I Poured Time, Money, and Dreams Into Multiple Fiction Pen Names and Books that I Left Behind.

Publisher Exit was built by an independent publisher who understands just how much time, money, and hope can go into building a publishing business. It took years—and thousands of dollars in investment—before my business became profitable.  Sure, I was earning royalties each month, but I was spending more on new books and investing more time than I anticipated.  I was scattered, jumping around genres and pen names, and I eventually wanted to quit.

Many of my unprofitable pen names got left in the dust as I moved on to better ways to make money.  Reader email lists were neglected until I no longer wanted to pay for MailerLite.  Some manuscripts sat in folders and never made it to publication as I shifted my focus to new projects.

I looked into selling my publishing assets on some of the well know marketplaces - Flippa, Empire Flippers, Money Nomad - but I didn't have the history of profit I needed to list.  That's when I realized there should be an easier way for small publishers to sell the catalogues they are not interested in spending time on any more.

If your publishing business is no longer the right fit for your life, there may still be value in what you've built. Selling your pen names, manuscripts, publishing rights, book covers, reader email lists, websites, marketing materials, and publishing systems can help you recover part of your investment while giving another publisher the opportunity to continue the work you've started.

It's a win-win: you recover value from a business you're ready to leave behind, and another independent publisher gets the opportunity to grow their catalog by investing in work they believe has untapped potential.