online with Ingram Publishing.

It's not Ingram Publishing.

It's Ingram Distributing.

And they distribute it through all the major online book suppliers like Indigo, Barnes & Noble, etc.

So I was really impressed with that as well.

And I get monthly sales records.