About publishing.com

Publishing.com offers online courses, coaching, and AI-powered software to streamline the publishing process.

Founded by twins Christian and Rasmus Mikkelsen in 2018, we are on a mission to help regular everyday people find success through online self-publishing.

2018
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Students Worldwide
150+
Employees
19
Inc. 5000 in 2023
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Since we started in 2018, our biggest goal was to impact people's lives. Our mission is to help regular everyday people find success through online self-publishing.
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Our vision is to become the one-stop shop solution for all your self-publishing needs.

Imagine all of the following available under one roof…

Online Education
Publishing Coaching
Ghostwriting
Publishing
Narration
Ads Management
Marketing
How it all started
How it all started
Testing the watersAmerica's Fastest Growing - Inc. 5000
Testing the waters
While attending community college and working as Chinese food delivery drivers in New Jersey, twin brothers Christian and Rasmus realized getting a degree so they could eventually work an unsatisfying 9-5 job the rest of their lives did not sound like an attractive life plan.
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The start of a business
By the end of the summer, Rasmus and Christian were making enough money from their books to move out of their parents’ house, so they quit their jobs, dropped out of college, and booked one-way tickets to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Their biggest motivation for building a business online was so they could travel and experience all the most amazing places across the world.
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Launching on YouTube
Christian & Rasmus move to Hawaii and the Mikkelsen Twins YouTube channel is born. After posting a video every other day for 6 months talking all about book and audiobook publishing, they reach 1,000 subscribers.
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Audiobook Impact Academy
Audiobook Impact Academy 1.0 is launched in September and 96 students join on the first day. The twins end the year traveling to Mexico, UK, Italy, Greece, Egypt, and then finishing off in Bali where they stayed for the next 8 months.
AIA 2.0America's Fastest Growing - Inc. 5000
AIA 2.0
The majority of the year is spent just filming YouTube videos and creating Audiobook Impact Academy 2.0. They travel to Australia, Lombok, Komodo Island, Japan, Cuba, Croatia, Spain and Denmark.
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Publishing.com
Publishing.com is born as the twins hire their first 3 team members to help manage and coach their growing community of online publishers. At this point, the AIA program has helped countless people worldwide to successfully publish books and audiobooks on Amazon and Audible. Rasmus and Christian both get married and Rasmus’ first son is born.
Getting publishedAmerica's Fastest Growing - Inc. 5000
Getting published
In July 2020, Rasmus and Christian are published in Entrepreneur magazine, and then in Forbes magazine in December. Both features were paid placements.
Over $10,000,000 in revenueAmerica's Fastest Growing - Inc. 5000
Over $10,000,000 in revenue
Publishing.com takes off as thousands of new students join the program. By the end of the year, over 15,000 students are discovering self-publishing.
The Freedom ShortcutAmerica's Fastest Growing - Inc. 5000
The Freedom Shortcut
“The Freedom Shortcut” is released, selling over 9,000 copies in the first week and becomes a Wall Street Journal Best Seller.
From small business to established companyAmerica's Fastest Growing - Inc. 5000
From small business to established company
An explosive year of growth results in over 40 new hires positioning Publishing.com as the leading education company in the self-publishing industry.
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Inc. 5000
Publishing.com is nationally recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in America, placing 19th on the Inc. 5000 list.
Building the future of publishing
AI is amongst the most disruptive technology of the last 2,000 years. Our proprietary AI publishing software now helps streamline your business in a way that’s never been possible before…
From AI-powered topic generation to outlines, manuscripts & so much more.
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Meet the Team

Christian Mikkelsen
Christian Mikkelsen
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Rasmus Mikkelsen
Rasmus Mikkelsen
Founder, Head of Education
Charlotte Mikkelsen
Charlotte Mikkelsen
CTO, Chief Technology Officer
Michael Ohayon
Michael Ohayon
COO, Chief Operating Officer
Linda Thornton
Linda Thornton
Head of Product
Mirna Bard
Mirna Bard
Director of Marketing
Christine Raby
Christine Raby
VP of Customer Success
Gentry Chidester
Gentry Chidester
Sales Director
Jon Espinel
Jon Espinel
VP of Finance & Accounting
Destiny Quin
Destiny Quin
Senior Director of Recruiting
Lindsey Cook
Lindsey Cook
People Operations Specialist
Mark Bangerter
Mark Bangerter
Director of Sales Operations
Shahmir Nasir
Shahmir Nasir
Manager IT Operations
Melissa Madsen
Melissa Madsen
Product Education Lead
Mark Tandan
Mark Tandan
Chief Copywriter
Melanie Zhang
Melanie Zhang
Product Owner
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