EP 220 - Vikrant Shaurya from BestsellingBook.com

<p>Mark interviews Vikrant Shaurya, CEO and Founder of Bestsellingbook.com.</p> <p>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.</p> <div class="style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer"> <p><strong><img alt="" height="159" src="https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/110600/FindawayVoicesLogo.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="318" /></strong>You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.</p> <p>In their conversation Mark and Vikrant talk about:</p> <ul> <li>The story of how Vikrant got started in writing</li> <li>Spending more time in the college library than in classe</li> <li>Starting a company, making a number of mistakes, and being left with no money and being forced to shut down the business</li> <li>Discovering self-publishing and working hard to write and go through the publishing process</li> <li>Creating a "done for you" publishing company to help entrepreneurs and speakers</li> <li>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</li> <li>The packages and costs of making the book a bestseller on Amazon</li> <li>The process of the angel writers who work closely with clients</li> <li>Going through the book chapter by chapter with the client with unlimited revisions</li> <li>Potential opportunities for writers to work for Bestselling Book as angel writers</li> <li>And more...</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Links of Interest:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://bestsellingbook.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BestsellingBook.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://starkreflections.ca/findaway" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Findaway Voices</a></li> <li><a href="http://20booksvegas.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">20BooksVegas</a></li> <li><a href="https://bit.ly/SelfPubCon2021" rel="noopener" target="_blank">SelfPubCon 2021: The Writing Craft Conference</a> (ALLI) - <a href="https://selfpublishingadviceconference.com/speaker/matty-dalrymple-and-mark-leslie-lefebvre/?wpam_id=2341" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Craft of Writing Short Books</a></li> <li><a href="https://storybundle.com/nano" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The 2021 NaNoWriMo Writing Tools Storybundle</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Patreon for Stark Reflections</a></li> <li><a href="https://books2read.com/relaxedauthor/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Relaxed Author</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://payhip.com/b/w7Gg1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Buy eBook Direct</a></li> <li><a href="https://payhip.com/b/QK4ks" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Buy Audiobook Direct</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://books2read.com/b/publishingpitfalls" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Publishing Pitfalls for Authors</a></li> <li><a href="https://books2read.com/b/workingwithlibrariesandbookstores" rel="noopener" target="_blank">An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wide for the Win</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">This Time Around (Short Story)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">A Canadian Werewolf in New York</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Stowe Away (Novella)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fear and Longing in Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fright Nights, Big City</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Vikrant Shaurya</strong> 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.</p> <p> </p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-dark-gray-background-color has-dark-gray-color" /> <p><em>The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of <a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">www.incompetech.com</a></em> <em>and is Licensed under</em> Creative Commons: By <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Attribution 3.0</a></p> </div>