Mix together low-content book projects, a search for niche ideas, Rebecca’s knowledge of the series, Hélène’s publishing experience… Hélène had previous experience with building crosswords from a relatively small set of selected answer words. In one word: nocando. Years before, Communication Cinq sur cinq, her publishing company, had been approached to build educational software to …
Very early on, we decided to go the Kindle Direct Publishing route, using Communication Cinq sur cinq, Hélène’s company. Communication Cinq sur cinq had the advantage of having been an established publisher for over 30 years and was listed in the Canadian Publishers Directory. It could therefore obtain ISBNs at no cost (O Canada). …
Meet two friends. On the left, Rebecca, an American writer from Indiana, with a published portfolio of one novel, several short stories (under her name) and half a dozen lined and dot-grid journals (under Spoonful of Sugar Publications). On the right, Hélène, a Québécoise, French-speaking editor and publisher, with about a dozen of textbook publications …