Tellwell Talent (also known as "Tellwell Publishing" or simply "Tellwell") is a Canadian-based

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located in

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. Founded in 2015 by Tim Lindsay, the company is best-known for its publication and marketing of

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author Chelee Cromwell's '' Newbia'' book series, among other titles.

Platform

Tellwell Talent was founded in 2015, and as of 2016 had a small staff team of 6 employees. The company is headed by founder and CEO Tim Lindsay. While Tellwell has consistently referred to itself as a "

self-publishing Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. The term usually refers to written media, such as books and magazines, either as an ebook or as a physical copy using POD (pr ...

" company, it falls under the definition of vanity press as it charges the author for all costs of publishing, editing and promoting the book up-front, and only sells the work insofar as the author has paid for the service. Moreover, while a self-published author typically retains the right to use their own ISBN imprint, all authors using Tellwell's services to publish their book are made to use 'Tellwell Talent' as the imprint in fixed metadata. Instead of using the term "vanity press", Tellwell refers to its paid publication system as "assisted self-publishing", stating on their website, "It’s our humanity, not vanity, that propels us to share our stories, to take on the challenge, often the lifelong goal, of publishing a book." Tellwell Talent ranked in at #48 on the ''

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'' "Startup 50" list in 2019, which is a list of top new growth companies in the country.

Notable publications

Tellwell Talent has utilized local and national Canadian news outlets, as well as digital social media campaigns, to promote various books under their brand, with moderate success. Some notable cases include Chelee Cromwell's '' Newbia'', Jenn Bruer's ''Helping Effortlessly: A Book of Inspiration and Healing'', Dave Carroll's ''Tom the Tomato Plant'', and Gabriella Kikwaki's ''Between Two Worlds'' book series.

External links

* Tellwell Talent official website: https://www.tellwell.ca/

References

{{reflist Canadian companies established in 2015 Publishing in Canada Book publishing companies of Canada