How Do You Set Up a Hybrid Publishing Company?

Should you set up your publishing company as a hybrid publisher? To help answer that question, Broad Book Group’s co-founder Dr. Jennifer Dorsey joins “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)” to share details about how they formed their hybrid publishing business, including how they set up contracts with authors, how they handle book distribution, how they decided what types of marketing services to offer, and much more! PARTICIPANTS Dr. Jennifer Dorsey has worked in book publishing for over 25 years and is a founding partner of Broad Book Group and publisher of Broad Book Press. Specializing in nonfiction, she has worked for both small presses and large national publishers in the history, tech, lifestyle, self-help, business, and professional development categories. In addition to working in the business side of publishing, she has also co-authored, revised, and ghostwritten books in the medical, business, and personal growth categories. She is a graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition at Saint Louis University. Independent Book Publishers Association is the largest trade association for independent publishers in the United States. As the IBPA Director of Membership & Member Services, Christopher Locke assists the 3,900 members as they travel along their publishing journeys. Major projects include managing the member benefits to curate the most advantageous services for independent publishers and author publishers; managing the Innovative Voices Program that supports publishers from marginalized communities; and hosting the IBPA podcast, “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA).” He’s also passionate about indie publishing, because he’s an author publisher himself, having published two novels so far in his YA trilogy, The Enlightenment Adventures . LINKS Learn more about the many benefits of becoming a member of Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) here: Learn more about Broad Book Group here: Learn more about Dr. Jen Dorsey here: Check out Dr. Dorsey’s book, From Pitch to Print: A Nonfiction Writer's 10-Step Plan to Getting Published here: Check out the IBPA Hybrid Publisher Criteria here: Follow IBPA on: Facebook – X – Instagram - Follow Broad Book Group and Dr. Jen Dorsey here: @broadbookgroup @drjenniferdorsey

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How Do You Set Up a Hybrid Publishing Company? is an episode from Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) by Independent Book Publishers Association.

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This episode was published on Jul 30, 2025.

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