Lisa Orban, the owner of Indies United Publishing House, brings a new business model to the indie world.

More flexible, more author friendly, and of course, more profitable for the indie authors.

Here's the timeline of our chat with Lisa:

0:53 How did you come up with the name of your company?
1:32 What were the first names you came up with for your company?
2:42 How long ago did you start your company?
2:52 Something made you angry and that’s why you started this company. What is the reason?
5:18 What would be the amount of an advance check for an author from a traditional publishing company?
6:33 The third option of having your book published: Vanity publishers
8:26 How Amazon treats authors
9:19 Tell us about your unique business model for indie authors
13:50 Traditional House vs Indies United Publishing House
15:06 What services do you provide?
18:46 We are not only coalition of authors, but we are also a coalition of vendors
20:00 Indie authors are often taken advantage of. I am trying to level the playing field.
21:48 Here’s the caveat with the royalties if you go with Indies United Publishing House.
23:04 How do you make money?
26:01 How do you find the authors?
27:59 Where do you mostly advertise?
28:11 We have a free book page on our website, where you can download free books
28:42 What about the contest you are running on your website?
30:10 Talk about growth, and next year. How many more authors will you have by the end of next year?
32:44 You are always stronger when you go with friends. We work as a co-op; authors, vendors, everybody in our group.
33:20 Our authors interact, collaborate and work on projects together.
34:13 Benefits of being included to Indies United Publishing House.
35:13 The niche that we fulfill to help indie authors that has never been done before.