Discover how to start your own publishing company, manage authors, and create a business that supports your publishing goals.
Your LLC is approved — now what? This is the complete sequence: EIN, operating agreement, bank account, licenses, taxes, annual reports, employer responsibilities, bookkeeping, insurance, business credit, ongoing compliance, S-Corp election, and growth strategy, in the order that actually makes sense.
An EIN is the IRS's way of identifying your LLC as a separate business entity from you personally. Getting one is free, takes about 15 minutes online, and is required for your business bank account, publishing platform accounts, and tax filings. Here's how to do it — with the actual Form SS-4, a complete line-by-line walkthrough, and what to do if you ever need to cancel one.
They happen. Whether you're on the giving or receiving end, it helps to know how lawsuits actually work — the protocol for being served, why ignoring a complaint guarantees you lose, the new AI-era lawsuit categories every author should know, and how to protect your own copyright when someone steals your work.
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