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IR Approved Author Michael Gross: “…it’s great that the opportunity exists today to find an audience as an indie author.”

"Spillage" is a wild play on the Faustian musical Damn Yankees, a rock and roll romance and a wickedly fun throwback to the chaos of 1970s New York City.

The Impact of Book Covers on Marketing and Sales

In the intricate dance of book publishing, the cover plays a pivotal role, often being the linchpin in a book's journey to success or obscurity.

IR Approved Author Bill VanPatten Tells All About His Book

Jesse Pérez’s fifteen-year-old pregnant niece from Texas shows up on his doorstep in Central California seeking help—plunging him into the politics and law of a post-Roe era and a showdown with his estranged family.

IR Approved Author Karyn M. Bruce: “My advice to fellow indie writers is always believe in yourself.”

Karyn Bruce’s collection of Compline is a visitation to that space of prayer and body that unites the duality of the sacred life and the everyday.

Best Reviewed Books of the Month — February

Whether you're into Literary fiction, Mystery/Suspense or Romance we have them in IR's "Best Reviewed" books of February.

Advice from IR Approved Author Janelle Molony: “You…are your biggest investor and you only get out what you put in.”

Emigrant Tales of the Platte River Raids captures both front-row and birds-eye views of a thrilling series of attacks by Northern Plains Indians on travelers on the Oregon and Overland Trails in July of 1864...

This Little Book Went to Market

I’ve been publishing books for seventeen years and in that time, I’ve been contacted by over a thousand authors seeking a publisher for their first book.

IR Approved Author David Grosz Tells All About His Book

"Providence" is a story about friendship, art, and memory set in the contemporary New York of glamorous high-rises and glitzy art galleries, with detours to France, Italy, Slovakia, and the backwoods of the Catskill Mountains.

IR Approved Author Lena Gibson Tells All About Her Book

Underdog Elsa discovers maps to long-lost seed bunkers while scavenging the landfill. What she wants is to grow her own food. What she gets is a train-hopping soulmate, a meeting with the rebels, and a...