Charissa Ong started her own company, Penwings Publishing (penwings.com), because she wanted to publish a book of poetry but received nothing but rejections. Truth to be told, publishing books was not something she dreamed of doing growing up. The thing about Ong is that not being from the publishing industry and not even a reader until fairly late, she had no preconceived notions of what the publishing industry should be like. I want to publish [books of] people from here and put their books on the international scene. “In order to prolong my business in print publishing, I tapped into the niche market of classic collectibles.

Source: The Edge Markets August 03, 2020 08:37 UTC