02-26-2023Best Practices for Getting Your Book Published with Tim McConnehey, Episode #193

Our Featured Guest for Sunday, February 26, 2023 is Tim McConnehey

Tim McConnehey is the founder of Izzard Ink Publishing, a book publishing company that collaborates with serious authors to edit, publish, market, and distribute their books, while empowering them with full control and ownership of the project. Izzard Ink Publishing was founded to connect self-publishing authors with the tools, support, and veteran industry talent they need to succeed on the same level as traditionally published bestsellers. Izzard has grown from that initial idea to a business that has sold over 1,200,000 books, with a client list that has sold over 45 million books. Their success was accomplished through attention to detail, uncompromising quality, and delivering exceptional personalized client service with the best people in publishing. Izzard is developing technology solutions using AI and machine learning to streamline and optimize the publishing process—not just for Izzard, but to revolutionize the industry. Through promotion and marketing of their books, Izzard authors have been featured on Fox News and C-Span’s Book TV, and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other leading publications throughout the country. Izzard has collaborated with ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and received an “Excellent” rating for its services on its watchdog list. In 2022, they were named the 14th fastest growing company in the Rocky Mountain Region on Inc’s Regionals list. Read  more at: https://izzardink.com/

Our Entrepreneur Presenters for February 26, 2023:

Jordan Schindler is the founder of Nufabrx, the only company in the world that infuses medicine into fabrics to create laundry-safe, reusable pain-relieving compression sleeves, which they call HealthWear®. Nufabrx’s patented platform technology enables the safe and controlled delivery of active ingredients to target locations on the body. From socks to shorts, shirts to linens, and everything in-between their “Active” yarns consistently deliver differentiated value to customers, and remain completely washable without degrading performance. Nufabrx puts active ingredients into textile fabrics, which can be programmed for controlled release to the skin. When knitted into their products, they consistently deliver therapeutic amounts of the ingredients directly to the skin. From there, the active ingredients remain effective after multiple home machine washes. The Nufabrx team is made up of expert scientists, textile extraordinaire, and award-winning designers. Each Nufabrx product is manufactured and tested in their North Carolina based facility, all sourced in the USA. Nufabrx is available for purchase at Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, GNC as well as Amazon and on their website. Read more at: https://nufabrx.com/

Scott Wallace is the co-founder of I’m the Chef Too!, which blends food, STEM, and the Arts into educational fun. Children are able to engineer, invent, create, design, question and explore all through the world of cooking! Each recipe is infused with educational concepts and a surprise adventure with a STEM activity, specialty supplies, and pre-measured dry ingredients. These learning experiences include inquiry based learning and problem solving as they bake their way through some of their favorite topics! Will you be an astronomer and explore our solar system by baking galactic donuts or step into the role of a mad scientist as you engineer and erupt volcano cakes while learning about chemical reactions? Or better yet, put on your hard hat and become a geologist to investigate the properties of rocks and gems through baking cupcake geodes! Customers can subscribe to a plan or purchase one time through the I’m the Chef Too! website. Read more at: https://www.imthecheftoo.com/