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Ballast Books is disrupting the publishing industry.

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Disrupting the Publishing Industry.

For generations, publishing books was something done by “other people.” High-level deals done by high-powered agents for high-selling authors at high-powered New York publishing houses. Impossible for the little guy to get his or her book out. At least, that was the perception.
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Your Ballast Books Editing Team: Meet Emma Sherk

Emma Sherk is an editor on the Ballast team who has the pleasure of working on everything from heavy-hitting memoirs to board books for young children.
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Meet Kayleigh Rucinski, Ballast Books Director of Production

Our Director of Production, Kayleigh Rucinski, came to us in 2022 with a robust educational background from Belmont University and valuable professional experience in the field of publishing.
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