Mark interviews Vikrant Shaurya, CEO and Founder of Bestsellingbook.com.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares an extremely brief personal update with crappy audio from a Vegas hotel room and a word about this episode's sponsor.

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In their conversation Mark and Vikrant talk about:

  • The story of how Vikrant got started in writing
  • Spending more time in the college library than in classe
  • Starting a company, making a number of mistakes, and being left with no money and being forced to shut down the business
  • Discovering self-publishing and working hard to write and go through the publishing process
  • Creating a "done for you" publishing company to help entrepreneurs and speakers
  • Who Vikrant's ideal client is and the detailed customized process of ensuring their book is written using their insights/knowledge/experience in their unique voice
  • The packages and costs of making the book a bestseller on Amazon
  • The process of the angel writers who work closely with clients
  • Going through the book chapter by chapter with the client with unlimited revisions
  • Potential opportunities for writers to work for Bestselling Book as angel writers
  • And more...

After the interview, Mark reflects on the various needs and pathways for different types of writers and where a service like Bestsellingbook.com might fit in to that.

Links of Interest:

  • BestsellingBook.com
  • Findaway Voices
  • 20BooksVegas
  • SelfPubCon 2021: The Writing Craft Conference (ALLI) - The Craft of Writing Short Books
  • The 2021 NaNoWriMo Writing Tools Storybundle
  • Patreon for Stark Reflections
  • The Relaxed Author
    • Buy eBook Direct
    • Buy Audiobook Direct
  • Publishing Pitfalls for Authors
  • An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores
  • Wide for the Win
  • Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books
    • This Time Around (Short Story)
    • A Canadian Werewolf in New York
    • Stowe Away (Novella)
    • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
    • Fright Nights, Big City

Vikrant Shaurya is the CEO & Founder of BestsellingBook.com, #1 Bestselling Author, sought-after Book Launch Manager, and an internationally recognized Digital Publishing Expert. He has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and first-time authors actualize their dreams by joining them in their self-publishing journeys through his courses, coaching, and done-for-you services.

The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0