This is the audio story of Rebeca Seitz building a traditional, royalty-paying publishing house from the ground up – told to you as it unfolds.In the coming chapters of this story, you’ll hear about:securing funding,identifying and negotiating with the team that is responsible for acquisitions, editing, cover design, typesetting, printing, selling, shipping, and distributing the books,the publishing process,why there’s an iris in our logo,how it got the name Rebeca Books,what genres we publish and why,the reason behind our focus on women 40 and over,what’s happened in a given week,and a whole...
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11 min
Chapter 10 - The First Gathering
The Rebeca Books authors got together for their inaugural gathering, and what an amazing experience it was for all involved. In the end, the best possible outcome presented itself.…
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14 min
Chapter 9 - It's Been a Minute
Rebeca provides the three reasons why it's been two months since her last update, including a VERY exciting coming event. Learn more at https://www.rebecabooks.com
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42 min
Chapter 8 - Introducing The Retta Collective
Welcome back to Chapter 8 of Raising Rebeca Books! In this chapter, we meet Crystal Canney, the Executive Director of The Retta Collective, a new non-profit whose mission is to add…
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13 min
Chapter 7 - Woman Born in 1894 Enters the Chat
In the last episode, Rebeca promised to tell you about a very special woman born way back in 1894. Now her story plays into the one unfolding on this podcast 130 years later. Rebec…
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31 min
Chapter 6 - The After Conversation
In Chapter 4, you got to hear directly from the new acquisitions editor of Rebeca Books, the inestimable Danielle Butler. Well, in true start-up fashion, this episode comes with so…
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14 min
Chapter 5 - The Way of Women
Did you know that 38% of startups fail for lack of funding? How about that only 2.3% of VC funding goes to women-owned businesses? At the same time, women-owned businesses generate…
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52 min
Chapter 4 - When Savvy Businesswomen Unite - Introducing E. Danielle Butler
On this episode of Raising Rebeca Books, we meet the incomparable E. Danielle Butler, Acquisitions Editor for Rebeca Books. Listen in as Rebeca and Danielle have a fun discussion a…
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15 min
Chapter 3 - What's In a Name
Rebeca delves into the process of naming "Rebeca Books" and all of the trials, tribulations, and downright disgust with the English language that entails. All of the items on the p…
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14 min
Chapter 2 - Throwing Snowballs in Sunshine
Welcome to the second episode of “Raising Rebeca Books, the birth of a publishing house.” This is the audio story of Rebeca Seitz building a traditional, royalty-paying publishing…
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13 min
Chapter 1 - Birth of a Publishing House
Starting and growing a business is, for Rebeca Seitz, similar to being a parent. The nexus of it grows quietly, in darkness, tucked away from the public eye for a long period of ti…