Step into the shoes of an admissions counselor. Anybody can self-publish a book. Does that make a difference? Maybe. Let me explain.

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Locations: New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA;

Companies: Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Google, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster

Organizations: Harvard College, Harvard University

References: Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, Apple iBooks Author, Google Play Books Partner Center, The Big 5 Trade Book Publishers in the U.S, DuckDuckGo

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