But Especially My Sister Libby. Bypassing traditional publishing channels also bypasses delay. For example, we started an entire company and published our first book faster than most publishers respond to a single manuscript. By design, the autonomy of Idea University Press gives the author more control over the content, design and promotion of the work. We take layers of approvals out of the process, which allows us to publish faster.
Authors are artists, and artists like control.
We're used to that. Creativity needs space to breathe, and the more we do ourselves, the more room there is to create. By harnessing the process as well as the ideas, we can better shape the value and momentum of what we do. Last year, a guy in our broadcast department wrote, produced and directed a film that premiered to rave critical reviews. We have writers who do stand-up comedy and an editor who sings classical music everywhere from London to Santa Fe.