Tampa Bay publishing startup partners with Barnes & Noble Press

  • By Laura Lyon
  • | 12:35 p.m. October 7, 2024
Sarah McGuire and Fred Koehler founded Ready Chapter 1 in 2022.
Sarah McGuire and Fred Koehler founded Ready Chapter 1 in 2022.
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Ready Chapter 1 (RC1), a startup platform for independent authors with a presence at Catapult in Lakeland and Embarc Collective in Tampa, recently joined forces with Barnes & Noble Press, the publishing arm of national bookseller Barnes & Noble.

 

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