Is 'Self-publish' No Longer a Dirty Word? Author Solutions Inc. CEO Kevin Weiss explains why some major publishers now are embracing this model.
Extra: What are ASI's plans for growth?
Weiss: ... We're going to keep doing what we're doing. And we want to do it better, faster and cheaper than we currently do it today. ... We're expanding our presence. We've opened up operations in Australia and New Zealand, and this past year, we opened up another operation in the United Kingdom. ... We're going to get heavy into the Spanish language. ... And we're going to be opportunistic in the opportunities that we think can help us expand the imprints that we have today. We're going to continue on this push with partnerships, because we'll get by … the big "fastoche" that's going on in the marketplace today. We'll get beyond that here in 2010, and there'll be more people stepping up. We've got several proposals out there right now in the marketplace for more of these partnerships. ...