For the Love of Books — BookGo's Origin Story
By Michael McKinley In the beginning, there was a conversation between me, Michael McKinley, and Chuck Wardell about doing something to change the way we get books to readers. Chuck had this brilliant idea on how to do it, and as a writer, I was all in, as I wanted to change the way writers got books to publishers. So we thought: 'Let's round up some writers we know, and offer them a small advance, a large and sliding upwards scale of the royalties, as well as their own webpage for their...
By Michael McKinley In the beginning, there was a conversation between me, Michael McKinley, and Chuck Wardell about doing something to change the way we get books to readers. Chuck had this brilliant idea on how to do it, and as a writer, I was all in, as I wanted to change the way writers got books to publishers. So we thought: 'Let's round up some writers we know, and offer them a small advance, a large and sliding upwards scale of the royalties, as well as their own webpage for their book, and marketing support to help that book reach readers.' In other words, we don't care if you have a gazillion Insta followers, or minus-two. You write, and we'll sell together. Along the way, you, the writer, will have a hand in the process as much as you want. Cover and font ideas? Great. Marketing outreach thoughts? Brilliant. Web page design schemes? We're listening. BookGo wants to make writers happy, because that will make our readers happy. And as the saying from the creator of Charlie Brown puts it, 'Happiness is a warm puppy.' Along with a great BookGo book that the puppy doesn't eat.